It was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of Greater Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24 years. It was more daunting — ...
The Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley speaks during Sunday service at Myrtle Baptist Church Sunday, May 5 in Newton, Mass. In 2015, Crowley, the senior pastor of the church, one of America’s oldest Black ...
On 21 Curve Street in West Newton, a quietly regal white building sits facing the road. The sign in the front identifies the structure as the historically Black Myrtle Baptist Church. For 149 years, ...