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All mothers who have experienced the death of a child this conversation is especially for you. Join us in a special time of healing.

Healing tools will include great conversation and resources for services to assist you in this journey.

September 26, 2021
6:00 PM CST

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Join a group of mothers for a very special time of healing. Hosted by: Marilyn Parker and Roxanne Ward

Register for our Virtual Exit Plan Symposium!

There is a time and season for everything under the sun, but there is also solace in knowing that you and your family are prepared for the swift transitions that life brings. Join the First Baptist Church of Glenarden for a virtual Exit Plan Symposium on Saturday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT to partake in information-driven panel discussions on topics including wills, insurance, finances, funeral planning, funeral home dispositions and understanding various burial options. Real-life impact stories from those who did and did not have their affairs in order will be shared throughout. No matter your age or season in life, now is a good time to prepare for your future.

This symposium is completely free. All you need to do is register. There is a wealth of information to be shared, so invite your loved ones to come and learn with you.

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Saints Home Church of God in Christ

C/O The Blade Family

2210 North 13th Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47804

email: indjurisdictionalsecretary@gmail.com

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Rev. Clay Evans was born in Brownsville, Tennessee on June 23, 1925. After graduating from Carver High School, Evans attended seminary school at the Chicago Baptist Institute and later at the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Chicago Divinity School.  In 1950 he was ordained a Baptist minister and eight years later founded the Fellowship Baptist Church (or “The Ship”). His popular sermons were broadcast on radio and television, generating his fame throughout the Midwest and into the South.

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In 1965, Rev. Evans joined Rev. Jesse Jackson to promote the civil rights movement then emerging in Chicago.  In 1971 they founded Operation PUSH, which encouraged black self-help.  Between 1971 and 1976, Rev. Evans served as chairman of the organization and currently serves as its chairman emeritus.

Rev. Evans is also the founding president of the Broadcast Ministers Alliance of Chicago, organized in 1975 by a group of leading pastors who sponsored weekly radio and television broadcasts. The group is socially active in the areas of healthcare, voter registration, and religious protection. In 1990 Rev. Evans released the first of a series of successful gospel and inspirational recordings. His 1995 recording I’ve Got a Testimony earned him the Stellar Gospel Music Award for Album of the Year in 1996.

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In 2000, Rev. Evans retired as pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church after 42 years as its principal minister.  Upon his retirement he was honored by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin during a formal ceremony in the U.S. Senate.

His most famous mantra was “It is not secret what God can do.” We will forever be a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle, family patriarch and church father. He was a leading servant of God, a man of great faith, a servants servant, a leaders, leader, a friend to all of mankind.

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He will forever be known as a civil rights leader (who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King and Reverend Jesse Jackson), gospel music pioneer, civic leader, community staple, and trusted counselor to all including Presidents, Governors, Mayors, and anyone in need of advice. He was a convener, an ecumenical bridge builder, problem solver, and humanitarian. He will be forever be known throughout the world as The Godfather of ministers, preachers, & pastors everywhere. He took his final breath on earth but his legacy will live on forever through his biological family, his friends, his spiritual family, over 100 spiritual sons and daughters, and millions of people around the world who have been touched by his life and work.

His contributions are countless, his awards are innumerable, and his impact is immeasurable. His famous words are those of The Gospel Of John 9:4 “Work while it is day for the night comes when no man can work.” “I don’t want to rust out sitting around, I want to wear out working.” He leaves this world empty, leaving our lives and society full of all of the goodness God gave him to give to us. This mighty man passed from labor to reward on today. We love him forever! Details and Arrangements are forthcoming.

Dr. Booth earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Howard University and his Master of Divinity degree from Eastern Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees.

Dr. Charles E. Booth is an author, publishing his book,Bridging the Breach: Evangelical Thought and Liberation in the African-American Preaching Tradition (Urban Ministries) in 2000.  The Prophetic Voice: Words for Today was released in 2011.  His most recent publication, released in 2014 -Stronger in my Broken Places; Claiming a Life of Fullness in God.

