45th anniversary celebration

Jet, Nov 5, 2001

45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: The Rev. Dr. Johnnie Colemon, (4th, l) founder-minister of Christ Universal Temple in Chicago, is congratulated on her 45th anniversary as a minister by ministers from all religious faiths. They are (l-r) the Rev. B. Herbert Martin, Progressive Baptist Church, Chicago; Dr.

Barbara King, Hillside Chapel, Atlanta; Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan; the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., the Rev. Clay Evans, founder, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, and the Rev. Henry Hardy, Cosmopolitan Community Church, Chicago. Not pictured is the Rev. T.L. Barrett, Life Center Church of God in Christ. Rev. Colemon's church is the largest New Thought Christian church in the world with nearly 20,000 members.