I read the article you printed on the Rev. Lyons and would like to ask you why there was no article regarding the visit to St. Louis by the current National Baptist Convention president? He was in town for a revival as well a few weeks ago.
I am not saying you should not have done an article on Lyons, although I don’t think he deserved front-page space. What I am saying is that you should have allowed some space for the man who had to come behind the mess that Lyons and his gang made, the one who had to instill hope in a group of hopeless people, the one who had to regain the trust of some church folks who were hurt and deceived, the Rev. William Shaw.
Your reporter stated that the people at the Lyons revival were not allowed to comment. That does not surprise me. I am a member of a popular pastor’s church who was not allowed to travel to the last convention because I refused to vote against the Rev. Shaw. I will not sign my name for fear of retaliation from my pastor. Isn’t that sad?
True Child of God
St. Louis