Dr. Booth is a former member of the advisory board of The African American Pulpit and has contributed writings in multiple publications, such as From One Brother to Another: Voices of African American Men; The Irresistible Urge to Preach: A Collectible of African American “Call” Stories; Outstanding Black Sermons, volumes III and IV; and Wisdom of the Ages: The Mystique of the African American Preacher.  Dr. Booth’s biography and a sermon appear in Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African-American Sermons, 1750-Present.

The Baltimore native has devoted the past 40 years to Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, where he has overseen substantial church growth.

In 1993, Dr. Booth founded the Mount Olivet Christian Academy, later renamed the Gloria S. Friend Christian Academy in honor of its first administrator.  The Academy, which has grades kindergarten through sixth, stresses excellence in academics, Christian education, and African and African American history.  It is fully accredited by the Ohio Department of Education.  During Dr. Booth’s tenure, Mt. Olivet raised $2.1 million to build the 100-seat Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Chapel, an administrative wing and 12 classrooms, and to expand the fellowship center, along with other facility improvements.  Mt. Olivet is now in the planning stages of building an $8 million Family Life Center.  Dr. Booth leads his congregation by focusing on providing spiritual nurturing and information.  “The pulpit is no place for personal opinion,” he said to attendees of the African American Leadership Workshop in 2007. “The pulpit is the place for propagation of the Gospel.”

Dr. Booth has been a guest preacher to enlisted service men and women and their families in Germany; the North American preacher at the Baptist World Youth Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and a guest revivalist and preacher at churches and conferences throughout the United States, Europe, South America, Central America and Africa.  He has been the guest preacher and lecturer at the historic Hampton Ministers’ Conference in 1984, 1995 and 1999.

Dr. Booth has been listed in Who’s Who Among African Americans and in Ebony magazine’s Honor Roll of Preachers.  He received the 1999 James E. Stamps Alumni Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to young people attending historically black colleges and universities; the 1999 Alpha Phi Alpha and the Alpha Lambda Rho Chapter’s Vertner Woodson Tandy Award for dedicated community service.  The Columbus Ohio Education Association awarded the 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award to Dr. Booth for his documented commitment to local and global communities around the issues of unemployment, homelessness, education, and health.

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Reverend Dr. Charles Edward Booth, Pastor of The Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, age 72. Born February 4, 1947 in Baltimore, MD and went to be with The Lord March 23, 2019 in Columbus, OH. Dr. Booth will Lie in State 5:00pm-8:00pm and family will be present from 6:00pm -8:00pm, Wednesday March 27, 2019 at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church 428 E. Main St. An additional visitation will take place from 10:00am-11:00am Thursday March 28, 2019 at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church; The Celebration of Life Service will follow at 11:00am. Entombment at Union Cemetery. A complete obituary will also be published in Tuesday’s Dispatch. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to The Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Family Life Center. Ministry of Comfort entrusted to MARLAN J. GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE EAST 5456 E. Livingston Ave.

The bible says in 2 Chronicles 7:14   If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

We celebrate the fulfillment of this scripture in her life and that she now walks in her ultimate healing with a new ‘glorified body,’ and a testament of victoriously overcoming, Denise your memory is truly cherished.

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She would encourage you to “be obedient to the Lord and give your whole life to Christ!”

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The bible says in 2 Chronicles 7:14   If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

We celebrate the fulfillment of this scripture in her life and that she now walks in her ultimate healing with a new ‘glorified body,’ and a testament of victoriously overcoming, Denise your memory is truly cherished.

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She would encourage you to “be obedient to the Lord and give your whole life to Christ!”

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It is with regret that we announce the passing of Pastor Ronald C. Watkins, Sr., pastor of New Deliverance Temple COGIC, Administrative Assistant to the Bishop and husband of Jurisdictional Supervisior Mother Watkins.  You are welcomed to attend the Home-going Celebration:

Family Hour on Friday, February 22, 2019 from 6:00pm – 7:30pm at: New Deliverance Temple Church of God in Christ 4706 Atkins Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 72117   Phone 501-955-2200

Homegoing Celebration on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 10:00am at: Greater New Bibleway Church of God in Christ 1217 West 22nd Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72115  Phone 501-758-9227

Please do keep Mother Watkins, the Watkins Family, the New Deliverance Temple COGIC family and the Arkansas Second Jurisdiction in your prayers.