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The 19th Annual
Preaching with
Power:
A
Forum on Black Preaching and Theology
sponsored by the Urban
Theological Institute of
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
March 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 2001
Event
report now online
(PHILADELPHIA, February 2001)--Six sermons will be offered this year
by six distinguished African American preachers and theologians, comprising
the 2001 Preaching with Power Forum on Black Preaching and Theology
March 12-16. Each sermon is followed by an opportunity to converse with
the preacher about sermon development. No registration, nor any fees,
are required. This year, one of the events will be held on the Seminary’s
campus with the rest planned at nearby congregations.
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Monday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Sermon
Grace Baptist Church
The Rev. Dr. G. Daniel Jones, Pastor
24 West Johnson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
The Rev. Charles E. Booth
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Pastor Booth has served Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church in Columbus, OH, since 1978. Under his direction
the congregation has completed a $2.1 million building program.
He is also the founder of a Christian Academy at Mt. Olivet, teaching
grades kindergarten through six. A widely sought-after preacher
and lecturer, Pastor Booth teaches preaching at Trinity Lutheran
Seminary in Columbus and previously taught preaching at United Theological
Seminary, Dayton, OH. Born in Baltimore, MD, Pastor Booth holds
a BA from Howard University, Washington, D.C.; an M.Div. from Eastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia; a D.Min. from United
Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH, and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity
Degree from Virginia Seminary in Lynchburg, VA. He is also the author
of Bridging the Breach: Evangelical Thought and Liberation in
the African American Preaching Tradition (Urban Ministries,
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Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Sermon
Christian Tabernacle Friendly Community Church of God in Christ
Bishop Reuben Timothy Jones, Pastor
3050 North 22nd Street (22nd
and Clearfield)
Philadelphia, PA 19132
Bishop J. Delano Ellis, II
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Bishop Ellis is the Senior Pastor for
the Pentecostal Church of Christ in Cleveland, OH. He is the Presiding
Bishop for the United Pentecostal Churches of Christ, with world
headquarters in Cleveland, OH and Bishop of the Apostolic See (Diocese
of Ohio). Bishop Ellis is also President and General Manager of
The Pentecostal Apartments and Pentecostal Plaza in Cleveland. He
is Chaplain (Major) in the Civil Air Patrol of the United States
Air Force Auxiliary and chairs the African-American Pentecostal
Bishops Conference. He holds a B.A. from Howard University, a Master
of Religious Education from the Nazarene Seminary, Institute, WV,
and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from C.H. Mason Theological Seminary,
Memphis, TN. |
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Wednesday, March 14, 9:30 a.m.
Sermon
Chapel of The Lutheran Theological Seminary
at Philadelphia
7301 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Gayle Snowden
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Dr. Snowden is the retired former Professor
of Philosophy, Sociology and Human Services at Montgomery County
Community College in Blue Bell, PA. He is also the former Adjunct
Professor of Social Systems at the Graduate School of Lincoln University
in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Snowden is an ordained elder in the United
Methodist Church and has served as a pastor/educator for 39 years.
He’s held pastorates in Toronto, Ont., Canada; in Maryland and Philadelphia.
From 1988 to 1994 Dr. Snowden served as Eucharistic Minister and
Resident Preacher at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia’s
Germantown section. He serves in the same capacity currently at
the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia’s Overbrook
section. |
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Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
Sermon
Tabernacle Lutheran Church
The Rev. Rosa Key, Pastor
59th and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 1913
The Rev. Dr. Will L. Herzfeld
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Dr. Herzfeld serves as Associate Executive
Director of the Division for Global Mission for the 5.2-million-member
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He gives oversight to the
denomination’s international program, which puts the church in partnership
with 70 Lutheran church bodies and 25 other churches and institutions.
He also oversees the placement of some 300 missionaries and volunteers
with an annual budget of $16 million. Dr. Herzfeld has served as
Vice President of the National Council of Churches of Christ (1995-99)
and President of Church World Service and Witness. Other formerly
held positions include his having served as Vice Chair of the Oakland,
CA, Mayor’s Earthquake Relief Committee, Vice-President for Lutheran
World Relief and serving as a founding member of the Urban Strategies
Council. |
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Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Sermon
St. Matthew’s AME Church
The Rev. Ellis I. Washington, Pastor
57th and Summers
Philadelphia, PA 19139
The Rev. Dr. Grainger Browning
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Dr. Browning is Senior Pastor of Ebenezer African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, MD, where his wife,
the Rev. Dr. Jo Ann Grainger also serves as Co-Pastor. He has
served the congregation since 1983, when the congregation had
17 members and a budget of $12,000. Today membership exceeds 10,000
with a budget of more than $8 million. The congregation has more
than 100 ministries focusing on the spiritual, educational, political,
social, recreational, economic and health needs of the community.
The congregation features a 3,000-seat worship center built in
1994. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Washington
Conference of the AME Church, Wilberforce (OH) University and
Payne Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. He is a 1974 graduate
of Hampton (VA)University, where he was awarded a B.S. in History-Education.
He was awarded an M.Div. from Howard University Divinity School
in 1982, and a D.D. from Payne Theological Seminary in 1990. He
has been invited to preach and lecture in South and West Africa
and Cairo, Egypt. Ebenezer has future plans for facilities expansion
to include an elementary school, day care center, family life
center, recreation complex, senior citizen housing, a homeless
shelter, drug treatment facility and outreach center.
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Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Sermon
Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ
The Rev. Dr. Ernest C. Morris, Sr.,
Pastor
6401 Ogontz Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19150
Bishop Barbara M. Amos
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Bishop Amos is a pastor, lecturer,
preacher and teacher. She is the founder and director of Faith Deliverance
Christian Center, Inc., an inner city ministry in Norfolk, VA that
seeks to meet the diverse needs of the community. As senior pastor
she directs a ministry to the homeless, a street-evangelism ministry,
a prison ministry, substance abuse programs and an HIV/AIDS ministry.
She has also founded two schools, the Master’s Touch Learning Center
and Faith Academy School of Excellence for students from pre-school
through eighth grade. Bishop Amos has also established adult education
and community economic development classes and a Rites of Passage
program to assist teens in their transition to adulthood. Bishop
Amos holds a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice from Hampton University
and has done graduate studies in Social Work at Norfolk State University,
both in Virginia. She earned her M.Div. magna cum laude from the
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University
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Continuing Education Units (1.0 CEUs) are available for those attending
all the sessions. Contact the registrar at the Seminary at 215/248-6305.
For additional information, contact the Seminary’s Communications Office
at 215/248-6311.
The 20-year-old Urban Theological
Institute offers African American Leaders the opportunity to
expand their backgrounds through continuing education studies evenings
and weekends. A college degree is required for enrollment.
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