Sun, May 21
|A Crown of Life Ministries
A Crown of Life Ministries : 30th Pastoral Anniversary
Theme: "By The Grace of God"
Time & Location
May 21, 2023, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
A Crown of Life Ministries , 302 SW 8th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
About the event
Sherry Dupree will our keynote speaker!
More about Sherry Dupree:
Sherry DuPree was born on November 25, 1946 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States in the family of Matthew Needham and Mary Elouise (Heartley) Sherrod.
herry became a Bachelor of Science at North Carolina Central University in 1968. Then she became a Master of Arts at North Carolina Central University in 1969 and Master of Library Science at University Michigan, 1974.
Sherry is the founder and organizer of the DuPree African-American Pentecostal and Holiness Collection (materials on African American Pentecostal churches, etc.) at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Has also organized museum exhibit on African American gospel music for the University of Florida; exhibit traveled to the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, IL. Member of board of directors for the Middle Atlantic Regional Press, Washington, DC; Institute for Black Family Development, Detroit, MI; Ocala Marine Institute Canopy; and Florida Ancestor’s Project. Consultant; has made presentations on educational and religious issues in several locations, including Toronto, Ontario, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, Seattle, WA, Gainesville, FL, Washington, DC, Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, New Orleans, LA, and Virginia Beach, VA.
Sherry DuPree has dedicated much of her multi-faceted career towards preserving and explaining the history of the African American Pentecostal religious movement. She has penned books on the subject by herself, and with her husband, Herbert C. DuPree.