In this video Bishop Edgar Amos Love addresses the student body of the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta GA, Circa April 1962. In this sermon, Bishop Love Founder of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc challenges us to embrace the difficult. (Joshua 14 1215)

This presentation was originally aired November 17, 2020 as part of the Virtual Founders' Day celebration of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Bishop Edgar A. Love earned four degrees including: a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913 and a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1916 from Howard University in Washington, D.C.; a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1918 from Boston University School of Theology in Boston, Massachusetts; and a Honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Morgan College in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a reverend in various cities in Maryland as well as a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Love is one of the founders of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the first AfricanAmerican fraternity founded on a black campus. He also served as a chaplain in the United States Army during World War I. Following his honorable discharge, Love taught at Morgan College for two years before becoming a Methodist minister. In 1933, he became the District Superintendent of the Washington Conference of the Methodist Church and then led the Methodist Department of Negro Work in 1940.

Love was elected Bishop of the Central Conference of the Methodist Church, a segregated congregation in Baltimore. He continued serving as Bishop for 12 years, retired, and then returned from retirement from November 1966 to June 1967 to serve as the Bishop of the Atlantic Coast Area, which including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. During his life, Bishop Love also served as a trustee for several black colleges and universities, as a member of the Maryland InterRacial Commission, and as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He passed away on May 1, 1974, in Baltimore.

Audio Credit: ITC Audio/Visual Collection
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