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Changes to LDS Scripture Headings & Footnotes

ckite — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:55:49 +0000

Please see this recent article by Marvin Perkins of Blacks in the Scriptures on significant changes to the headings and footnotes in LDS Scriptures:

http://www.blacklds.org/changes-to-lds-scripture-headings-footnotes

Marvin Perkins Answers Questions for Times and Seasons

ckite — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:34:43 +0000

Marc Bohn, May 20, 2009

Marvin Perkins has graciously agreed to answer a few questions from Times & Seasons. Brother Perkins is a Latter-day Saint music producer who is currently the Public Affairs Co-chair for the Genesis Group and who has worked to nurture understanding between African Americans and Latter-day Saints …

Part 1

http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/05/12-questions-for-marvin-perkins-part-one/

Part 2

http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/05/12-questions-for-marvin-perkins-part-two/

Part 3
http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/05/12-questions-for-marvin-perkins-part-three/

Baptisms, Article Praised, Radio Interview, Church Newsroom, Gladys Knight

ckite — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:54:10 +0000

Baptisms Result From Understanding Scriptures on Black Issues

7/21/2008 – Missionaries in some parts of the world are carrying the Blacks in the Scriptures DVD set with them. They’re reporting that they get these questions daily. With the DVDs are able to present the scriptures in a consistent manner. Two more reported this morning from Kenya, Africa. Although Africans are joining the Church in large numbers, the “curse doctrine” still plagues many who choose to remain in the Church. Blacks in the Scriptures is making a significant difference in Kenya, Ghana and South Africa.

Radio Interview http://mormonmisc.podbean.com/2008/07/18/perspective-of-a-black-convert/

Two hour talk radio interview with Van Hale, Salt Lake City. This is long and listeners will be able to gain some insights to better prepare them to speak to these issues.

Article Receiving High Praise http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/080609dvd.html

The Meridian Magazine article written by Dana King of St. Louis, MO is receiving a wealth of praise as one of the best article ever written on the issues surrounding Blacks and the Priesthood. Just in case you did not have the chance to read it, here it is again.

From The LDS Church Newsroom

The Church has elected to include the CNN interview on it’s official site.

News Releases & Stories

1. It’s One of the Best Kept Secrets – News Story

VALENCIA, California 16 July 2008 As part of the Black in America series airing on 23-24 July, CNN has launched an online series titled I Am which seeks to break through stereotypes by highlighting individuals who have ignored racial barriers and injustices. Marvin Perkins, an African American member of the Church, participated in this series. Full Story

2. Gladys Knight Reflects on Family and Faith – News Story

OTTAWA, Canada 1 July 2008 Gladys Knight’s son Jimmy III died in his sleep nine years ago at age 36. She recently told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper: “He brought me to my church and I just grew immensely from his example. I am happy in my spirit for where I know for sure he is. That (death) is something we all have to go through, it’s not our time and place to dictate when, where or what, it’s not our business. It belongs to the Lord and that’s how I’ve dealt with it. I know I’ll see him again.” Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. Full Story

Review of “Blacks in the Scriptures” in Provo Daily Herald

admin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:47:37 +0000

The Provo Daily Herald reviews “Blacks in the Scriptures,” a DVD produced by Darius Gray and Marvin Perkins to educate Mormons and non-Mormons alike on some of the difficult questions related to race, the priesthood, and Church history:

Perkins, 44, thinks the DVD has value for people who are not LDS but have questions about the faith. The four-part presentation contained on the film’s two discs, he said, is “for everybody, whites, blacks, Polynesians, Latinos, Asians — everybody, both inside and outside the church.”

The most important audience, however, is Latter-day Saints. “Our desire is to cleanse the inner vessel first,” he said, referring to a metaphor used by the warrior Moroni in the LDS scriptural volume the Book of Mormon. “We’re keeping thousands of people out of the church each year because the members don’t know the answers.”

Read Black-and-white Issue by Cody Clark.