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The Bronx Is Burning - 4 - The Seven Commandments
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2019
- the 1977 New York Yankees against the backdrop of New York City. Yankee superstar Reggie Jackson (Daniel Sunjata) and manager Billy Martin (John Turturro) are locked in a perpetual state of warfare. Jackson was a perfect foil for the scrappy Martin, a popular former Yankee player and reminder of the less complicated past of the team and the city. While owner George Steinbrenner (Oliver Platt) was a autocratic boss, he was also intent on keeping his promise to delivering a World Series title. The show also features subplots concerning the NYPD's pursuit of the Son of Sam serial killer that summer and the devastating blackout and resultant widespread looting in July, all while the city suffered through financial bankruptcy and massive municipal layoffs. Another subplot focused on the 1977 New York City Mayoral race featuring incumbent mayor Abraham Beame, former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, future Governor Mario Cuomo, and Congressman Ed Koch, the eventual winner.
That was hilarious how Munson & Lou Pinella ran to hide when Martin banged on the door.
Billy found them huddled in the shower!!😲
@@MrTom-jo4phthe village people 😂
I heard the Yankees used to have circle jerks after wins and the winning pitcher was the pivot man. True Story! ⚾️
@@mantis10_surf85you get that from ball four ? Because jorge posada never sniffed the hall of fame for reasons of that nature ( vizquel too ) , but that were the 5x champs those were , not these guys
16:05 In case anyone's confused: the Yankees were in Milwaukee when the blackout happened. So the lights in their hotel were unaffected.
13:27
George-nobody’s plotting anything, and nobody’s queer HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hahahahaha that was funny
Followed by IF YOU WANT A MANAGER, GET YOURSELF DICK WILLIAMS 😂😂😂
Gabe Paul had one tough, thankless job.
Between a rock and a hard place
He got paid a lot of money.
That spring there was a Yankees pitcher who was struggling, Steinbrenner wanted to trade him. First Gabe Paul said "Over my dead body." Then he said "I'll trade him only if you put it in writing that I objected to it." Steinbrenner than decided not to trade him.
The pitcher was Ron Guidry.
He went back to Cleveland couldn't take George anymore
He was gone in '78
1:11 - I was dying laughing when George Steinbrenner lost it. 😂😂😂
Same Here
They should have put in the part of the all-star game introduction where Reggie came out and got booed.
30 years after billys death and his story still sells...billy was HUGE in the 80s 90s...was popular as a player as well...should be in hall of fame.
IDK. Didn't have HOF career as player and was a journeyman manager (5 teams?) who only won one wórld series. More worthy omissions out there.
6 pennants 5 WS rings, 1 MVP....yes HOF SHUD CALL.
For what , have you seen his stats? So all colorful players should be in the hof? lol
Martin was habitually late when he managed the Tigers.
The final straw was when he fell asleep in between games of a doubleheader, and didn’t show for the second game.
Hall of famer? BAHAHAHA.
The one guy he *didn’t* sucker punch, Ed Whitson, beat the heck out of him, and broke his arm.
@@MrTom-jo4ph Leo Durocher's career and temperament was similar to Billy's. Leo only won one WS like Billy....but both were outstanding baseball managers who greatly improved teams. Durocher is in the HOF and Billy belongs in there too.
As with everything in this series, the opening scene was beautifully written, shot and edited. It depicts a realistic scenario and interaction between a reporter and a source.
Those scenes during the blackout remind me of a certain series of events that have taken place over the last couple days.
Yup.Looks like Boston a few weeks ago.
It was antifa's fault
We had over 700 riots from 1977, to 1983. Every time there is an excuse for some riot the looting kicks in. That’s really why the do it they didn’t care about Martin Luther king in 1968 when he got killed.
@@frankpalancio8471 did they even exist back then
@@Cmcoluch probably. Foxnews boogeyman is everywhere and behind everything.
When thurm and Reggie were at dinner and Munson asked, "name one thing you have that I want", why didn't Jackson just tell him I got three world series rings. Munson right there around the 17:01 mark even knew that when Calming Martin. In Jackson's defense, that would have shut Munson mouth. With that said, they all had egos, but such a good mini series.
