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The second part of an interview with Mother Divine held in June, 1997. She talks about the significance of Father Divine’s dark complexion.

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Here is the first part of a 1997 interview with Mother Divine held in Sayville, Long Island. She talks about her marriage to Father Divine as “a supernatural experience.”

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Sayville

Sayville, Long Island (about 40 miles East of New York City) is where Father Divine’s ministry was transformed nearly overnight. In 1931, Father and Mother Divine (Peninniah) had purchased a house in the small white suburb of Sayville and there they held their Holy Communion banquet services where everyone was served “more than wine and [...]

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In the spring of 1996, Dr. Leonard Primiano (my college Folklore professor) called me with an event he wanted to record on video; did I have any time? The event was the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Father and Mother Divine. Who? Over the next two years, I would learn a lot about Father [...]

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