Black church ordains former KKK leader
MIAMI, OK — On Nov. 29, Oklahoman Johnny Lee Clary knelt before the Church of God in Christ ’s elders, who ordained him as a minister in what is one of the nation’s largest black churches. The fact that Clary is white made the moment historic.
The fact that he is also a former Ku Klux Klan leader made it — at least in Clary’s view — something divine.
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