Maxine Richert
15:06 - 15:38
"At the time that it closed, it was the USA Presbytery closed it. It wasn't the wish of the congregation.... And Dr. Soboleff had just ordered 14 new pews. And then all of a sudden, it was just abruptly closed."
“At the time that it closed, it was the USA Presbytery closed it. It wasn't the wish of the congregation.... And Dr. Soboleff had just ordered 14 new pews. And then all of a sudden, it was just abruptly closed.”
- Speaker
- Maxine Richert
- Timestamp
- 15:06 – 15:38
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 10, 2026
From the transcript
At the time that it closed, it was the USA Presbytery closed it. It wasn't the wish of the congregation. But that church had more baptisms, more marriages, more new members than the white Presbyterian church. And Dr. Soboleff had just ordered 14 new pews. And then all of a sudden, it was just abruptly closed.
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