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Grant AME and Everytown For Gun Safety Host Program for Gun Violence Survivors

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorOctober 27, 2021

Grant AME Church, Everytown For Gun Safety and State Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) will co-host a special program to show support for victims of gun violence on Saturday, November 6, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., on the Grant AME campus, 10435 South Central Avenue in Los Angeles, announced the Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Rumph, host pastor. Arvis Jones, Grant musician and gun violence victim, will also participate.

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SCLC’s Celebrates 63rd Anniversary and MLK Founder’s Day Service

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorJanuary 8, 2020

Believers in God and social justice gathered for the 63rd Anniversary and Founder’s Day Celebration sponsored by the Southern California Leadership Conference of Southern California on Jan. 5. The program helped to usher in the multitude of King Legacy Month 2020 activities that SCLC-SC plans to present during January in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who established the organization in 1957. Held at Ward AME Church in Los Angeles, the service attracted youth, adults and worshippers of all ethnicities to honor the past and prepare for the future campaign to establish a more equitable society in

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Walker to Preach at Price Chapel AME Revival

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorJune 6, 2018

The Rev. Darryl Walker will be among the featured preachers at the 2018 Summer Revival sponsored by Price Chapel AME Church, on Wednesday, June 13, through Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m. The services will be held at the church located at 4000 West Slauson Ave., in Los Angeles. The theme is “Lord, Be With Us and Create In Us A Clean Heart” based on Psalms 51:10-13. The revivalists will be the Rev. J. Arthur Rumph, the Rev. Dr. Mary S. Minor and the Rev. Darryl Walker. Rumph is the pastor of Grant AME Church – L.A., Minor leads Brookins-Kirkland

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Price Chapel AME Presents 2018 Summer Revival

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorMay 23, 2018

Renewal and rejuvenation in the Lord are promised at the Summer Revival presented by Price Chapel AME Church starting Wednesday, June 13, through Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m., in their sanctuary located at 4000 West Slauson Ave., in Los Angeles. According to Pastor Benjamin Hollins, the services will feature the Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Rumph, the Rev. Dr. Mary S. Minor and the Rev. Darryl Walker. Rumph is the pastor of Grant AME Church – L.A., Minor leads Brookins-Kirkland Community AME Church and Walker heads New Philadelphia AME Church. The preachers will expound on the theme, “Lord, Be With

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Rumph Seeks Higher Service in AME Church

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorJune 30, 2016

The Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Rumph is among the candidates seeking the office of bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. With 36 years in the pastoral ministry, he believes his experience and qualifications have prepared him to serve effectively at the episcopal level. His efforts will culminate in July when tens of thousands of AMEs gather in Philadelphia, PA for the 50th Session of the General Conference and elect six people as bishop. Explaining why he wants the position, Rumph shared, “I want to spend the next twenty years as a bishop in the AME Church leading local congregations

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Curry Temple CME Marks 55th Year

Cora Jackson-Fossett (Religion Editor)May 12, 2016

Curry Temple CME Church will celebrate its 55th anniversary on Sunday, May 15, in the sanctuary located at 322 Rosecrans Ave., in Compton. Pastor Joseph C. Gardner, Sr., who will preach at 9:30 a.m., said, “The greater Los Angeles community is invited to join us in observing this significant milestone in the life of our church. We promise you will enjoy an uplifting, spirit-filled time in the Lord.” The Rev. Dr. J. Arthur Rumph, pastor of Grant AME Church – L.A., will deliver the sermon at the 3 p.m. worship. A native of Alabama, Dr. Rumph has been a minister