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A Storied Harlem Church Has a New Leader. Its Members Have Questions.
Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
By Ginia Bellafante
Ginia Bellafante has served as a reporter, critic and, since 2011, as the paper's Big City columnist. She began her career at the Times as a fashion critic, examining the way that clothes and the art of making them reflected broader societal trends.
For several years, before she joined the Metropolitan section, she was a television critic. Her work has appeared throughout the paper, including on A1 where, a decade ago, she wrote about how gay parents divide domestic labor; she has also written for the culture and styles pages as well as the magazine and the book review. Prior to joining The Times, Ms. Bellafante was a senior writer at Time magazine.
She is a native of Long Island and currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband, a professor at Brown University, and her son.
Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
By Ginia Bellafante
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