Pastor Frank Davis, cq, 56, right, of the Zion Baptist church reads the Christmas story from the bible to a friend of 23 years and deacon of the church Charles Parsons, 84, as he suffers from the final stages of brain cancer in his home Friday December 23, 2005. Home visits by the pastor shows the character of Zion Baptist and the traditional christian values that have withheld the many changes of more than a century while Five Points in general is seeing a shift away from it's historical character as the heart of the Black community. (BARRY GUTIERREZ/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) CQ-Frank Davis
Pastor Frank Davis, cq, 56, right, of the Zion Baptist church reads the Christmas story from the bible to a friend of 23 years and deacon of the church Charles Parsons, 84, as he suffers from the final stages of brain cancer in his home Friday December 23, 2005. Home visits by the pastor shows the character of Zion Baptist and the traditional christian values that have withheld the many changes of more than a century while Five Points in general is seeing a shift away from it's historical character as the heart of the Black community. (BARRY GUTIERREZ/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) CQ-Frank Davis
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Pastor Frank Davis, 56, of Zion Baptist Church, reads the Christmas story from the Bible to cancer patient Charles Parsons, 84, a deacon of the church. Zion Baptist serves a Five Points community that today has a black population of just over 20 percent.
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BG;Pastor Frank Davis, cq, 56, right, of the Zion Baptist church reads the Christmas story from the bible to a friend of 23 years and deacon of the church Charles Parsons, 84, as he suffers from the final stages of brain cancer in his home Friday December 23, 2005. Home visits by the pastor shows the character of Zion Baptist and the traditional christian values that have withheld the many changes of more than a century while Five Points in general is seeing a shift away from it's historical character as the heart of the Black community. (BARRY GUTIERREZ/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) CQ-Frank Davis
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2005-12-23 16:37:29
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