LYONS SPEAKS TO CHURCHGOERS AFTER ADDRESSING CONFERENCE, 1998-04-06 (photo)

Rev. Henry J. Lyons, minister of St. Petersburg's Bethel Metropolitan Baptist Church and head of the National Baptist Convention, USA, talks with Dr. William Harvey (C) and his wife Betty at the local headquarters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church where the Independent Ministers Conference of Pennsylvania and Vicinity held a Service of Recognition on April 4 in Philadelphia. Lyons, who has been indicted on charges of racketeering and grand theft, was scheduled to speak at the Mount Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church but cancelled because of a protest by church members. blj/Photo by Barbara L. BAPTISTS LYONS