Recent Examples on the WebAmong those backing Porter are members of Abyssinian’s deacon board, who say Yeiser confessed his sins to them during a meeting in 2019 with the church’s esteemed pastor, the Rev. Calvin Butts, who died in 2022.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024 Bragg worshiped at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem as a child, and still does now with his wife and children.—Walter Ray Watson, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024 After personally inviting Belafonte to hear a sermon of his at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church in 1956, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. requested private time with him.—Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 Even the Abyssinian Gospel Choir was blown away by her.—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023 The first was held in January, with proceeds given to the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church located in Durham.—Justin Ray, Robb Report, 19 July 2023
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