Anti-violence conference brings hope to Sumter's youth

Churches collaborate on program to bring change to community

BY SHELBIE GOULDING
shelbie@theitem.com
Posted 1/17/20

From gang shootings to homicides, Sumter's violent crime became more than the community could bear, and local churches couldn't stand by and watch any longer.

The Rev. Marion Newton, pastor of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, and the Rev. Ralph …

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