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The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others.

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Randomly-chosen Program From This Collection:

His Name so Sweet

Speaker(s): Leontine T. C. Kelly, introduced by unknown person

Description: Leontine T. C. Kelly (1920-2012) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church. She was the second woman elevated to the position of bishop within the UMC, and the first African-American woman bishop of the church. After being a school teacher in Virginia for eight years, Kelly became a Certified Lay Speaker in Virginia in the late-1960s, served the Galilee Church (1969–75), and was ordained a deacon by William R. Cannon in 1972 and an elder by W. Kenneth Goodson in 1977. Kelly served on the staff of the Virginia Conference Council on Ministries (1975–77), directing social ministries. She then served as pastor of Asbury-Church Hill in Richmond, Virginia seven years before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the U.M. General Board of Discipleship with the portfolio of Evangelism. She was elected to the episcopacy by the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1984.

Length: 19:16
Recording Date: December 18, 1983
Recorded at: Duke University Chapel, Durham NC