Urban pastor leads people, communities to restoration
Jul 20, 2003 By Karen L. Willoughby

BRONX, N.Y. (BP)--"Come join us, my friend," Sam Simpson encouraged a reporter during their first "meeting" -- a cross-town telephone call. He and members of the two churches he pastored and other people from the community were going to picket a bar -- one with nudity to draw clientele -- that had opened for business on a main thoroughfare in the South Bronx. Somehow it's hard to say no to someone who calls you "my friend." Read more...