SSAAH to honor local pastors at annual gathering
Dr. Martin
Dr. Harold Martin, chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University, will be the keynote speaker at the Society for the Study of Afro-American History for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County’s annual banquet. It will be held Friday, March 22 in the Pavilion Ballroom at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 460 N. Cherry St., at 7 p.m.
“Trailblazing, Historical Afro-American Clergy: Liberating and Educating Our Youth” is this year’s theme.
Dr. Churn, Dr. Lowe, Dr. Mack, and Dr. Sintim
The Society will honor prominent local ministers, including Dr. Hector Sintim, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church; Dr. Darryl Aaron, First Baptist Church; Bishop Sheldon McCarter, Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church; Dr. Serenus T. Churn, Mt. Zion Baptist Church; Dr. John Mendez, Emmanuel Baptist Church; Rev. Prince Rainey Rivers, United Metropolitan Baptist Church; Dr. Paul A. Lowe Jr., Shiloh Baptist Church; and Dr. Sir Walter Mack Jr., Union Baptist Church. Tickets, which are $50, may be purchased by check at the New Winston Museum, 713 South Marshall St., from noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
For further information, call 336-724-2842.
