Lavaughan Venchael Booth (January 7, 1919 – November 16, 2002) was a Baptist pastor and leader in the United States, the founder and first President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention.

Biography

Booth was born in Collins, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He graduated from Hopewell High School in Hopewell, Covington County, Mississippi in 1936 and has a bachelor's degree from Alcorn A&M (1940). He also studied at Gammon Theological Seminary and graduated from Howard University's School of Religion in 1943 with honors and as president of his class.[1]

He was the pastor of Cincinnati's Zion Baptist Church for three decades and was the first African American trustee of the University of Cincinnati.[2]

He founded the Progressive National Baptist Convention in 1961 and was elected first President of the Convention.[4] He also established the Marva Collins Preparatory School in 1990.[1] A lawsuit by Marva Collins alleges the K-8 school in Cincinnati infringes on her trademark teaching method and name.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rev. L. Venchael Booth | African American Resources | Cincinnati History Library and Archives". Library.cincymuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  2. 1 2 "The Rev. L.V. Booth, 83, Baptist Leader". The New York Times. 25 November 2002 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ↑ Gilbreath, Edward (March 11, 2002). "The Forgotten Founder". ChristianityToday.com.
  4. ↑ C. Douglas Weaver, In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist Story, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 208
  5. ↑ "Collins v. Marva Collins Preparatory School, Case No. 1:05cv614 | Casetext Search + Citator".
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