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52-794: Pendarvis is the pastor of Radio Missions, a ministry formerly based in Algiers, New Orleans , United States. The founder of this ministry was L. R. Shelton Sr. ; Pendarvis is the fifth pastor of the work. The overall ministry is named Radio Missions. The church itself is called the First Baptist Church of Algiers. The church formerly met in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, a former vaudeville theater in Algiers. Two international radio broadcasts (in America, Northern Ireland, and now shortwave) originate from

104-587: A bachelor's degree. The married population is 41.2 percent male, and 33.2 are female. Families that are below the poverty level are at 30.3%; individuals below the poverty level are 35.3%. Algiers lies within NOPD 's 4th District jurisdiction of Orleans Parish . The 4th District violent crime rate in low-income neighborhoods has been high since the late 1980s. These areas include the notorious Fischer Projects , Whitney, and Behrman Heights neighborhoods. Between 1987 and 1988, 4th District's violent crime rate doubled with

156-563: A copy of the RSV during a sermon on November 30, 1952. This was reported in the press and attracted shocked reactions, as well as a warning from the local fire chief. On the day in question, he delivered a two-hour sermon entitled "The National Council Bible, the Master Stroke of Satan—One of the Devil's Greatest Hoaxes". After ending the sermon, he led the congregation out of the church, gave each worshipper

208-512: A major decline as many businesses left Algiers for more sustainable neighborhoods in the neighboring Jefferson Parish . Algiers was home to various jazz pioneers such as Red Allen , Peter Bocage , George Lewis , Papa Celestin , Kid Thomas Valentine and many others. Jazz musicians of the 1920s referred to Algiers as the "Brooklyn of the South", the latter for its proximity to New Orleans as compared to New York and Brooklyn , both separated by

260-742: A relocation, this was held at the church in Algiers, New Orleans. Recent Fellowship Day meetings have been held at the Baton Rouge facility. Typically, these meetings have extra services which are broadcast over the Internet. King James Only advocacy is not a major emphasis of the Radio Missions Ministry, but the Old Trailblazer radio program frequently touches upon this topic. The Radio Bible and Book Room sells many books and audio presentations by King James Only advocates. The bookstore sells only

312-622: A river. Algiers also has a long history of Brass bands . The most notable is the Algiers Brass Band , one of the oldest traditional brass bands still active in the city. There were several social halls, including Algiers Masonic Hall, the Elks Hall, and the Ladies of Hope Benevolent Hall, where early jazz was played. There is some jazz parading in the neighborhood today. Algiers has many nicknames such as A.L.G. and 1.5 but most commonly refer to as

364-543: A small American flag and proceeded to set light to the pages containing Isaiah 7:14. Hux informed the gathered press that he did not burn the Bible, but simply the "fraud" that the Isaiah pages represented. Hux later wrote a tract against the RSV entitled Modernism's Unholy Bible . The RSV translators linked these events to the life of William Tyndale , an inspiration to them, explaining in their preface: "He met bitter opposition. He

416-630: A small number of new revisions to the New Testament, mostly to return to familiar phrases, and changes to a few footnotes. It contains the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament placed in the traditional order of the Vulgate . Some of these changes to the RSV New Testament had already been introduced in the 1965-66 RSV Catholic Edition, and their introduction into the RSV itself was done to pave

468-435: A special edition of the RSV that was billed as a condensed edition of the text. A team of seven editors led by John Evangelist Walsh produced the manuscript. The Reader's Digest edition was intended for those who did not read the Bible or who read it infrequently; it was not intended as a replacement of the full RSV text. In this version, 55% of the Old Testament and 25% of the New Testament were cut. Familiar passages such as

520-636: A total of 2,839. Whites make up 21.8 per cent of the population in Algiers Point , while African-Americans make up 73.6. Native Americans and Alaskan Natives are 0.2 per cent of the population. Hawaiians barely registered, and Latino /as make up 4.3 percent. The average household size is 2.68; the average family size is 3.41. The total number of housing units in Algiers was 12,351; 83.9 per cent were occupied, and 16.1 vacant. 40.6 of those units are owned by homeowners, while 59.4 are rented. Socially speaking, 72.3% are high school graduates, and 14.3% hold at least

