Legacy of Love service to honor the late Rev. Dr. E.F.E. Rheins

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A Legacy of Love service will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St., to honor the late Rev. Dr. E.F.E. Rheins, the longest-tenured pastor of Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 505 Parkcliffe Ave.

The Rev. Mr. Rheins served from 1960-1996 as senior pastor at Holy Trinity, where the Rev. Dr. Lewis Macklin is now pastor.

He attended Florida A&M University, New Orleans Seminary, Wilberforce College and Oxford University.

Mr. Rheins served initially as senior pastor of various churches in Florida. In June 1960, he began his pastorate at the Holy Trinity, where he served for 36 years. He was a well-known revivalist. Mr. Rheins was a past president and dean of Eastern Ohio Baptist District Association Sunday School and BTU Congress. He also was secretary of the local Baptist Ministers Conference and participated in Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance; National Sunday School and BTU Congress, National Baptist Convention Inc.; Ohio State Baptist Convention; and NAACP.