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 Reverend
Willie F. Wilson is the Pastor of the famed Union Temple Baptist Church
in Washington, D.C., reputed to be the only authentic Afrocentric
African American Church. The church's edifice includes a 30' x 19'
mural of the Lord's Supper with a Black Christ and the twelve disciples
depicted as significant African and African American historical figures,
among them Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Marcus
Garvey (see picture on right).
The church has been recognized by USA Today newspaper as one of America's 10 most valuable institutions and was selected by the National Congress of Churchmen, an organization representing over 24 denominations and more than 68,000 churches as one of the top 100 mode Black churches in America. Reverend Wilson has devoted many years to the study of African religion and culture, and particularly the survival of Africanisms in African American culture and religion. In October 1980 in a highly spiritual ceremony in the village of Kanuma, The Gambia - West Africa, he was ordained a Wolof Priest and Mandingo Chief. The ceremony was officiated by Khet Jereh Sagnia, a Mandigo Chief, Malik MiBenga, a Wolof priest, and Imam Diop Marche. The significance of this ordination is that Reverend Willie F. Wilson (Nana Kwadwo Boafo I), has the uttermost credence and positive authority to perform any and all ceremonies relating to African people in Africa and abroad. In October 1993 in a celebration of thousands in the township of Askankwangra, in the western province of the African Nation of Ghana, Reverend Wilson was crowned sub-chief of the Bretuo clan and was presented with his own Ashanti stool as chief. The church is currently building a church and house to be used for rites of passage for the youth of Washington, D.C. in Ghana. |
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