572-528: Is Calvinist in their Theology; and while they are not part of any denomination, the ministry believes the London Baptist Confession and they are Reformed Baptists on the order of Charles Spurgeon or Arthur Pink . The books sold by the ministry are predominantly from this point of view. The Ministry is strongly dispensationalist in its eschatology , and has numerous teaching series by Pendarvis and his predecessor Shelton available which discuss

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624-516: Is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River . Algiers is known as the 15th Ward , one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans . It was once home to many jazz musicians and is also the second oldest neighborhood in the city. Algiers was established in 1719 as a plantation, not a neighborhood. Originally called

676-816: Is an English translation of the Bible published in 1952 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA . This translation itself is a revision of the American Standard Version (ASV) of 1901, and was intended to be a readable and literally accurate modern English translation which aimed to "preserve all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used through

728-743: Is found in Jesus Christ. Almost every message sent out by the ministry stresses this in some way or other. The reason for this is their primary belief that, through shallow evangelism, many people have slipped into the Christian profession without conviction, knowing neither new birth nor repentance nor true faith in the Crucified Saviour. Radio Missions claims to be one of the few strictly Calvinist voices in religious broadcasting. Radio Missions has several small groups which meet in "mission places" (as they call them) for services. These are scattered throughout

780-536: Is the understanding carried over by Christians. Of the seven appearances of ʿalmāh , the Septuagint translates only two of them as parthenos , "virgin" (including Isaiah 7:14). By contrast, the word בְּתוּלָה ( bəṯūlāh ) appears some 50 times, and the Septuagint and English translations agree in understanding the word to mean "virgin" in almost every case. The controversy stemming from this rendering helped reignite

832-613: Is zoned to schools in the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), also known as New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS). The district has its headquarters in the Westbank area of Algiers. The schools include: The InspireNola Charter Schools operate Crescent City Schools include One campus of the International School of Louisiana (ISL) is in Algiers. Revised Standard Version The Revised Standard Version ( RSV )

884-755: The Book of Revelation from this perspective. Similarly, the Ministry teaches the premillennial view of eschatology. (The Ministry bookstore sells the Scofield Reference Bible and speakers reference it occasionally.) The primary emphasis of the Ministry is on "awakening" sinners, that is showing mankind its sinful condition (the total depravity doctrine), and pointing to Christ the Remedy for those who are convicted of their need (or awakened ) and fully see their lost and helpless condition before God, showing their only hope

936-586: The English Standard Version (ESV) of 2001. The immediate predecessor to the RSV was the American Standard Version (ASV), published in 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons . It was copyrighted to protect the ASV text from unauthorized changes, and that copyright acquired by the International Council of Religious Education, one of the predecessor organizations to the National Council of Churches , which

988-621: The Huey P. Long Bridge , which included a railway bridge, was built upriver at Bridge City , Louisiana. The largest railroad presence had been the Southern Pacific yard. That location is still known to Algerines as "the SP yard." For decades, it was largely a vacant strip. Portions of the tract were redeveloped for housing in the early 21st century. In the yard's active days, a steam-powered Southern Pacific train ferry brought railroad cars from there across

1040-626: The King-James-Only Movement within the Independent Baptist and Pentecostal churches. Furthermore, many Christians have adopted what has come to be known as the "Isaiah 7:14 litmus test", which entails checking that verse to determine whether or not a new translation can be trusted. Some opponents of the RSV took their antagonism beyond condemnation. Luther Hux, a pastor in Rocky Mount, North Carolina , announced his intention to burn

1092-618: The Lord's Prayer , Psalm 23 , and the Ten Commandments were retained. For those who wanted the full RSV, Reader's Digest provided a list of publishers that sold the complete RSV at that time. In early 2006, Ignatius Press released the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE). This second edition removed archaic pronouns ( thee , thou ), and accompanying verb forms ( didst , speakest ), revised passages used in

