The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Wednesday, September 23, 2015. (Interview With Pastor John Girton And His Anti Violence Vigil Sarts At 29:39 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). For three weeks Pastor John Girton, Pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church has been holding a vigil in a tent at 30th and Dr. King Street to […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Thursday, September 3, 2015. (Interview With Pastor Girton Starts At 30:10 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). The new, relatively young Pastor of Christ Missionary Baptist Church in the Riverside/UNWA area, Rev. John Girton, is planning his own crusade to bring attention to the growing violence that’s occurred in the […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Monday, July 27, 2015. A series of meetings and conference calls over the weekend led to various segments of Indianapolis’ African-American leadership to come together to provide some short term immediate solutions to the crisis caused by the sudden closing last week of the city’s four Double 8 Grocery […]
For a half century the Rev. Dr. Melvin Girton has been a spiritual and moral force in Indianapolis and its African-American community. From the days of the civil rights era to the 21st century, Rev. Girton has pastored the Christ Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis UNWA neighborhood. For several terms, he served as leader of […]
Located in the United Northwest Area (UNWA) on Indy’s near northwest side, Christ Missionary Baptist Church has been a major beacon of Light, Faith, Hope and Social Activism for 94 years. For nearly fifty years this great church has been pastored by the Rev. Dr. Melvin B. Girton. But this week, the Christ Missionary Baptist […]
