Rev. Al Green's Full Gospel Tabernacle Church /Memphis

I live in Phoenix, was born and raised in Memphis, and have been an R&B fan since the 60's back in the Stax records heyday. Since I was visiting family in Memphis last year, and had never been to the Rev. Green's Tabernacle church, my sister suggested we go that Sunday.

Rev. Green was not there that day, which was disappointing, but the "Spirit" certainly was. After about 2 hours of praying, singing wonderful praise songs with the awesome band, the 90+ year old elder standing in for Al Green that Sunday informed the congregation that it was "testimony" day. My sister was invited up to give a testimony which was very well received. In fact there were several visitors from around the world that day and after her testimony, several more women, who also happened to be white, felt empowered to speak. Some of the most poignant remarks came from a woman visiting from Israel who was a Jew. We left there that day feeling energized and uplifted!