New Beginnings

ID: 2621 ~ Source: Griffin, Marvin C., interviewed by Thomas L. Charlton in Austin, Texas on 7 August 1975 in Austin, Texas, Baylor University Institute for Oral History. Access full interview here.
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Griffin narrates his journey to the pastorate of New Hope Baptist Church.

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By Skylar Ray
During the 1950s and 1960s, Rev. Marvin C. Griffin strove to bring the Christian gospel to bear upon the civil rights struggle in Waco. As minister of New Hope Baptist Church from 1951 to 1969, Reverend Griffin preached a message of spiritual…