Accomplished professor to honor MLK Jr. at GCC

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January 19, 2009

Anonymous Allied News Mon Jan 19, 2009, 11:45 AM EST

In honor of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Grove City College will host Timothy Russell, president of the Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies, at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 in Harbison Chapel to present �Jesus, Plain and Simple � �Love Your Enemies.��

The event is free and open to the public.

Russell has served as associate pastor of the Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pa., and pastor of the Geneva Reformed Presbyterian Church in Beaver Falls, Pa. Russell has also worked for Prison Fellowship Ministries as the program director for western Pennsylvania. He served at Geneva College as the director of financial aid from 1990-1995 and as the college chaplain from 1995-2005.

Russell�s presentation will focus on Luke 6:27-36 and King�s perspective on loving one�s enemies.

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