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Elder Lucy Smith (1874–1952), also known as Lucy Turner Smith, was an African-American Pentecostal pastor and faith healer, who founded All Nations Pentecostal Church in Chicago, Illinois. Her healing ministry attracted large numbers of followers and her church grew to have 3,000 members.
Reverend Bruce W. Johnson Jr. (1938 – September 29, 1969) was a Methodist minister in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He was pastor of Armitage Avenue United Methodist Church (renamed "People's Church") and worked closely with the Young Lords, a Puerto Rican civil rights organization and former street gang. Johnson and his ...
Kenneth Bryant Smith Sr. (February 19, 1931 – January 21, 2008) was a Chicago-area community leader and minister. Smith was born in Montclair, New Jersey and raised as a Catholic . [ 1 ]
“We hit that drum to kind of signify, look at what’s going on, pay attention,” said the Rev. Joseph Mulcrone, director of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Office of the Deaf. “It ...
The first gospel choir was formed in the church in 1931, and its leaders Thomas A. Dorsey, Theodore Frye, and Roberta Martin were responsible for popularizing gospel music in Chicago's black churches. The church's choir helped launch the careers of many prominent gospel musicians, including Mahalia Jackson, Sallie Martin, and Dinah Washington ...
The church was named a Chicago landmark in 2005. It was included on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2020 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. In March 2021, Senator Tammy Duckworth introduced legislation that would make the church a national monument for its significance to the Civil Rights Movement. [6]
Holy Family Church is a historic church at 1840 Lincoln Street in North Chicago, Illinois. The church was built in 1914-15 for North Chicago's Roman Catholic congregation, which was formed in 1901. Architect William F. Gubbins designed the Late Gothic Revival church.
In 1956, the Church of ONE Brotherhood was founded in Los Angeles by a gay-rights activist. [13] In 1962, a Congregationalist pastor began an overt pastoral ministry to gay people in New York City. In 1976, the Episcopal Church officially became fully LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming. [14] In 1979, Allen Bennett became the first openly gay Rabbi ...