Or I’ve got a Rolls Royce that you can barrow? Lol Thurman was a real arrogant guy.
Thurman’s arrogance showed when he crashed his plane.
@@sludge4125 That's going too far. He crashed his plane due to fatigue, distraction, and inexperience with that particular plane.
Love this series, lived through this as a child. Some of the characters are spot on I’ve even met a few of the guys but the Lou Piniella is 6’2” and Munson was 5’11” little details they should have taken care of. Lou looks like a midget next to Munson in this. The Bill White is also a horrible casting but Rivers, Munson, Martin, Jackson, Yogi, and the GM are A++ spot on! Love the Rivers character here and in person, great guy!
What a way to kick off the baseball season, watch this. 😊
When Billy Martin shouts he sounds like another famous sports star: The late WWF “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
Some of the camera shots in this episode are ripped straight from the office and it makes it hella funny
36:44 that one made me laugh out loud at work…
I couldn't help but notice a commonality among the people looting... 🤔
Dan Luaria (sp.) is an incredible actor, ex-U.S.M.C.
I can't believe Lou Piniella, was Little Pinella in this series! Piniella is about 6ft 6ft1in....
70s. The era of the moustache
According to the book which forms the basis for this miniseries, the guy on duty at Con Ed was a last minute replacement with no raining in load shedding. Totally bad luck.
5:06
If only that statement had been filmed in the age of social media
The whole world could've seen how manufactured that situation is
I can’t imagine living in that mess. Just a blackout and they are helpless.
You ever see the movie "Summer of Sam?"
@@NJGuy1973 I think I did but can’t remember?
@@ronniebishop2496 It was a 1999 movie directed by Spike Lee, about New Yorkers living in fear of the .44 killer.
@@NJGuy1973 Oh yes.
@@NJGuy1973 I lived in NYC during that entire time and the climate of fear thing is massively exaggerated.
15:00 some things don't change
Shhhhh.... (you aren't allowed to notice)
When did Billy have a southern accent?
That's his drunk accent.
Why do they have those ridiculous looking ears on Billy Martin.
to me the press trashing the yankees and trashing cops canidates in 1977 was to me the beginning of social media which got eventually to internet platforms..we were never the same again.
The murder of Stacy, even in fiction is still SAD To look at! 41:19.
This is good tv
Was that shooter McGavin as the clipper?
Awesome movie. Only negative: Actors can even do the most simple things athletically. You don't swing a fungo like that.
Aren;t you the best catcher in the league , Carlton Fisk , lol .
LMAO! - SteinGRABBER calling Billy Martin "psychotic" when it's SteinGRABBER who was the damn PSYCHO when it comes to MEDDLING with the team & not allowing Martin or any other YANKEES Manager to do their job.
Angry much? It was over 40 years ago for f***s sake. Chill out
So was Billy, not just George! Both men had massive egos that couldn't be controlled nor satisfied, which produced the clashes between the two that got reported in the papers, radio and TV.
@@dariowiter3078 SteinGRABBER wanted to do BOTH manage & own, so what's the point of hiring a manager? SMH
@@sammyw6687 I guess you didn't realize the comment starts off, "LMAO!" (which means I am laughing at what he said). I just provide a reason as to why I find it funny. Seems you misunderstood the humor. For F*CK SAKE laugh, it's not serious. SMH.
His 7 chips say otherwise.
This series is usually so accurate, but for once they took some dramatic license: starting at 21:00 it's implied that DiMaggio was introduced and came out immediately after Martin, but as the actual game tape shows (ruclips.net/video/c4i6svwXk9E/видео.html), DiMaggio was presented as an honorary captain only at the end of the introduction of the whole American League All-Star team, and he went straight to the end of the line, after the AL trainers. Maybe he shook hands with Martin later, but not in an empty half of the field where the two were standing alone as _The Bronx Is Burning_ suggests here.
I grew up a big Reggie and Clemente Fan. The reason i where 44 is because of Mr October and the Yankees. Sports you are around strangers all the time and it is not easy.
