MONDAY
E-mail a friendNovember 6, 2008
Nationally renowned preacher Rev. Gardner Taylor, Senior Pastor Emeritus of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY and mentor and close friend to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tells the story of survival and acceptance that began for him with a car accident on a country road in 1937 Louisiana.
Rev. Gardner Taylor
Rev. Gardner Taylor
Pastor explains why he believes the election of Barack Obama is an instance of divine intervention. (2:57)
Full interview. (23:18)
At age 90, Rev. Gardner Taylor—known as the "dean of the nation's Black preachers"—is still mentoring aspiring seminarians, and his sermons are studied in divinity schools worldwide. He led the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, NY for 42 years and was the first African American on the New York Public School Board. He also helped form the Progressive National Baptist Convention. The grandson of slaves, he was a close friend and mentor to Dr. King. In '00, Taylor was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
