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Article: Jeffrey Paul Radford, Minister of Music for United Church of Christ's largest congregation, dies
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- Westside Gazette
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- August 28, 2002
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CHICAGO -- Jeffrey Paul Radford, Minister of Music for Trinity United Church of Christ in
Chicago, died Monday, Aug. 12, in St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island, Ill., of pneumonia. He was 49.
Radford began his music ministry at Trinity in October of 1972. He was described as the right arm" of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Trinity's pastor, in leading the membership from fewer than 100 in 1972 to 8,000 today, the largest congregation among the 6,000 churches in the United Church of Christ. At his death, Trinity's seven choirs included 950 singers.
Radford's musical genius extended far beyond the walls of Trinity United Church of Christ. Within the United Church, he taught courses at Chicago ...