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Where Are Our Pastors Going?
So I (Levi "Too"
King) was preparing for this issue of the magazine and I read through what use to be in our news section. I was blown
away when I read through the list of pastors that have died just in our area alone since we posted our last magazine issue.
We lost Pastor John Rouse (Mt. Zion M.B. Church), Bishop John H. Pettiford (House of Prayer),
Bishop Dwight McDaniels (San Francisco Temple), Pastor Charles Williams, Pastor Elmer Kirksey,
Pastor Arthur R. Johnson (Last Days Apostolic Church), Pastor William Gillespie (Core Brilliant
Presbyterian Church), Elder Wison Burkes, and Rev. Joe L. Bryant (Zion Temple
M.B. Church. Has anyone else out there thought about how we lost sooooo many of our area's church leaders all so close
together and the bulk of them were prominent leaders here. Out of all due respect to the families of these who have
passed, but considering even the many that have passed on the national scene (Bishop Walter Hawkins, Bishop Kenneth
Moales, Pastor Zachery Tims, etc.), what is going on? Let's not even get into the fact that we have had two
of our local pastors incarcerated during this time too. Someone mentioned to me "It's
the changing of the gaurd...God is making ready for a revival..." I'm not sure how to process that
considering the families of all that are now gone. All I know is that I don't ever remember experiencing such an exodus
from our church leaders in this way before. We need to PRAY!
If I left off any pastor
please email me their name and church so they can be added to the list at metoomusic1@yahoo.com
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