j alice smith senior. he was the president of the east oakland clergy. father jean matthews was the vice president. i was the second vice president. he was the secretary. we were mentored by the great senior and all he did. junior, i met later, and had the privilege of marrying junior and his wife elaine. they invited me to their hundredth anniversary of allen temple last year and 47 years now. then moved to fairfield about eight years ago. i heard this buzz going on that you should hear dr. jackie. dr. jackie will preach the paint off the sanctuary. i was there in fairfield. one friday night, i came to the good friday services at david memorial. i don t remember what words he preached eight years ago, but she did leave some paint on the sanctuary. it was definitely a dynamic electrifying message. today, we are honored to have the senior pastor of allen temple baptist church. the first electorate pastor, a woman pastor, a senior pastor, dr. reverend jaclyn thompson. thank you
he was the president of the clergy. father j masters who we just lost not long ago was the president. we were mentored by the great senior and all that he did. junior i met later. i had the privilege of marrying junior and his wife, elaine. they were reminded of that last year at the 100th anniversary of the temple. 40 some years. then i moved that yoouldhear dr. jackiejaie will in fairfield and i came to the good friday services at beaver memorial. i don t remember what word she preached that she did leave some paint on the sanctuary but it was a electrifying a message. today, we are honored to have the senior pastor of allen temple baptist church, the first woman senior pastor reverend dr. jaclyn thompson. thank you for coming. brothers to brother and the reverend charlotte williams and reverend longer had to make contact. i knew you all over the world. they made it and i am here. i m glad you re here. tell us about your calling. it is phenomenal to have you as a
going to this group brothers to brothers a few times now and i will be coming back and going back. when i asked them if they would like to have a representative from mosaic on the program, you most unanimously recommended reginald liles. welcome. thank you for having me thank u taking the time to be here. one of the things before we get to brothers to brothers, i always like my audience to know who you are, some of your background and some of your history. show me your experiences. i was raised in north oakland. i lived in other places in the city of oakland. and member of temple baptist church. i have been there for 40. i was a chairman. a deacon. a servant, believer. i teach class nine, sunday school class nine. it is an adult class. 35-40 people attend every sunday. interesting. make the woour context as our understanding. and i teach old testament one and two with the leadership institute. institute., seminarian undergraduate. graduate of san francisco state. high s
important summit, very privileged to have the opportunity to set the table and introduce the attorney general, bill barr, most of us are aware that he has had a distinguished career in private practice in government, including time is the head of legal counsel and deputy attorney general, and general counsel of a major corporation. i am confident that everybody knows that he served previously as the 77th attorney general, and elegant as the 85th attorney general, but what many may not know is that when bill barr was previously attorney general, he was in may 1992 honored by a humanitarian of the year award. his commitment to using the power of the federal government to ensure the free practice of religion and fight those who traffic in anti-semitic acts is not new. indeed, in his confirmation hearings three decades ago, he emphasized that invidious discrimination strikes at the very nature and fiber of what this country stands for, . and as attorney general he pledged, quote,
says brothers and sisters. for our purpose of our the today, we we will stay with brothers. brothers to brothers. i have had had the privilege of going to this group, brothers to brothers brothers for a few times and i will be going back. when i asked asked them that i would like them to have a representative from mosaic to be on the program they almost unanimously recommended reginald welcome. it is a pleasure to be here. thank you for taking the time time to be here. yes. one of the things before before we get to brothers two b, two brothers, share a little bit bit about what your experiences have been. i am raised in north oakland. . although i lived in other places in the city of oakland. i am a member of allen temple bat temple baptist church. been there for 40 years. was a chairman of the deacon board at one time. i am still a deacon. i i am a servant, believer. i teah i teach sunday school class ix, an adult class. it is interesting. we really try to me to ma