Steinbrenner was usually F*CKING things up with his players, and managers. As a BRONX, New Yorker and fan of the Yankees I was GLAD just as many fans were when Stein-GRABBER got banned by baseball commissioner in 1990. Many Yankee fans disliked Steinbrenner's INTERFERENCE with the team and his MANY bad deals. The NY YANKEES became the team of the 1990's because he was banned and they got a talented manager in BUCK SHOWALTER who allowed YANKEES "farm system" talent to play and develop. Steinbrenner already had a reputation for BUYING "has been free agents" and TRADING away YANKEE Triple A talent.
He was gonna trade away jeter and rivera had they lost in 96
@Hector Rodriguez I would say the Lakers and Cowboys are the Yankees of basketball and football. In baseball, the economic deficit between teams is way above the NBA and NFL.
He also made the Yankees the most valuable franchise in baseball, now its worth 5 billion. He took over from NBC where the franchise was a doormat. I doubt you are a real Yankee fan.
@@jaquino451 WRONG! The PLAYERS made the FRANCHISE ("FRANCHISE PLAYERS") VALUABLE by WINNING MORE WORLD SERIES. I know you've heard of FRANCHISE PLAYERS, so if they (Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter, Andy Petite, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada) would have been TRADED AWAY while they were ROOKIES as is STIEN-GRABBERS M.O. because he was so SHORT-SIGHTED, they would NOT be worth what they are today.
@@BXGUY73 when Stienbrenner bought the team NBC ran that franchise to the ground. George bought the team in 72 for 10 million and today it's worth 5 billion. He took that brand and made it world wide. Not to mention he took over a franchise deep in decline and within 4 years he had them in the world series.
Bishop Ralph Green Sunrise February 14, 1935 Sunset November 11, 2018 Bishop Ralph Green Tent Revival Gospel Church's Tent Revivals: Heaven on Earth to Bishop Green
By Laura CastanedaJuly 12, 1984
A big blue tent with the word "Jesus" painted on its side stood in the middle of an open field. Stragglers lingered around the snack bar and portable toilets, but most sat inside waiting to hear the Gospel.
"We were a weak people that needed a crutch," shouted one man. "I thank God that crutch isn't that [cocaine] we used to snort."
About 300 to 400 people of all ages continued their singing, praying and foot-stomping. Through it all, Bishop Ralph E. Green of the Free Gospel Church of Christ Inc. smiled approvingly and tapped his foot to the beat.
Throughout the southern Bible Belt, revivals are as much a part of summer activities as baseball and swimming, and Bishop Green, a heavyset and soft-spoken man who is "looking to have two weeks of heaven on earth" loves revivals.
Green, 49, preaches in Coral Hills, Md., and has conducted his annual Holy Ghost Miracle Tent Revival at Kenilworth Park in Southeast Washington for four years.
The revival, which opened July 7, begins nightly at 7:30 p.m. and will continue through July 21. Crowds of at least a few hundred people have been gathering every night to sing, give personal testimonials and participate in a divine healing service.
"I feel we have to take the church to where the people are," he said seated in his sparsely furnished office a day before the first revival was scheduled to begin. "A tent always draws people. It's a way to get souls into the kingdom."
Green, who says he earned his title and credentials through several correspondence courses, said his church is made up of "ex-hustlers" or former alcoholics, drug addicts, prostitutes and pimps. "I deal with the people the church doesn't want to go out and get," he said.
James Green, who has been a minister in the bishop's apostolic church for 10 years and is not related to him said, "The bishop is a down to earth. People can relate to him."
Stan Walker, 29, from Glenarden, Md., said he had an $80 a day heroin habit about seven years ago. "I was seeking help," Walker said.
"I came to Bishop Green and I thought everyone was crazy at first. Then I gave my life to Christ and . . . I just gave [alcohol] up easy."
Pat Jacobs, 31, from Capitol Heights, Md., said she had a "pretty bad" cocaine habit when she decided to join the church in 1980. "I had already made up my mind that I was ready to serve God," she said.
