Saturday, April 24, 1999
Church will honor retired Rev. Booth this Sunday
He will give sermon in Avondale before attending the reception
BY ALLEN HOWARD
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Rev. L. Venchael Booth, pastor emeritus of Olivet Baptist Church in Silverton, will be honored Sunday at Zion Baptist Church in Avondale, where he pastored 32 years.
“We are inviting him back to participate in the fellowship and pay tribute to his service to the community and to the church,” said the Rev. James H. Cantrell, pastor of Zion.
The Rev. Mr. Booth will deliver the 11 a.m. sermon and will attend a reception at the church in his honor, the Rev. Mr. Cantrell said.
Many of the accomplishments the Rev. Mr. Booth made in the church and community during his 63 years in the ministry were done while pastor at Zion.
He helped organize the Progressive Baptist Association, which was started at Zion in 1961. He started the Progress Association for Economic Development (PAED) in the mid-1960s, an organization to develop businesses in the African-American Community in Cincinnati.
In 1975, the Rev. Mr. Booth started the Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast, which was held each year after the November election.
He said it offers prayers for elected officials to help them in their task of running the government.
Since retiring from Olivet Baptist, the Rev. Mr. Booth has been an interim pastor at the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Muncie, Ind., where he and his wife Yvette live.
The Rev. Mr. Booth is the father of Cincinnati City Council member Paul Booth.
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