#Bethel AME Church

[huntingtonnow]

Huntington NAACP Honors Legacy of Dr. King

The Huntington NAACP honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday with a celebration at Bethel AME Church. With rousing performances by the Christian Fellowship Choir, and an energetic call and response, the celebration was emceed by Jillian Guthman, the town’s tax receiver. It was sponsored by the NAACP and the Town of Huntington. Family Court Judge Victoria Gumbs-Moore was…

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A Path To Freedom: The Legacy Of Rocky Fork and Mother Priscilla Baltimore

Mother Priscilla Baltimore was a formerly enslaved woman who led hundreds of enslaved individuals to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Learn more: https://blackmail4u.wpcomstaging.com/?p=6300

Mother Priscilla Baltimore Welcome to Black Mail, where we bring you Black History—Special Delivery! The founding of Rocky Fork near Godfrey, Illinois, in 1816 represents a significant milestone in the struggle against slavery in the United States. Established by four free African American families, Rocky Fork swiftly emerged as a prominent Underground Railroad station, providing refuge and…

[whitesinhistory]

Early in the morning on Sunday, June 29, 1958, a bomb exploded outside Bethel Street Baptist Church on the north side of Birmingham, Alabama, in one of the segregated city's African American neighborhoods. The church's pastor, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, was a civil rights activist working to eliminate segregation in Birmingham. Bethel Street Baptist had been bombed before—on Christmas Day 1956—and since then several volunteers had kept watch over the neighborhood every night. Around 1:30 am, Will Hall, who was on watch that night, was alerted to smoke coming from the church. He discovered a paint can containing dynamite near the church wall, which he quickly carried into the street before taking cover. The paint can had between 15 and 20 sticks of dynamite inside, and as it exploded it blew a two-foot hole in the street and broke the windows of several houses. The church's stained glass windows, which were still being repaired from an earlier bombing, were also damaged. Police told church leaders there were few clues as to the culprit's identity or motive, but a passerby reported seeing a car full of white men in the area shortly before the bomb was discovered. The Rev. Shuttlesworth praised Mr. Hall for his brave actions and quick intervention, which surely saved the church from ruin, while also condemning the attack. "This shows that America has a long way to go before it can try to be called democratic," the Rev. Shuttlesworth said.

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Squirrel or chipmunk? hHoy juega La maquina ...

[lboogie1906]

Pastor Thomas McCants Stewart (December 28, 1853 - January 7, 1923) was born in Charleston, South Carolina to George Gilchrist and Anna Morris Stewart. He attended the Avery Normal Institute before enrolling in Howard University. Although only fifteen when he arrived on Howard’s campus, he distinguished himself as a student and contributed occasional articles to the New National Era, an African American newspaper.

He grew increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of instruction at Howard and became one of the first Black students to enroll in the University of South Carolina. He graduated with a BA and LLB.

He married Charlotte Pearl Harris and taught mathematics at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College in Orangeburg. He joined the law firm of South Carolina Congressman Robert Brown Elliott. He became an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and three years later was appointed pastor of the Bethel AME Church in New York.

He emerged as a national civil rights leader, respected attorney, and writer. He migrated to Liberia to serve as a professor at Liberia College. He returned to New York and wrote about his African experience in Liberia: The Americo-African Republic (1886).

He relocated to Hawaii. He hoped to advance his legal practice. He moved to London, England, and returned to Liberia, where he was appointed an Associate Justice of the Liberian Supreme Court. His criticism of Liberia’s president resulted in his removal from the court.

He returned to London, where he hoped to live out the remaining years of his life, he moved to the Virgin Islands. Regarded as an elder statesman, he established a legal practice with Christopher Payne, one of the island’s most experienced attorneys. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[divinum-pacis]

2024: The Rev. Carolyn Cavaness, center, leads a worship service. She is the first woman to lead Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia.

(Photo by Michael Morgan)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

"Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." — Genesis 28:15

Here is a promise made to Jacob, and not just to Jacob personally, but also to his descendants. The apostle Paul, guided by the Holy Spirit, tells the church of Jesus that we, like Isaac, are children of the promise. Therefore, this promise, like all other promises in Christ Jesus, is sure and certain. So, pause and ask yourself, my soul, what has the Lord spoken to you? Has He met you at your Bethel, as He met Jacob? Has He spoken to you there? How will you know? Very clearly: Jesus has met you and spoken to you if you have seen your own unworthiness and sinfulness by nature and by practice, and if you have also seen…

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[simply-ivanka]

As The Hill reports, allegations of wrongdoing surfaced when one of Trump’s co-defendants, Mike Roman, accused Willis and Nathan Wade — a married man whom she appointed to prosecute the RICO case against Donald Trump despite his having exactly zero experience in prosecuting such cases — of engaging in an “improper” romantic relationship.

Somehow, though, “improper romantic relationship” doesn’t begin to do it justice. For example, Willis paid Wade nearly $654,000 in legal fees in 2022 and 2023, and she benefited from the relationship in the form of lavish vacations they took together on the taxpayer dime. Willis also said she paid Wade and the two other special prosecutors she appointed “the same hourly rate.” Turns out that was a lie. In fact, Willis paid one of the state’s top racketeering experts, John Floyd, $150 an hour, but she paid the inexperienced Wade $250 an hour.

Caught red-handed, Willis eventually went public to defend herself, but not at a press conference where she might be questioned by the media. Instead, she went to church on Sunday — specifically, Atlanta’s historic black Big Bethel AME Church — where she gave the congregants a 35-minute woe-is-me sermon. It wasn’t a good look.

