Opinion: Memphis Allies must press forward
Terrell Monger
Terrell Monger is pastor at One Accord Ministries and is a native Memphian.
Pastor Terrell Monger on how the work of Memphis Allies is “difficult, dangerous and exhausting.” But it is “essential we all work together to save as many lives as we can.”
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