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1144-559: The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) was published in 1989, some traditional Christians — both Catholic and Protestant — criticized its wide use of gender-inclusive language . Because of its significance in the development of the English Bible tradition, many publishers and Biblical scholars continue to rely on the RSV tradition in their work, especially when writing for mixed Catholic and Protestant audiences: [T]he Revised Standard Version of 1946–1957

1196-412: The "King's Plantation," it was first used as the location for the city's powder magazine, a holding area for the newly arrived enslaved Africans. Decades later, it became a port call for the displaced Cajuns. Developed as a town by Barthelemy Duverjé, Algiers expanded due mainly to the shipbuilding and repair industries of the dry docks and the extensive railroad yards. A large part of the town surrounding

1248-473: The 1910s. Some of the early black neighborhoods included Riverview, Tunisbourg McCLendonville, LeBeoufville, Hendeeville, Oakdale, and Whitney. In 1938, L.B. Landry High School opened as the first all-black school in Algiers. The school was named after Dr. Lord Beaconsfield Landry, who lived in the area and died in 1934. It was also one of the first schools in New Orleans to serve African Americans. Around

1300-472: The 1930s and early 1940s, several other schools and neighborhoods were built for blacks, including Peter S. Lawton School and Oakdale. Oakdale once stood on the edge of Jefferson Parish and stretched from Whitney Avenue to the Mississippi River . It was destroyed in the late 1950s to make room for the Greater New Orleans Bridge . Newton Street became the heart of Algiers's black community as it

1352-473: The 1970s. Algiers slowly declined after suburban neighborhoods were developed and expanded along Gen. Meyer and Gen. De Gaulle. Many white families from the older parts of the city began moving into the newly built sections of Algiers. Behrman Heights , initially built to house military families regardless of race, became the first racially integrated community. Aurora and Walnut Bend subdivisions remained white. The oil industry provided many jobs and sustained

1404-482: The Apocrypha in 1957; the New Testament was revised in 1971. The original Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) was published in 1965–66, and the deuterocanonical books were expanded in 1977. The Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE) was published in 2006. In later years, the RSV served as the basis for two revisions—the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of 1989, and

1456-454: The Courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1895 but rose again like a Phoenix from the ashes. In 1870, Algiers was annexed to the city as the 15th Ward, an arrangement which has remained despite repeated discussions of secession . Until the latter 1930s, rail yards housed large amounts of freight and rolling stock , which was brought back and forth across the Mississippi River by barge . Then,

1508-718: The Hump"). The neighborhood was named after John McDonogh . Before his death in 1850, McDonogh established "Freetown" for formerly enslaved people and other people of color. Freetown was renamed McDonoghville in 1815. When Algiers became a part of Orleans Parrish in 1870, it became the largest populated black community on the West bank of the Mississippi River. Many Jazz artists such as Kid Thomas Valentine , Red Allen , and Papa Celestin all grew up in McDonoghville section in Algiers during

1560-614: The King James Bible text, and no other version. In fact, Albert Pendarvis has stated that the King James Version is the "only verbally inspired" translation available today. The Old Trailblazer broadcast featured a lengthy series of messages on the so-called "Anti-Christ Bible" (the Revised Standard Version ), based on notes by L. R. Shelton Sr. Algiers, New Orleans Algiers ( / æ l ˈ dʒ ɪər z / )

1612-568: The Mississippi River. In 1901, the U.S. Navy established a naval station in Algiers. During the early 20th century, Algiers was segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws of the Southern United States. Under Jim Crow, blacks were not allowed to live in Algiers Point , which was tended for whites or Creoles of color who passed as white. Blacks occupied the area downriver from Algiers Point called McDonoghville (locals refer to it as "Over

