On Preaching the Gospel

Speaker(s): Bishop L. Scott Allen

Description: Preaching the Gospel in a free pulpit, overseen only by the Holy Spirit - this sermon was delivered by Bishop Lineunt Scott Allen (1918-2004) at the 1974 Annual Conference of the Virginia Annual Conference ot the United Methodist Church. He speaks to the new ordinands about the the job of preaching the Gospel. Allen was the first African-American bishop in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the UMC. He was Bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference from 1976 to 1984 and a pioneer in racial integration within the denomination's leadership.

Length: 29:48
Recording Date: June 11, 1974
Recorded at: Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton Virginia