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In the little town of Covington TN exists a rarity.
A church founded and pastored by a woman...a white woman. The congregation is and always has been 99-100% black. Its still there. Been there for years. As far as I know, Sis. Dolly Willingham is still pastoring it but she was having some health problems.
No one loves their pastor more than these people. Their services are awesome and they get with it like many white folks can only dream of doing. Its something to see and experience.
Sis. Willingham's deceased husband did not want any part of a black church so he attended the church I went to in nearby Millington.
The Millington church has always been mixed. Its not half and half but it has always had a good number of african americans.
Covington has another UPC church that was all white years ago and remains 99% white to this day. This church existed first and story goes that years ago blacks were not welcome there.
Sis. Willingham, originally out of the Millington church under Pastor Hazel Simpson's ministry, felt a burden for the blacks in the area and began the work in Covington.
Many evangelists have passed through and preached for Sis. Willingham. They all tell stories of awesome revival services and the incredible love and loyalty of a black congregation to a white woman pastor who loves them just as much.
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