Underground priest predicts mass clergy exodus ahead
Rev. Malcolm Boyd, maverick Episcopal priest and author, foresees a staggering exodus of Protestant and Catholic clergy as many feel token church life is insufficient. He critiques official church power and urges moving gospel work into everyday life while welcoming dialogue with the black community.
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Reverend Malcolm Boyd Puts Faith Through Civil Rights Fire
Describes Rev Malcolm Boyd a controversial Episcopal priest whose book The Book of Days mixes devotion with civil rights reporting. He recalls dangerous travel through Mississippi and Alabama before Selma, his arrest in the Deep South, and a life shaped by witnessing church failures and shared humanity.
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Church copies Bible as memorial to pastor’s son in Wilmington
First Assembly of God on Lomita Boulevard and Avalon Street completed a hand copied Bible after a year and a half. The 814 inch thick volume titled The Mark Sapp Memorial Bible commemorates Mark Sapp who died at age nine in 1965. It features two monkeypod wood covers from Hawaii and a front cover carved by Richard Pickens. The project involved 332 contributors ranging in age from 5 to 85 and weighs 32 pounds with 2270 pages bound between wooden covers.
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