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OPINION | MIKE MAYTON: Washing away the color line
Charles Harrison Mason, a Black preacher from Preston, founded the oldest and largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States in 1897; Eudorus N. Bell, a white preacher from Malvern, issued the
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If you asked people knowledgeable about religion to name the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States, most would say the Assemblies of God. If you asked this same group to name the oldest Pentecostal denomination in the U.S., they would most likely answer the Church of God headquartered in Cleveland, Tenn.
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The musical comedy runs May 27-29.
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For the first time in more than a year, Kennebunk High School Visual and Performing Arts will present performances in front of a live audience outside, under a big top tent.
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KENNEBUNK – For the first time in more than a year, the Kennebunk High School Visual and Performing Arts Department will present performances in front of an audience outside under a big-top tent. Attendees should bring a chair or a blanket, organizers say, since seating is not available.
They’ll perform the musical comedy “Triumph of Love” at 7 p.m. May 27 and 28 with performances at 2 and 7 p.m. on May 29. The show will also livestream on YouTube.
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