• Rev. Hunter

    Africans In America

    by  • March 15, 2013 • Africans in America, Bay Area, Berkeley, Featured, News Group Publisher, Oakland News Articles, Rev. Hunter, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

    A Veneration Ceremony often has dancing, singing ,drumming, and spiritual chants to honor the ancestors. A Yoruba Mythology saying:” As a spirit in heaven before taking a body, we each are given assignments tasks from our ancestors to achieve then we are sent to earth through selected parents. which leads to the chant - It is the errand of my ancestors that I run, or it is the path of my ancestors that I walk. Photos by Kayode Gbadebo and graphic design by Adam L. Turner

    Part II By Kayode Gbadebo According to historian John Ridpath, “Observers of traditional African culture, so inevitably influenced by Western style of thought and intellectual traditions, failed to understand and interpret the culture.” This may be because, according to writer John Bascom. “The Yoruba way of life is traditional, dating back well before the...

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    Hunter Challenges Bishop to Send Him Back to FAME Instead of Bethel’s Pulpit After Members Walk Out

    by  • November 23, 2012 • AME, Bay Area, FAME, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Rev. Hunter, San Francisco

    Members of Bethel AME church in San Francisco walked out on their newly assigned pastor, Rev. John J. Hunter at their 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on Sunday as he entered the pulpit through the back door after the church rejected him as their pastor. Presiding elder Rev. W. Bartalette Finney Sr. functioned as the pastor until Sunday and notified members that according to the AME discipline, once seated in the pulpit Hunter became the pastor of Bethel AME. Photo by Rudolph Williams.

    By Lee Hubbard and Post Staff Parishioners at Bethel AME church in San Francisco were surprised when they arrived in church this past Sunday morning for the 8 a.m. service. Sitting next to Presiding Elder Dr. William Bartalette Finney was the Rev. Dr. John J. Hunter, the new minister who is slated to lead...

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