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04-06-2004, 09:12 PM
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Well known Pastors or Clergy Who are Omega's
What up GC, just thought I would start a interesting thread. Can you all name Pastors, Bishops, Ministers who you know to be Omega's first, and then those you know to be Greeks.
1. Bishop Edgar Love. ( Had to yall I'm a preachin Que)
2. Benjamin Mays ( mentored MLK)
3 Rev. Jesse Jackson
4. Bishop Joseph Walker
short list just wanted to get it started.
other Greeks
1.Bishop Eddie Long (Kappa)
2. Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (Alpha) juts think the "Forum"
3 Dr. Martin Luther King (Alpha)
4. Bishop Vashti Mckenzie ( Delta)
5. Dr. Bobby Jones ( Sigma)
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04-06-2004, 09:23 PM
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Theodore "TJ" Jemison, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Not sure of his designation but he was president of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. and organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953.
Sorry, you listed all the other prominent Greek clergy that I know.
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04-06-2004, 09:26 PM
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Herbert Shaw - Former Senior Bishop AME Zion Church(Omega)
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04-07-2004, 12:01 AM
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Theodore "TJ" Jemison, Alpha Phi Alpha.
Not sure of his designation but he was president of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. and organized the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953.
Sorry, you listed all the other prominent Greek clergy that I know.
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I've only seen the designation of Reverend.
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, first Black woman Episcopal priest in the U.S. (Delta)
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04-07-2004, 08:37 AM
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How can I forget I just heard her preach and she was good. She helped me resolve some conflict.
Rev. Carolyn Knight in Atlanta is a Delta.
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04-07-2004, 09:56 AM
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Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, pastor emeritus of Concord Baptist (?) Church, in N.Y. and one of the most eloquent men I've ever heard speak is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
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04-07-2004, 01:42 PM
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Re: Well known Pastors or Clergy Who are Omega's
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5. Dr. Bobby Jones ( Sigma)
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Bobby Jones is a Sigma?! Wow!
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04-07-2004, 09:16 PM
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Yes he is
He surely is. Shocked me too when I heard it. His picture is on the national site as one of their prominent members.
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04-07-2004, 09:18 PM
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Yall should take some wood for this!!!
Sorors how could yall forget Rev. Shirley Ceasar (Delta)
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04-07-2004, 09:37 PM
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Re: Yall should take some wood for this!!!
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Sorors how could yall forget Rev. Shirley Ceasar (Delta)
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Mea Culpa
Our national president has announced that she has been called
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04-07-2004, 09:38 PM
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Re: Re: Yall should take some wood for this!!!
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Mea Culpa
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I just typically think of her as a gospel singer.
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04-07-2004, 09:40 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Yall should take some wood for this!!!
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I just typically think of her as a gospel singer.
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Me too.
Check out what I was editing when you posted.
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04-07-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Re: Yall should take some wood for this!!!
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Our national president has announced that she has been called
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 called to the ministry?
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04-07-2004, 09:44 PM
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My Grandfather who became Pastor Emeritus of Trinity Baptist Church in Los Angeles, and has its community center named after him was a Sigma.
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04-07-2004, 09:44 PM
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Rev. Dr. Barbara Lewis King (Zeta)
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