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Lee was some football player.His nickname was ‘Rip'; he was called, ‘Rip' because in a football game, he would get down in his three-point stance and when the play started, he would rip out of that stance and rip whoever was in front of him.He was a tough football player."
Dr. Dennis Dickerson, Historiographer said, "When the 1984 General Conference in Kansas City, Missouri elected A. Lee Henderson as Secretary-Treasurer of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union, he brought special skills to the office.
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Just as Charles Spencer Smith founded the Sunday School Union, acquired its first facility, published major texts for adults and youth, and just as Henry Allen Belin, Jr. built a new physical plant and printed updated Sunday School literature, histories, and theologies for the denomination, A. Lee Henderson brought the latest innovations in printing and technology to change the face of A.M.E. publishing.
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Dr. Henderson's wife, Bobbye, said that one of his favorite books was Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach and likened his perseverance to Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
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Alfred Lee Henderson, or Rip as he was affectionally known, departed this life at 10:31 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, 2008 after a lengthy illness.
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Dr. Alfred Lee Henderson had a full ministry and lived a full life to the glory of God.* Parts of this article were extracted from the obituary that was printed in the Reverend Dr. Alfred Lee Henderson Celebration of Life bulletin.
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When the 1984 General Conference in Kansas City, Missouri elected A. Lee Henderson as Secretary-Treasurer of the A.M.E. Sunday School Union, he brought special skills to the office.Just as Charles Spencer Smith founded the Sunday School Union, acquired its first facility, published major texts for adults and youth, and just as Henry Allen Belin, Jr. built a new physical plant and printed updated Sunday School literature, histories, and theologies for the denomination, A. Lee Henderson brought the latest innovations in printing and technology to change the face of A.M.E. publishing.
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Additionally, A. Lee Henderson thoroughly understood and affirmed the "genius" of the Wesleyan ministry.To be an Elder in God's Holy Church was the highest calling whatever office one might be appointed or elected to hold.Hence, as he retired from the Office of General Officer, he retained his attachment to the itinerancy, resumed active participation in the Southern California Annual Conference, and became the founding pastor of Fountain of Hope African Methodist Episcopal Church in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He served thousands of congregations he as Publisher at the A.M.E. Sunday School Union.Now, he was back on the front lines of pastoral ministry.Coming full circle showed love for God, for African Methodism, and for the primacy of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, doing ministry among the Lord's people.
This General Officer, A. Lee Henderson, illustrated how the Lord blesses the church and puts in place significant servants to do ministry.-whether preaching, teaching, healing, evangelizing, publishing the Word of God or establishing a new congregation.
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