Green first began preaching to a handful of people 22 years ago. Since then, he said, his ministry has branched out to other locations. Green said he now has 16 churches in West Africa and in four states here. He also has smaller ministries in Japan and West Germany.
Green preaches 15-minute sermons on radio stations -- WUST in the District, WANN in Annapolis and WCUL in Culpeper.
Green's F.G. (Free Gospel) Development Corp. Inc., an entity of the church that handles all business matters, has been expanding as well. In addition to the bookstore that is located in the church, a new video-recording studio has been built in the basement to make gospel videos, Green said. The corporation recently bought the Coral Hills shopping center, which is adjacent to the church and contains about 18 small businesses.
Green, who declined to comment on how much money his annual revivals make in voluntary contributions, said he has been trying to raise the $2 million that is needed to renovate the church and add a sanctuary, a balcony and a prayer chapel.
To help finance the project, Green has applied for a number of low interest loans from Prince George's County and the State of Maryland. He said he was turned down by both and is now waiting to hear whether a $500,000 loan will be approved by a private, nonprofit agency in the district.
Despite all these investments and church affiliates, Green said the profits are not large. "We're now breaking even," he said. "When you invest in something everyone else has thrown away, you've got to keep putting more into it to make it grow."
Green lives on Largo Road in Upper Marlboro with his wife, Shirley, 42, and their three children Wayne, 26, Shiral, 24, and Antoinette, 17.
"My work is full time," Green said. "The church takes care of our needs."
Green said he has been criticized by some people for driving a Mercedes-Benz, which he said was a gift from his followers, and for wearing a gold watch and diamond rings on each hand.
"Some people don't like to see a preacher with anything. If he drives a nice car [they think] he's a crook," Green said. "It's a good car. I won't have to buy another one for a long time. It's a good investment."
Preaching that gain is godliness as mentioned In Timothy is what Christians are turned off by. I was raised by Christians and ministers and they would feel ridiculous living in a giant mansion etc. God takes care of his sheep, and I’ve been rich, compared to millions of people, but my checks come straight from God, I never asked anyone to send anything especially money. If God wants me to e rich I’m there. But teaching that rich is a sign of godliness is ridiculous as mentioned in the Bible and many preachers are doing it.
Bishop Norman Wagner Obituary Obituary for Bishop Norman L Wagner
Honorable Bishop Norman Leonard Wagner CANFIELD - The Honorable Bishop Norman Leonard Wagner, 68, was translated into eternal Glory, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Youngstown. Bishop Wagner was born Jan. 14, 1942 in Youngstown, the second of three sons, born to Leonard and Louise (Carpenter) Wagner. He was educated within the Youngstown School System. Bishop Wagner achieved academic excellence by obtaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Indiana Bible University. He later received his Doctoral Degrees in Philosophy, Theology and Divinity from the Grace Theological Seminary. He married Rita Helen (Wallace) Wagner on Feb. 15, 1964, and to this union, two daughters were born, Christian Joy and Camille Antoinette. Bishop Wagner was called to pastor the Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church in March of 1971, where he served faithfully as Senior Pastor for nearly 39 years. Dr. Wagner founded Calvary Christian Academy in 1976, a state-chartered, fully-accredited school in the State of Ohio, initially offering elementary classes. Later, as needed, middle and high school classes were added and in June of 1983, Calvary Christian Academy of Higher Learning celebrated its first graduating class. The school operated for 25 years. In 2001, Bishop Wagner opened Legacy Academy for Leaders & the Arts, a charter school serving the Youngstown community. Bishop Wagner’s concern for a senior citizen’s complex propelled Mt. Calvary to build and manage Calvary Estates (Calvary Towers), a $3.2 million, 7-story, 70-unit apartment complex. He served as Executive Director of Tel-A-World Ministries, an in-house production company. In 1992, Bishop Wagner and the Mt. Calvary Concert Choir produced their first recording, “Best For Last.” Their next release, “Excellent,” was No. 3 on the Billboard’s gospel charts for 39 weeks. Bishop Wagner, known worldwide for his exemplary organizational and leadership ingenuity, established an Annual Leadership Conference, “Pentecost In Perspective” in 1985. Bishop Wagner was the former Presiding Prelate of the 1.3 million member organization, The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., in which he served two consecutive terms from 1998 to 2004. He served as Diocesan Bishop of the European Council of Nations for 20 years and at the time of his passing was serving as Diocesan of the 13th Episcopal District of Texas. His memory and love will be cherished by his devoted wife of 45 years, Dr. Rita H. Wagner of Canfield; two daughters, Christian Joy Wagner of Canfield and Camille Antoinette Wagner Barnes (Kent Barrett Jr.) of Austintown; and one granddaughter, British Milan of Canfield. He also leaves to mourn two brothers, Arnold J. Wagner and Mervin (Yvonne) Wagner, both of Youngstown, and the entire Wagner, Wallace and Carpenter families, a host of nieces, nephews, spiritual sons and daughters, as well as the Mt. Calvary Church family, the European Council of Nations and the Texas Council and the entire Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. Friends may call Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Covelli Center. Funeral services will follow immediately at 11 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the L.E. Black, Phillips and Holden Funeral Home.
