In the News ... "The Rev. Buhl: Heaven neither ‘black’ or ‘white’"

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• New pastor of St. James Baptist Church steps in after the Rev. McNeil retires

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The Rev. Samuel L. Buhl Sr., pastor of St. James Missionary Baptist Church at 2212 E. 11th St., is working on joining the Southern Baptist Convention in part to seek more unanimity among Christians of all races.

Asked his response to the SBC’s new emphasis on integration, Buhl said, “Sunday morning is the only segregated time we have.

“Blacks go to their church, whites go to theirs and Spanish to theirs. There is not going to be a white Heaven and a black Heaven. It’s just going to be Heaven, and if we plan on making it there, we got to get along here” ...

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