In preparation for our 60th Anniversary in 2026, I wrote a spoken word in memory of the historic occasion. “All Things In Common“ Threescore years ago, in the upper room of prayer, penitence, and praise, the Creator Spirit breathed eternal life into Emmanuel Baptist Church, authoring another sunrise, casting gospel light into the far regions… Continue reading

Watchnight was born on the eve of December 31, 1862, where enslaved and free African Americans gathered in secret with bated breath in great anticipation for Emancipation Proclamation’s clarion call to ring freedom’s bell from every mountain side, ocean to ocean at the dawn of 1863. To Christians Watchnight was born over two thousand years… Continue reading