A. A. Allen - Did God Call the Apostle Paul to Preach the Gospel to the Black Man?

A. A. Allen - Did God Call the Apostle Paul to Preach the Gospel to the Black Man?

*special thanks to jay strange for sharing this one too

What is little known is that A. A. Allen was one of the few preachers who welcomed both black and white people into his sermons during the time of segregation in America (separate schools, bathrooms, water fountains, etc. for black and white people) when even the churches were segregated as most preachers back then did not encourage integration. As crazy as A. A. Allen was, A. A. Allen was an advocate of equality although Allen was most focused on winning souls rather than marching in the streets.

Allen brought black and white people in the same tent when some prejudiced white people did not even want to worship in the same room as black people or get baptized in the same fountain as black people. Allen's message is integration on this album. His message is based on his claim that God told his apostle Paul to preach to black people. So what Allen is implying is that God may have only talked to white people and God has not talked to any black people. If skin color does not really matter to God, why was God not calling upon any black people to preach the gospel?

The liner notes from the cover say: A. A. Allen is no doubt the first evangelist on a great national or international scale to preach integration to huge crowds in the north and the south to both the black and the white and to be successful in integrating multitudes in worship in his huge tent and auditorium campaigns. Allen declares, with God and in his campaigns there are no social or racial barriers. The Allen campaigns are for all people of all churches. Possibly, Allen's campaigns and his preaching have done more to make all people "one" than any other single effort in the nation or world. In Allen's campaigns, thousands sing, shout, worship God and are all baptized together in the huge Baptistry.

More notes:

The song "Every Man Has Got to Be Born Again" appears on side 2. Song written by Richard Littlejohn. Song performed by Gene Martin, Richard Littlejohn, Judy Blocksom, and Trinity Faith Tabernacle Choir (Toledo, Ohio, USA).

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Did God Call the Apostle Paul to Preach the Gospel to the Black Man? {18:27}

Side 2

1. Did God Call the Apostle Paul to Preach the Gospel to the Black Man? continued {19:09}