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A Little Insight Into The Wisdom Of Archbishop Carl Bean And His Life Of Service

CARL BEAN - THE ENTERTAINER

Has held lead and/or supporting roles in:

"Black Nativity"
"Donât Bother Me, I Canât Cope"
"Your Arms Too Short To Box With God"
"Dark Of The Moon"

As a recording artist:
Exclusive recording contract with ABC Records - Carl Bean and Universal Love album - Contemporary Gospel - "All We Need Is Love"

Exclusive recording contract with Motown Records - "I Was Born This Way"

He served fifteen years in professional gospel music ministry as a member of the Alex Bradford Singers, Gospel Wonders, and the Gospel Chimes, serving the Black Church worldwide in Evangelical Music and Prophetic Spoken Ministry.

REV. CARL BEAN - THE MINISTER

As an openly Gay man, he was ordained as a Minister on August 17, 1982. He then went on to become Founder and Pastor of Unity Fellowship Church, Los Angeles (aka Mother Church), in 1985.

His wisdom introduced us to Liberation Theology, which frees the oppressed, and therefore:

Is not a male-dominated hierarchy

  • Is not oppressive to women
  • Is not just European in scope
  • Must relate to People of Color and their various cultures around the world
  • Is not oppressive to Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual, Hermaphrodite (Intersexual), or Heterosexual people (and any other label that is placed on human sexuality)

He taught us that God is greater than any religion, denomination or school of thought.

His insight and vision gave us our Church motto:
"God Is Love And Love Is For Everyone"
As a social activist, he has shown us we must fight for the rights of all people. Some of the outreach ministries established by the Unity Fellowship Church, Los Angeles are:

  • Youth and Young Adult Outreach
  • Street L.I.F.E. Outreach
  • All Fellowship Recovery (AA, CA, NA) Meetings
  • Sexual Compulsives Meetings
  • Prison Ministry and Prison Case Management Program
  • Womynâs Social Justice Ministries
  • HIV/AIDS Support Group
  • Literacy/Reading Project

REV. CARL BEAN - THE FOUNDER AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MINORITY AIDS PROJECT

The Minority AIDS Project (MAP) is the first community based HIV/AIDS organization established and managed by People of Color in the United States. It was founded in 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

MAPâs mission is to reduce suffering and deaths due to HIV/AIDS infection in the African-American and Latino communities by making HIV/AIDS-related health services and education available and accessible.

BISHOP CARL BEAN - THE LEADER
UNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH MOVEMENT

In his wisdom he established the Unity Fellowship Church Movement (UFCM) in 1990. The Movement is a non-partisan, non-profit organization headquartered at 5148 W. Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Membership and affiliation are open to all people, groups and congregations. Presently, the UFCM network totals over 4,000 individuals with twelve national departments, urban outreach ministries, a national mass choir, periodicals and constituency-based programs nationwide.

BISHOP CARL BEAN - COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS

His caring at work in the community has earned him nearly one hundred awards, commendations, and honors from some of the most prestigious organizations in the country. His accomplishments have been acknowledged by the NAACP with their Image Award, as well as by the Hip-Hop community through 92.3 The Beat. (Complete list of awards below.)

BISHOP CARL BEAN - L.I.F.E. RECORDS
FOUNDER, C.E.O., EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND WRITER

L.I.F.E. Records is a non-profit organization committed to raising monies for the prevention of the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus that is devastating minority communities. In 1998, Bishop Carl Bean and the Unity Fellowship Church National Mass Choir produced a CD entitled "Right Now", featuring traditional gospel style with a non-traditional twist. (Bishop Carl Bean wrote all of the songs on the CD.) Proceeds from the sale of "Right Now" were donated to help minorities and poor people living with HIV/AIDS.

ARCHBISHOP CARL BEAN - THE VISIONARY

Proverbs 29:18
"Where there is no vision, the people perish·"

And the wisdom continues·

"You can go to school for knowledge, but there is no school for WISDOM.
WISDOM COMES FROM WITHIN!"