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1664-443: The RSV translators had translated the Old Testament from a non-Christian perspective. Some critics specifically referred to a Jewish viewpoint, pointing to agreements with the 1917 Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh and the presence on the editorial board of a Jewish scholar, Harry Orlinsky . Such critics further claimed that other views, including those regarding the New Testament, were not considered. The focus of

1716-711: The U.S. Pastoral Provision and Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans around the world. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom has adopted the RSV-2CE as "the sole lectionary authorized for use" in its liturgies. The RSV is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion . On January 20, 2017, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump took his inaugural oath of office using

1768-469: The Westside of New Orleans or simply "Westside" by locals. Algiers is predominantly African American , with 89.4% of residents identifying as such in the 2000 Census. Algiers' total population pre- Katrina , according to the census, was 28,385 of whom 45.9 were male and 54.1 female. The average age is 29.6, while the population for children under 5 was 2,515. Aged 18 and over was 19,204, while 65 and over were

1820-427: The biggest increase in gun homicides. Algiers made national headlines during 1981 with the "Algiers 7" case in which seven officers were indicted for killing and torturing black families in revenge for the slaying of NOPD officer Gregory Newport in 1980. Throughout the 1990s, homicides were the only violent crime that remained high in the district, reaching 29 in 1995 which was a slight decrease from 1991. In 2015,

1872-477: The centuries" and "to put the message of the Bible in simple, enduring words that are worthy to stand in the great Tyndale - King James tradition." The RSV was the first translation of the Bible to make use of the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah , a development considered "revolutionary" in the academic field of biblical scholarship . The New Testament was first published in 1946, the Old Testament in 1952, and

1924-505: The churches affiliated with it present. A total of 3,418 interdenominational religious gatherings across North America were held that evening to honor the new version and the translators who made it possible. There are four key differences between the RSV and its three direct predecessors (the KJV, RV and ASV): The RSV New Testament was well received, but reactions to the Old Testament were varied and not without controversy. Critics claimed that

1976-515: The controversy was the RSV's translation of the Hebrew word עַלְמָה ( ʿalmāh ) in Isaiah 7:14 as "young woman." Almah in Hebrew translates as a young woman of childbearing age who had not had children, and so may or may not be a virgin. The Greek language Septuagint written one hundred to three hundred years before Jesus rendered almah as parthenos (παρθένος), which translates as "virgin", and this

2028-534: The days prior to the general release. One such presentation copy, the very first copy of the RSV Bible to come off the press, was presented by Weigle to an appreciative President Harry S. Truman on September 26, four days before it was released to the general public. On September 30, 1952, the RSV Bible was released to the general public. The NCC sponsored a celebratory rally in Washington D.C. , with representatives of

2080-800: The district tallied 25 homicides, 26 in 2021. In 2022, the district was second in homicides behind Eastern New Orleans, with 38 homicides. In 2017, 4th district teamed with the NOPD's street-gang unit to quell gun battles spurred by conflicts between neighborhood groups. The groups were formed of loose associations among people, not stable enough to be considered traditional gangs, and had "some very petty, petty beefs that led to very violent encounters," he said. To reduce crime, law enforcement installed 13 crime surveillance cameras, including ten fixed cameras and three mobile cameras, along with five license-plate readers, including three fixed readers and two mobile readers. Algiers contains many neighborhoods, such as Algiers

2132-623: The growth of commerce. In 1970, New Orleans Public Schools opened a second high school, O. Perry Walker. O. Perry Walker was named after former New Orleans Public Schools superintendent Oliver Perry Walker, who supported segregation. During the early 1970s, Whites had begun to move out of Behrman Heights after the Housing Authority of New Orleans opened the Christopher Park Homes for low-income black families. The building of public housing led to White flight . The White flight resulted in

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2184-502: The immediate area of New Orleans, including Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Pastor Pendarvis personally visits these mission places periodically to preach and has several lay pastors who visit these missions. Radio Missions has a Fellowship Day in both the spring and fall where local church members and listeners to their broadcasts from across the Nation meet for fellowship, food, singing, and services. Until 2005, when Katrina forced