Babe Ruth was the best. Not Joe DiMaggio.
Dimaggio was alive at the time and Ruth wasn't.
@@jimnfl7134 Yes I know. Lol 😂
@@jimnfl7134And he said that EVER PLAYED WITH PINSTRIPES. wrong it’s Babe Ruth
Martin and Munson acted like Reggie never won 3 World Series titles in Oakland. At that point they hadn't won a thing.
Thurman was the biggest asshole I’ve ever seen and I had no idea. And they all act like spoiled little kids. I guess they play a boys game all their lives, they just keep acting like little boys the rest of their lives?
Munson and Reggie didn't get along. But at least when it comes to the whole batting Reggie 4th controversey, this shows Thurman pretty consistently advocating for that (which I think was fairly accurate). And if you think about it, it makes sense. Like him or not, Reggie is on the team. You might as well get the most out of him.
Well, Munson hadn't yet, but Billy had won five rings as a player with the Yankees. And he was even supposedly the one who told Casey Stengel to bench Enos Slaughter for Game 7 of the 56 World Series (he blamed Slaughter's defense for losing Game 6), which led to the Yanks winning (Slaughter's replacement, Elston Howard, hit a home run in the 11-0 win).
18:00. The witness description of the Son of Sam looks like Donald Trump
Anyone else see the eerie parallels between Steinbrenner and Trump?
No George was a winner
@@cowboy68 fair.
All successful people are loud arrogant and scary lol, the ones I know anyway., maybe some people have never worked for them, it sounds like it. lol
@@ronniebishop2496 very true they are usually bigger too something about size makes it easier
Scottie Ulon Yes that’s true. But some short rich guys have that syndrome and they’re even tougher to work for.
i can't stand Billy's martins soul!! never could, i have personal reasons for despising him and they are my own. p.s. hunting is one of them, i think he even killed a dear by running it over if i'm not mistaken - i'm 99.9 % sure.. he's a p.o.s or was one rather.
i wish Reggie had the luxury to be asked if he could be quoted. subtle racism that still runs rampant today. a white player bat flips is showmanship a black man does is its arrogance.
You should ask rod carew...or willie horton ...or elston howard about billys racism...it didnt exsist...he was italian son of immigrants... experienced plenty of racism himself
Reggie should have said "this is off the record."
@@orbonds3603 yeah Italians suffered more racism than blacks😂😂😂
@@jaquino451
Everyone is a victim.
Are you serious? RJ would rather be tortured than to be quoted anonymously and NOT see his name in print.
Bishop David Ellis Obituary - Celebrating the life of BISHOP DAVID L. ELLIS
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Please read the following as we celebrate the life of Bishop David L. Elllis
Celebrating the life of BISHOP DAVID L. ELLIS
He was a man who did more than “talk” faith. He lived it. The year was 1962, 26-year old David Ellis came to a church on the verge of foreclosure. There was no electricity and the gas meter was due to be out any day. The total indebtedness was in the thousands, and church income less than $150 a week! He refused to give up, despite the odds. It was his opening sermon. What would he say? Clearly, he opened his mouth and God filled it. Out came praise-“You can’t make me doubt him, you can’t make me doubt him,” an old gospel song. He sang it boldly, and then a prophetic word: “Don’t worry! God will send help we know not of.”
