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Kente Cloth awarded to Dr. C.B. Akins for his servant leadership Click on headline for story with photo(s) By Drew Tucker CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - Dr. C.B. Akins, Sr., pastor of First Baptist Church Bracktown in Lexington, Ky. and moderator of the General Association of Baptists in Kentucky, was presented with the Kente Cloth during a special luncheon in Campbellsville University’s Chowning Executive Dining Room inside Winter Dining Hall. As the cloth was ceremoniously draped by Dr. Joseph Owens, chair of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Frank Cheatham, senior vice president for Academic Affairs, Dr. Keith Spears, vice president for Graduate and Professional Studies, and Dr. Joseph Thurston, pastor of New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago and immediate past president of the National Baptist Convention of America and recipient of the CU Leadership Award. Dr. John Chowning, vice president for Church and External Relations and executive assistant to the president, explained the significance of the cloth. Chowning said that the Kente Cloth is bestowed upon outstanding individuals who have attained milestones in their lives It dates back to twelfth-century Africa where kings, queens and important figures would wear it as a sign of valor and honor. The cloth is ceremoniously draped upon the shoulders of those who have shown their worth to family, community and God. This story was posted on 2014-10-24 14:06:35
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