Archbishop Carl Bean, D.M., Founder



HONORS AND AWARDS

  1. Recipient of "NAACP IMAGE AWARD" for Pioneering Work in AIDS in the Black Community (1987)
  2. Founder and Board Member of the NATIONAL MINORITY AIDS COUNCIL
  3. Advisor to Surgeon General C. Everett Koop on "AIDS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY"
  4. Advisor to Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Windom, on the "IMPACT OF AIDS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY."
  5. Advisor to Centers for Disease Control, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse, and other government agencies on AIDS in minority communities.
  6. The Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper "COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AWARD" selection by Black Press for activism and services provided to Black Americans
  7. Evangelicals Together "THE PHYLISS P. HART AWARD" FOR reconciliation ministry among gays and Lesbians and Non-Gay Christians
  8. "COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AWARD" lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter, A.C.L.U. (September 1988)
  9. National Black Nurses Association/Minority AIDS Project (1986)
  10. Echo Park Community Coordinating Council, honored Reverend Carl Bean for "BETTERMENT OF MINORITY COMMUNITY"
  11. The National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation, "BOBBY CAMPBELL AWARD" FOR VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE LIVES OF African-Americans, People with AIDS, Lesbians and Gay Men
  12. Being Alive/People with AIDS Action Coalition, "MAN OF THE YEAR" (1986)
  13. Gay and Lesbian Latino Unidos/Minority AIDS Project "COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AWARD"
  14. California Legislative Assembly Speaker, Willie L. Brown, Jr., honors Reverend Carl Bean for "PIONEERING WORK IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITY AIDS EDUCATION"
  15. Christopher Street West "LAMBDA AWARD" to Unity Fellowship Church (1986)
  16. National Minority AIDS Council "LEADERSHIP AWARD" in combating AIDS in communities of color
  17. City of West Hollywood "AIDS RELIGIOUS SERVICE PROCLAMATION."
  18. B.W.M.T. Ð Steven L. Whitfield "MEMORIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" Minority AIDS Project (June 1987)
  19. Board Member, Dionne Warwick Foundation, AIDS in the Black Community
  20. Member, BLACK CONSORTIUM ON AIDS
  21. Honored by Ms. Marla Gibbs and given C.H.O.I.C.E. AWARD (CONCERNED HELPER OF INNER COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS) and monetary award.
  22. Advisor to AMFAR on AIDS in the Black Community
  23. "LAZARUS AWARD" Justice Ministries Presbyterian Church (USA) (1989)
  24. "MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD" Christopher Street West (1989)
  25. "HARRIET TUBMAN AWARD" National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum (1989)
  26. Salute from Los Angeles Board of Supervisors (July 1989)
  27. Salute from City of Inglewood, CA (July 1989)
  28. Leadership Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles Recognition (1989)
  29. Salute from Senate, California Legislature, David Roberti (1989)
  30. National Council Negro Women "RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AWARD" (1989)
  31. "SHELDON ANDERSON AWARD" Stonewall Democratic Club (1989)
  32. California Senate "NEW AND EXPANDED SERVICES TO PEOPLE OF COLOR" Senator Diane Watson (1989)
  33. Valley Business Alliance "DIRECTORâS AWARD" (1989)
  34. Los Angeles NAACP Ð Fighting Black Clergy "MAN WITH A MISSION" Exceptional Peace and Justice Ministries (June 1990)
  35. "DIRECTORS HUMANITARIAN AWARD" Los Angeles County, Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center Department of Social Services (1991)
  36. California Legislative Assembly Salute (1991)
  37. TOP 50 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MINISTERS Ð Upscale Magazine, Peace and Justice Ministries (1991)
  38. Honored by San Francisco Sentinel (article) "22 LOCAL HEROES" (1991)
  39. Designers Society International "PUBLIC FIGURE AWARD 1991 Ð 1992"
  40. Honored by Upscale Magazine as one of the "SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF 1992"
  41. Awarded by Labor Day L.A. "OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIAN" (1992)
  42. Honored by naming and opening the "CARL BEAN AIDS CARE CENTER" a hospice to serve the needs of the person of color in the last stages of AIDS (September 1992)
  43. Awarded by Southern Christian Leadership Conference "PROPHETIC WITNESS AWARD" (January 18, 1993)
  44. Honored by First A.M.E. Church for outstanding work in the HIV/AIDS community (April 1993)
  45. Received "GOD IS" Award for Leadership in the African-American community
  46. Honored by the African-American Transgender Society (1993)
  47. Honored by the Brotherhood Crusade "OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD" (August 26, 1993)
  48. Honored by Seiu Local 660, and the Seiu African-American History Committee "OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" (February 1994)
  49. Honored by Christopher Street West "GRAND MARSHALLâS AWARD" (June 1994)
  50. Honored by Concerned Black Women and the California Black Blues Society "OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AWARD" (October 21, 1994)
  51. Honored by the Pentecostal Community Choir "HUMANITARIAN AWARD" (1994)
  52. Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund "LIBERTY AWARD" (1994)
  53. Honored by the Board of Directors of H.O.P.E.S. (February 1994)
  54. Selected by the Board of Governors of Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) for an in-depth documentary on Minority AIDS Project and Unity Fellowship Church; completed and aired across the world. Entitled "The Gay Bishop of South Central" (March 1994)
  55. Los Angeles Times article/VOICES "PUTTING AIDS COMPASSION ON THE MAP" (March 1995)
  56. Stanley Bennett-Clay (SBC) Award for "OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIAN" (June 1995)
  57. 92.3 The BEAT Radio Station/Summer Jam 1995 honors Minority AIDS Project with the "COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD" (July 1995)
  58. Honored by Pleasant Hill Baptist Church "Annual Healthy Family Lifestyles Fair" (July 1995)
  59. Commendation from Lt. Governor Gray Davis for "EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVISM AND SUPERIOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA" (July 1995)
  60. Honored by the Stonewall Democratic club "ORGANIZATIONAL AWARD" (July 1995)
  61. BISHOP CARL BEAN SPIRITUALITY AWARD presented to Bishop Carl Bean for spiritual empowerment of the Black Lesbian and Gay Community (February 17, 1996)
  62. CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION presented to Bishop Carl Bean, D.M. "in honor of your outstanding leadership as a forerunner in providing HIV-related services to the community at large", presented by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (December 31, 1996)
  63. UNITY IN COMMUNITY VISIONARY AWARD presented to Bishop Carl Bean honoring his dreams, vision, leadership and creativity (June 22, 1997)
  64. The BEAT 92.3 "COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD" presented to Minority AIDS Project, "in Honor of your Dedication, Love and Service to the People of Los Angeles and your Efforts to Educate and Empower the Community" (December 1998)
  65. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD presented by Hands For America "in recognition of your inspired leadership, personal and professional commitment and constant dedication in the provision of services and health advocacy on behalf of immigrants and minorities" (October 1998)
  66. Recognition Award to Bishop Carl Bean for "OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, EDUCATION AND CULTURE" (February 10, 1999)
  67. 1999 Black History Month Celebration "COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICE AWARD" presented to Bishop Carl Bean, D.M., by Mayor of Los Angeles, Richard Riordan (January 29, 1999)
 
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