2236-625: The lectionary according to the Vatican document Liturgiam authenticam , and elevated some passages out of the RSV footnotes when they favored Catholic renderings, such as replacing "young woman" with "virgin" in Isaiah 7:14. In 1989, the National Council of Churches released a full-scale revision to the RSV called the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). It was the first major version to use gender-neutral language and thus drew more criticism and ire from conservative Christians than did its 1952 predecessor. This criticism largely stemmed from concerns that

2288-744: The ministry operates in several other areas, including a bookstore called the Radio Bible and Bookroom, which sells Bibles and Christian books and the Old Puritan Press, which produces printed materials. The ministry also publishes a quarterly magazine, The Voice of Truth . In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed Radio Missions' facilities in Algiers, and the ministry relocated to their chapel in Baton Rouge , near Pendarvis' home. The ministry did not miss any broadcast of their radio programs or church services during this transition. The Radio Missions Ministry

2340-699: The ministry: the Voice of Truth (a weekly 30-minute broadcast of Shelton Sr.'s messages) and the Old Trailblazer (a weekday 15-minute broadcast by Pendarvis). The local church broadcasts its two Sunday morning services, the Bible School of the Air and the Worship Hour , on WVOG in New Orleans and all of its services on the internet. The radio broadcasts produced by the ministry are heard on over 130 radio stations. In addition,

2392-601: The modified language obscured phrases in the Old Testament that could be read as messianic prophecies. In 2001, Crossway published the English Standard Version (ESV), its revision of the 1971 text edition of the RSV. In comparison to the RSV, the ESV reverts certain disputed passages to their prior rendering as found in the ASV. Unlike the NRSV, the ESV, depending on the context, prefers to use gender-inclusive language sparingly. When

2444-645: The translation that meets such a fate" instead of Bible translators. In 1965–66, the Catholic Biblical Association adapted, under the editorship of John Archibald Henslowe Orchard O.S.B. and Reginald C. Fuller , the RSV for Catholic use with the release of the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) . A revised New Testament was published in 1965, followed by a full RSV Catholic Edition Bible in 1966. The RSV Catholic Edition included revisions up through 1962,

2496-456: The way for the publication of the Common Bible in 1973. The Standard Bible Committee intended to prepare a second edition of the Old Testament, but those plans were scrapped in 1974, when the National Council of Churches voted to authorize a full revision of the RSV . The Common Bible of 1973 ordered the books in a way that pleased both Catholics and Protestants . It was divided into four sections: In 1982, Reader's Digest published

2548-402: Was accused of willfully perverting the meaning of the Scriptures, and his New Testaments were ordered to be burned as 'untrue translations.'" But where Tyndale was strangled and then burned at the stake for his work, Bruce Metzger , referring to the pastor who burned the RSV and sent the ashes to Luther Weigle , commented in his book The Bible In Translation : "today it is happily only a copy of

2600-504: Was becoming established and, in 1966, was accepted by Catholics and Protestants as a 'Common Bible'. It was the first truly ecumenical Bible and brought together the two traditions — the Catholic Douay–Rheims Bible and the Protestant Authorised Version . Moreover, because of its importance to Anglican heritage and the English Bible tradition, the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE) has been approved for liturgical use in Anglican Use Catholic parishes of

2652-435: Was formed in 1950. In 1928, the Council created a committee charged with creating a new translation based on the ASV, which was considered a somewhat weak and disappointing translation. Luther A. Weigle became its chair and helped find members; the final committee began meeting in 1937 at Yale Divinity School where they did their work. A number of specially bound presentation copies were given to local public officials in

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2704-417: Was once filled with ballrooms, saloons, and Juke joints . Popular hangout spots like Kohlman's Tavern, Ping Pong Club, and Whitney's Ballroom attracted hundreds of people every weekend. The most famous, Greystone Voter's League, became the place for Rhythm & Blues shows and great singers such as Ray Charles , Son House , and B. B. King , who all played there. Most of the jazz venues in Algiers closed by

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