By Loretta Fulton Three historic Black Baptist associations will meet in Abilene the week of June 24, two jointly and one separately. The 121st annual session of the Original West Texas Baptist District Association, Inc. (OWT), will meet Monday, June 24-Friday, June 28. Joining that group will be delegates to the 110th Congress of Christian Education. All sessions, classes, youth
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The ministry of Rev. Andrew Penns will be celebrated Sunday, Jan. 21, at the church he pastors, Valley View Missionary Baptist Church, 3564 Clinton St. The celebration of Penns’ 36th year as pastor of Valley View will begin at 3 p.m., with Rev. Virgil Nesbit Jr. of Antioch Baptist Church in Wichita Falls as guest speaker. Theme is “A True
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Abilene is filled with houses of worship but most Abilenians are familiar with the inside of only a handful. A periodic feature in Spirit of Abilene will give you an “Insider’s View” of some of those places you may have driven by many times but never entered. By LORETTA FULTON Name: Valley View Missionary Baptist ChurchLocation: 3564 Clinton St.Online: https://www.facebook.com/valleyview.baptistchurch.1/Pastor:
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By LORETTA FULTON For the first time, the women’s auxiliary of the Texas State Missionary Baptist Convention will meet in Abilene on Jan. 15. Host church will be Valley View Missionary Baptist Church, 3564 Clinton St. The Rev. Andrew Penns is pastor of the church. The meeting is a workshop for deaconesses and for wives or widows of deacons in
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By LORETTA FULTON It looked like a drive-in movie and sounded like a pep rally, but once the service began, there was no doubt that the National Day of Prayer was being observed in Abilene. Instead of on the lawn at City Hall or in a park, the service took place on the parking lot in front of the Abilene
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By LORETTA FULTON The 32 years of ministry by the Rev. Andrew Penns as pastor of Valley View Missionary Baptist Church will be celebrated at the church, 3564 Clinton St., at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19.Theme will be, “Counting the Cost of Leadership,” based on Isaiah 55:4. The Rev. J.W. Webbs, pastor of New Fellowship Baptist Church, will be guest
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By LORETTA FULTON The 116th edition of the annual Original West Texas Baptist District Assocation got off to a rousing start Monday night, with praise and worship music, scripture reading and words of welcome from representatives of several Abilene institutions. The opening musical program held at New Fellowship Baptist Church set the tone, literally and figuratively, for the coming five
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By LORETTA FULTON Standing at the site of the 1922 murder of a black man at the hands of “masked and robed” men, Andrew Penns let it be known that despite the evil that took place there, God was in charge. At the beginning of the ceremony commemorating the death of Grover C. Everett, Penns, pastor of Valley View Missionary
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