Title: Jackson to highlight assembly closing
Date: May 21, 1999
Disciples News Service
Contact: news@cm.disciples.org
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INDIANAPOLIS (DNS) -- The senior minister of the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ)'s "national cathedral" in Washington, D.C., will preach during
closing night of the Oct. 8-12 General Assembly in Cincinnati.
The Rev. Alvin O. Jackson, pastor of National City Christian Church, will address more than 8,000 persons, Oct. 12, gathering under the assembly theme, "The Journey Now." He is serving as alternate to the Rev. Andrew Young who canceled his General Assembly preaching engagement.
Jackson was installed as pastor of the historic Washington, D.C., church in October 1998, after a successful 18-year ministry at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Memphis, Tenn. Under his leadership, the African American congregation grew from 340 members to more than 8,000, making it the largest in the Disciples of Christ.
The nearly 500-member National City Christian Church, was established in 1926 and was the spiritual home of U.S. Presidents James Garfield and Lyndon Johnson.
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