The New York Post editorial board agrees. “So where’s the Willis investigation?” it asks. “Last spring, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law establishing an eight-member commission to investigate and remove district attorneys for sufficient cause. Willis’ blatant breaches of ethics plainly require the new State Prosecuting Attorneys Statewide Qualifications Commission to act ASAP.”

All this makes one wonder not only whether Willis will be forced to step down but also whether Georgia’s attorney general, Christopher Carr, has the guts to pursue criminal charges against her.

Finally, a word of advice for the people of Fulton County: This is what you get when your DA is a clown. Do better.

[cheerfullycatholic]

As a Catholic, are you allowed to listen to contemporary Christian music? I know that a lot of Christians don't like most contemporary Christian music because it comes from Evangelical churches with controversial pastors like Elevation Church or Bethel or Hillsong. I am become more and more interested in Catholicism.

Yes! If I remember correctly there's no genre that we're not allowed to listen to, we are just encouraged to be careful and choose what we listen to wisely and with good judgement. And I think it's important to keep in mind that enjoying someone's songs doesn't automatically mean you support everything the singer or group believes. You mentioned Hillsong and I definitely don't agree with some of the things they've done or believe but I canNOT deny that Oceans is a bop. "Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders" HITS and I want it tattooed across my forehead (joking but still, that prayer does something to me)

[huntingtonnow]

Groups to Honor Dr. King With Services

Organizations around Huntington will mark the official birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Monday. Abraham’s Table of Long Island will gather from 2 to 3 p.m. for an interfaith service of Jewish, Christian and Muslim prayers to honor calls by the civil rights icon to end hunger and poverty. The program will include a keynote address by Long Island Cares/The Harry Chapin Food Bank CEO, Paule…

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Philly Model: Jawn Coltrane

Bethel AME Church of Philadelphia

[eaudrey35]

Judge criticizes Fani Willis' church speech in ruling | 11alive.com

What does her church speech gotta do with the case against Trump. These conservative judges get in my nerves. These conservative get on my nerves. Want to monitor what others do as they sit n hypocrisy

[theknitpotato]

Fannie Jackson Coppin (1837-1913)

Fannie Jackson was born a slave in Washington D.C. on October 15, 1837. She gained her freedom when her aunt was able to purchase her at the age of twelve. Through her teen years Jackson worked as a servant for the author George Henry Calvert and in 1860 she enrolled at Oberlin College in Ohio. Oberlin College was the first college in the United States to accepted both black and female students.

While attending Oberlin College Jackson enrolled and excelled in the men’s course of studies. She was elected to the highly respected Young Ladies Literary Society and was the first African American student to be appointed in the College’s preparatory department. As the Civil War came to an end she established a night school in Oberlin in order to educate freed slaves.

Upon her graduation in 1865, Jackson became a high school teacher at the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) in Philadelphia. Within a year she was promoted to principal of the Ladies Department and taught Greek, Latin, and Mathematics at the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY), a high school for African American students in Philadelphia. In 1869 Jackson became principal of the entire institute, making her the first African American woman to receive the title of school principal, a position she would hold until 1906.

In addition to providing African American youth with education, Jackson founded homes for working and poor women. She also was an influential columnist who defended the rights of women and blacks in local Philadelphia newspapers. Jackson added missionary work to her long list of accomplishments when she married Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church on December 21, 1881. In 1902 the married couple went to South Africa and founded the Bethel Institute, a missionary school which emphasized self-help programs.

After a decade of missionary work, Coppin returned to Philadelphia because of declining health. Fannie Jackson Coppin died on January 21, 1913. In 1926, a Baltimore, Maryland teacher training school was named the Fanny Jackson Coppin Normal School in her memory. It is now Coppin State University.

[star444xo]

With all ego absolved, allow me to preface my following words by stating: these are observations and connections I have made and have only started to fully experience curiosity behind recently.

I think I’m an angel sent to do Coram Deo on earth.

1. My name is Heaven

2. I was born in hospital building number 7777

3. My mother’s name is Danyel (female version of Daniel. El = God. ELohim. MichaEL. GabriEL. DaniEL. BarachiEL. Etc.)

4. My fathers name is Deo (Coram Deo)

5. My birthday is 7.8.96 (eerily chronological minus the 6) 8 = Resurrection/New beginnings . The sabbath ends of the 8th day. Jesus resurrected on the 8th day.

6. I have met other people with names from the Bible. I have met Genesis, Peter, Filemon, Rachel, Simeon/Simon (my bffs last name is Simon), Noah, Daniel, Keturah, David, Israel, Gabriel, my brother Zion (spelled Tzion) etc.

7. I’ve learned that divination tools are a sin to use and thus therefore I don’t mess with them anymore, however in the past I did my own Gematria numerology and found that I was linked to Fallen Angel.

…..So…

Are all Fallen Angels bad? I was definitely in a fallen state before my recent pivot and undergoing transformation. I feel like I’m working through life trial and tribulating for the sake of getting my wings back.

Heaven Naijjah Sullivan

The equilibrium (Naijjah) between Holy (Heaven) and Nefarious (O’Sullivan orig. turned to Sullivan over generational time)

Born 9:22 am.. Master number 22. Master Architect (of what?)

Capricorn Neptune/Jupiter - interests in the occult (not interested in cults but definitely religion and spirituality /connectivity with God)

I’ve met a lot of people in my lifetime with Biblical names and it always stands out to me. Some I just learned had biblical backgrounds like Keturah. (She was a manager I had back in 2016.)

The church I grew up at is called Bethel’s Pl. (Beth-El in the Bible.) never knew where they got that name from until now. The church name doesn’t really astound me as many churches name themselves off of things in the Bible but the fact my first real church experience happened at a church named “The House of God”.