Rev. Earle Fisher encourages Mississippi Boulevard members to ‘get up, pick up your mat and walk’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 20, 2019 6:04 PM CT | Published: January 20, 2019 3:03 PM CT
<span><strong>Rev. Earle Fisher, senior pastor of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Whitehaven, greets the congregation after addressing Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Sunday, Jan. 20., the day before Martin Luther King Day.</strong> (Abigail Warren/Daily Memphian)</span>

Rev. Earle Fisher, senior pastor of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church in Whitehaven, greets the congregation after addressing Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on Sunday, Jan. 20., the day before Martin Luther King Day. (Abigail Warren/Daily Memphian)

Rev. Earle Fisher spoke to Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church the day before Martin Luther King Day. He encouraged the congregation to continue to strive for racial equality.

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Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.


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