Yes, David Ellis had stepped into trouble, but through the grace and mercy of God he would step out in victory! After several years of struggle, the turnaround came. The foreclosure never happened, the bills renegotiated and paid in full. The sanctuary filled to capacity with people eager to hear the fiery young preacher from Chicago. God would use him to make Greater Grace Temple one of the most respected ministries in the country. To know this great man was a special treat. Anointed, charismatic, focused, but so full of compassion and love. Add to that a double portion of God’s favor, and you have the man that GGT and Detroit loved.
It was under Bishop Ellis that GGT saw the establishment of its schools, credit union, travel agency, low-income housing, car wash and much more. In 1996, Bishop Ellis passed away before his vision of the “City of David” could come to pass. So much more could be said about this awesome man of God, but words could never express all that he was to so many.
He would tell you that his success came from the fact that he was a “servant.” Indeed, he served well. If it were possible to tell him today that the “City of David” is now a reality, his response would be predictable. “No doubt! This is the Lord’s doing and it’s marvellous in my eyes.”
His legacy consists of six successful children, including David Ellis Academy and David Ellis Academy West's founder, Theresa J. Ellis-Liddell. Also, a senior citizen home and a funeral home named after David Ellis. Dr David Lee Ellis Sr.
BIRTH
4 Oct 1935
DEATH
19 Mar 1996 (aged 60)
BURIAL
Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith Garden
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
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Greater Grace Memorial Garden
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PHOTOS 5
FLOWERS 34
Asst. Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., the oldest Oneness Pentecostal organization in existence and the second largest Oneness Pentecostal organization in the United States; Diocesan of the Georgia State Council; Founder and Pastor of the 4,300 member Greater Grace Temple of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.; Chief Chaplain, Detroit Police Department; Chairman of the Detroit Police Commission under Mayor Coleman A. Young. A second generation Pentecostal, his pulpit was the stopping and launching point for all local and national political aspirants - one of the most memorable events was the 1988 rally for Presidential candidate Governor Michael Dukakis. Bishop Ellis was a man of great vision and a leading force for city economic development. He was responsible for starting the Greater Grace Temple Christian Schools (now a Charter school: Pre-school through grade 8), a multi-family housing complex, a credit union, a travel agency (GGT Travel Impressions), and Ellis Manor - an 89-unit senior citizens facility. Honored in 1996 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as the Minister of the Year.
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Bishop David Lee Ellis, Sr.
1935-1996
Pastor, Greater Grace Temple (1962-1996)
Diocesan, Georgia State Council (1982-1996)
Assistant Presiding Bishop, PAW
'Most men see and dream... Here lies a man of God who caught a vision of what could not be seen.'
Bishop Smallwood Williams Obituary - BISHOP SMALLWOOD WILLIAMS, FOUNDER OF BIBLE WAY, DIES
By J.Y. SmithJune 30, 1991
Bishop Smallwood E. Williams, 83, a onetime street preacher who founded the Bible Way Churches Worldwide and used a message of faith, self-confidence and salvation to become one of the most influential ministers in Washington, died Friday at the Washington Hospital Center, where he had undergone heart surgery.
Williams began his ministry in 1927, when he arrived here from Columbus, Ohio, with little more than $5 in his pocket, a secondhand tent and the conviction that God would provide for the daily needs of those who sought His help. In time, he founded the Bible Way Church of the Lord Jesus Christ Worldwide, which claims more than 100,000 members and has about 330 congregations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
A force in politics and the civil rights movement, Williams was a former president of the D.C. chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a delegate to several national conventions of the Democratic Party. He used to say that church members had a vital interest in "an amicable relationship with the law and a respect for the rights of others" and that this is what brought the church into the political sphere.
