NEWS YOU CAN USE THE THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE le'w^s pa per>, . ^ o« ini'i'ij I nsi'il’u't'iar In Our 21st Year Issue No. 1926 August 2004 www.theacphoenix.com Associate Consultants Serving the Triad FREE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTER by Dr. Patricia D. Bailey If there has ever been a need for rethinking the way we do foreign and local missions, it is now! Our changing world has placed a demand to develop apostolic strategies to impact nations. We have approached a new era and we can no longer expect to do colonialistic missions with our imperialistic Anglo mindset and accomplish our tasks. Missions for the new millennium is our greatest need, coupling practical CLASS TO CELEBRATE 50TH HIGH SCHOOL REUNION By Dr. Marie S. Williamson Members of the Atkins High School Class of 1954 are busily preparing to celebrate the fifti eth anniversary of their gradua tion. Festivities will take place on August 6 through 8 with headquarters at the Holiday Inn Select on University Parkway. This reunion is especially impor tant as a milestone, but it will have an added dimension in that it will provide an opportuni ty for the class to celebrate the life of Mr. Harry Dubois Wheeler, the beloved and revered music teacher who touched in some way the life of each Atkins High student. Over sixty classmates and ministry with the supernatural and establishing both with the very essence of accountability and integrity. Empowerment is one of the greatest needs in developing nations. For the past century, a great emphasis was placed on an evan gelistic thrust of ministry. The reformation of church, government and infrastructure are of a greater need today. Refusing to shift our paradigm from the traditions of our forefa thers could prove to be quite cru cial for our multilcomplexed world. The 21st century met us with challenges that no other age has faced. This is a demand age of technology and knowledge, yet the darkest ignorance still remains as it pertains to AIDS awareness, understanding of cultural diversities and ethno linguistic groups. * We have governmental leaders that expect us to believe that the search for weapons of mass STRIVE TO EXCEL, MOT TO EQUAL John H. Martin their guests will attend the events which will include a Friday evening hospitality hour, a Saturday dinner and dance, and a Sunday afternoon picnic. Among class members commit ted to attending are William “Head” Griffin, Joseph “Joe Pete” Adams, and Booker “B. T.” Williams, three of Atkins’ former outstanding athletes. Griffin and Adams set records that led the football team to win the Negro State Triple A Continued on Page 52 destruction validates the billions of dollars appropriated to the cause while only $250 million is given annually to the humanitarian aid o/ the entire continent of Africa. We are expected to continue to allow ungodly new legislative laws and foreign policies that distribute 8 billion dollars a year to Israel and have waited for over 6 million peo ple to be killed in Sudan before Great Britain ever sent troops in. We are living in times where Continued on Page 10 INSIDE... I Listened to the Sacred Drum 2003-04 Graduates: Melisha T. Young, Della T Garcia, Patricia D. Harrison By: Hazel Mack Hillard The Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge, a K-12 public charter school will start the 2004-2005 school years with the most innova tive high school program in the state of North Carolina. Mrs. L. Ann Daniels, the school’s night high school administrator and resource development officer states that Continued on Page 40 I Olivia Gaddy | ^ Opens I Housing/Marketing | Consultant | ■ Business .9 | 3. Sojourn to w Freedom 11 I I The City’s Hour I of Hope 20 § I Goodwill Baptist I Invites You to I Empowerment I Conference .43 Justice for Johnson . U t ■53 I