Franzo and Marina King had a literal religious experience when they heard John Coltrane play for their first wedding anniversary, Five decades later, they're still preaching their gospel at the Coltrane Church in San Francisco.
Marina — who now goes by Supreme Mother Reverend Marina ---- says that from the beginning, their message was also about social activism.
As a condition of joining the AOC, the Kings had to reduce John Coltrane's rank from God incarnate to patron saint. Franzo King — now known as Archbishop F.W. King — agreed. A Byzantine-style icon of John Coltrane at the church. The inscription to the left and right of Coltrane's body reads, in Greek,"St. John."The Kings' daughter, Rev. Wanika Stephens, says,"We look at Jesus' life and how he lived it as an uncompromising revolutionary, speaking truth to power and giving his life ultimately for the freedom of humanity.
Every week, visitors from all kinds of backgrounds and around the world come to worship services, which include a monthly guided meditation throughToday, the Coltrane church is called the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church. It holds its services at St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood — after years of moving from storefront to storefront, pushed out repeatedly by gentrification.
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