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Reverend Dr. Shelvin Jerome Hall
 Rev.
Hall retires as Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church after 51 years
of faithful service. His last sermon, "The Unfinished Song"
was preached on November 12, 2006. Rev. Hall continually
thanked Friendship for being the nicest folks.
Reverend Dr.
Shelvin Jerome Hall came to Friendship from Texas in the Fall of
1955 as the 7th Pastor of "The" Friendship Baptist Church of
Chicago. Pastor Hall's request was, "If I am to be
pastor, then let me pastor." Fifty-one (51) years later,
he still leads the Friendship Congregation. At age 90, he is
THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SHIP, FRIENDSHIP!
Reverend Hall,
is a dedicated servant of God. He has proven to be an astute
administrator, a renowned educator, a powerful advocate of the
Gospel. He and his wife, Mrs. Lucy Mae Hall, have been
models and mentors for numerous young couples. He praises God for
an active membership of approximately 500 members for his 51 years
as shepherd of the Friendship Baptist Church.
The Hall Family
pictured above left to right starting in the back: Ms. Naima Hall,
Mrs. Lillian Hall, Professor Lewis Hall, Mr. Ephraim Martin,
Justice Shelvin Louise Marie Hall, Justice Priscilla Hall, Mrs.
Lucy Mae Lewis Hall and Rev. Dr. Shelvin Jerome Hall.
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Reverend Hall was born in Yoakum, Texas in 1916
He graduated Magna cum Laude from Bishop College in 1944
He has been married to Lucy
Mae Hall since 1945
He completed his graduate
studies at Prairie View College and Howard University in 1949
He has three children:
Justice L. Priscilla Hall, Justice Shelvin L. M. Hall and
Professor Lewis Hall
He received a Doctor of
Divinity from Arkansas Baptist College in 1975
He received a Doctor of
Humanities from McKinley Theological Seminary in 1981
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Pastor of Friendship Baptist
Church since 1955
Past positions include:
Supervisor, General Division
of the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education,
U.S.A., Inc.
Instructor, Chicago Baptist
Institute
Moderator, Salem Baptist
District Association
Dean, Baptist General State
Congress of Christian Education, Illinois, for 25 years
President, Westside Baptist
Ministers' Conference
President, National Board of
Directors, One Church/One
Child Program
President, Baptist General
State Convention of Illinois, Inc. |
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Civic and Political
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Past
positions include:
Founding Member,
Community Bank of Lawndale
Chairman, Board of Directors,
Community Bank of Lawndale
President, Westside Isaiah
Plan
Chairman, Family Division,
Chicago Area Boy Scouts of America
Executive Director,
Inter-Religious Council on Urban Affairs
Administrative Director,
Lawndale People's Planning and Action Committee
President, Local
Redevelopment Authority of Lawndale, Inc.
President, N.A.A.C.P.
Westside Branch
President, Midwest Community
Council
Founding Board Member,
Operation P.U.S.H. |
2001, the H. R. Stevenson
Institute was renamed the Dr. Shelvin Jerome Hall Institute
Winter 2001,
Reverend Hall, was honored by Mayor
Richard M. Daley and the City Council, as a “Living Legend”
August 4, 2004, Reverend Hall was honored at the
Baptist General State Congress of Christian Education where he
received a plaque that praised him for being “A Preacher of High
Esteem”
February 2005, recognized as one of the ten
most prominent ministers in Chicago during "Iron Sharpens
Iron" Ministers' Conference Awards
April 20,
2005, Friendship and Reverend Hall were cited in the editorial
section of the Chicago Defender for being one of the few
churches that ignored threats by the political forces of that
day and allowed the venerable Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., to preach from her pulpit
June 5, 2005, Reverend Hall was interviewed by
The History Makers-A National Archive of African American
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41 MEN LICENSED TO
PREACH UNDER REV. HALL |
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1956: Deacon Ellis Terry
1957: Deacon Ben Burks
1958: Deacon Charlie Mitchell
1959: Brother Thomas Henry and
Brother S. Howard Wood
1960: Deacon
Jacob
1964: Brother
Robert C. Lane
1970: Brother
Dannie Bell, Brother Alonzo Stovall, Brother Jesse M. Brown,
Brother Herbert Clark, Brother Preston Winfrey and Deacon David
McCall
1976: Brother
George R. Bowen and Deacon Mario McManus
1977: Brother
Charles E. Gordon
1979: Brother
Buster Brown
1980: Brother
Courtenay Miller;
1981: Brother
Houston and Brother Calvin Wiggins
1982: Deacon
Elzie Densler and Brother Fred V. Holland
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1983: Brother
Benjamin L. Davis and Brother Clarence E. Miller 1985: Brother
Freddie L. Burden
1988: Brother
Alex E. Brown, Jr. and Brother Michael Toles
1989: Deacon
Woody L. Collins and Brother Jerome Bates
1990: Brother
Randall Harris
1991: Brother
Antwon Funches
1992: Deacon
Elvin J. Simpson
1993: Brother
Arthur Jefferson and Reverend Lee Andrew Williams
1998: Brother
Leonard Franklin and Brother Cleophus Lee
1999: Brother
Marcus C. Owens
2000: Brother
Alvin Hightower
2002: Brother
Arick Lockhart and Brother Collins Sledge
2003: Brother
Shuntay Brown
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PREACHERS ORDAINED BY PASTOR HALL |
MINISTERS
CALLED TO PASTOR CHURCHES |
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July 20,
1974: Reverend David McCall and Reverend Jesse M. Brown
December 27,
1978: Reverend Dannie Bell and Reverend Jerry Porter
December 31,
1985: Reverend George R. Bowen, Reverend
Charles E. Gordon and Reverend Fred V. Holland
April 18,
1992: Reverend Alex E. Brown, Jr.,
Reverend Buster Brown, Reverend Woody L. Collins, Reverend Randall
Harris, Reverend Keith Hines, Reverend Earnell Hardimon, Reverend
Thomas Louis, and Reverend Clarence E. Miller
December 17,
1998: Reverend Elvin J. Simpson
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1975
Reverend David
McCall - West Calvary
Reverend Alonzo
Batts - Greater Lily
Reverend Jesse
M. Brown - New Hope/Duluth, MN
September
1979
Reverend Dannie
Bell - New Chestnut, Richmond, VA
March 29,1981
Reverend Jesse
M. Brown - The First Baptist Church of Chicago
1981
Reverend
Dannie Bell - Covenant Chapel
1990
Reverend Charles E. Gordon - Covenant Chapel
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