Martin Luther King Jr. and his father, the redoubtable Martin Luther King, Sr., were American Baptist ministers. Most Baptists celebrated when President Ronald Reagan finally signed legislation to make King’s birthday a national holiday,
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About Philip E Jenks
Philip, a synodical deacon in the ELCA Metropolitan New York synod, is a retired communicator for American Baptist Churches USA, the U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches, the U.S. National Council of Churches, and two Philadelphia area daily newspapers. He and his spouse, the Rev. Dr. Martha M. Cruz, are the parents of six adults and are members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rye Brook, N.Y. They live in Port Chester, N.Y.
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