Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
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“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    6 days ago

    Maybe because he was one? Unless there is some subtle distinction between “evangelic preacher” and “reverant” I’m too atheist for to understand.

    • AeronMelon@lemmy.world
      17·
      6 days ago

      Reverend is just another word for pastor/preacher. He was the leader of his church, whichever word people prefer to use.

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
        7·
        6 days ago

        He was a reverend, but was he evangelical? Many Baptists are, at least vaguely, but not all.

        I genuinely don’t know.

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          7·
          6 days ago

          The episcopalians use Reverend for their preacher, and they’re like the polar opposites of evangelicals.