Like the late Bishop Walter "Sweet Daddy" McCollough, who died in March, and other prominent black ministers, Williams loomed large in the calculations of local politicians. He was consulted by leaders of all branches of the local Democratic Party and often was sought out by the media for his views on community events.
In 1987, for example, he opposed a referendum that sought to enact a bottle deposit bill for the District. The failure of the measure was widely viewed as evidence of a deep rift along racial lines in the electorate. Williams explained that although he personally supported environmental measures, it had to be understood that many blacks regarded the environment as a "dessert" issue. They were still struggling with the "soup" issues -- the basic necessities of life, the bishop said.
In 1989, he took to the hustings to embrace Jesse L. Jackson, now the District's shadow representative in the Senate but at that time a potential mayoral candidate in the city. The notion that Jackson, then recently arrived from Chicago, was an "outsider" in Washington was ridiculous, Williams told his flock, which included a sizable radio audience. He described Jackson as "an international personality."
In 1963, he used his political connections to save his church from being torn down. Interstate 395 was scheduled to go through his building. With the help of Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey, then a senator from Minnesota, Williams got the plans redrawn so that the highway would skirt the site.
In 1988, on the 25th anniversary of that episode, two local streets were renamed to commemorate it. One is called Bible Way Plaza and the other is Bible Way Bend.
The church announced yesterday that Elder James Silver, 62, the president of the church's Ministers and Elders Club and Bishop Williams's administrative assistant for the last 34 years, had been appointed interim pastor. Officials said a permanent bishop will be elected by the board of trustees within the next year.
Bishop Williams's main business always was his church, and his message was a combination of faith and self-help with a strong element of fiscal conservatism.
The church building, on New Jersey Avenue NW, is currently undergoing expansion, and the organization once owned a supermarket. Other interests include the nearby Golden Rule housing project, which has town houses and apartments. The church is the sponsor of the development.
"We are a faith operation," the bishop once told an interviewer. "We've never been subsidized by wealthy parishioners. As people began to see what their collective efforts could do, the seeds of prosperity began to spread. People gave to the church, and what the church contributed to them made them feel worthwhile."
A refrain of his sermons was the need of poor parishioners to save and to avoid the temptations of liquor and gambling.
"You've got to live by faith, not luck," he said. "Poor people talk about bad luck, but it's really not having faith -- and bad money management -- that hurts them."
Bishop Williams said he always tried to instill self-confidnece in his listeners. "And that would come from God," he continued. "I told them that their ship was sure to come in. It was a message of inspiration. I told them not to worry about white segregationists because their arms were too short to box with God."
He applied the same prescription of faith and self-restraint to social problems. "Our whole society is looking for an ethical and moral balance in our lives," he said. "The solution to street crimes and drug addiction lies in people finding moral balance in their lives."
Williams was born in Lynchburg, Va., and grew up in Columbus. He stuttered when he was a child, and playmates used to laugh at him when he played at preaching. He overcame that hurdle and graduated from American Bible College. He was ordained a minister of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Pentecostal denomination.
When he decided to come to Washington, he was warned that the city was "a preacher's graveyard and a mission wreckshop." The pessimists said this was so for Baptist preachers even though Washington was a Baptist city, and it would be true even quicker with a Pentecostal preacher.
Nonetheless, Williams went out on the corner of Seventh and G streets NW, and in a deep, booming voice called on passersby to draw nigh. Sometimes he held prayer meetings in an old tent, and gradually he began to attract a following. The pessimists were wrong.
The bishop's survivors include his wife, Verna L. Williams, whom he married in 1928, of Washington; two children, Yvonne L. Williams and Wallace W. Williams, both also of Washington; a brother, Adolphus A. Williams of Columbus; five sisters, Corinne Gibson, Lucille Turner, Mary Handon and Lucretia Cunningham, all of Columbus, and Bobbette Morrow of Cleveland; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
"We are the Bible Way family -- living the way of the Bible," Bishop Williams said in the 50th year of his ministry. " 'Give us this day' -- I say, 'this day -- our daily bread . . . . ' But man shall not live by bread alone."
what this has to do with this video, i have no idea.