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The Reverend Gardner C. Taylor was a towering figure among preachers and pastors, often regarded by his peers as the “world’s greatest preacher.” Though Rev. Taylor was too humble to claim such a distinction, the many people who loved and admired him are now mourning him after his death on Easter Sunday. Born on June 18, 1918, this grandson of former slaves grew up in the Jim Crow South.

As a young man, he found solace in religion and pursued that path at Oberlin College’s School of Theology.After leaving Oberlin in 1940, Rev. Taylor embarked on a path of preaching and civil rights activism.

In 1948, Taylor assumed leadership of the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at a time where racism and segregation was the order of the day. Taylor remained in that post until his retirement 42 years later in 1990.

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