Religion: Abyssinian Allegations

"Reverent" Powell was hopping mad. . . .

He's going to get a writ. . . .

Brother Skerritt just defied them. . . .

Not a cent of money left. . . .

Been playing the numbers. . . .

They're going to impound the Friendly Society books. . . .

The street corners of Manhattan's lusty black Harlem last week buzzed with rumors, reports, allegations, accusations— all concerning the Abyssinian Baptist Church which, with 12,094 members, is the largest Protestant church in the world.

Banding together 126 years ago after a schism in the...

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