Norvel goff biography

Norvel Goff, Sr. While overseeing a period of great growth at Baber AME from to , he was also president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Goff was very involved in Rochester, "he had a heart for the community and spent 13 years in this city," Washington said. Goff "made the church the forefront of social justice and the forefront of reconciliation in a lot of respects," he said at a press conference held at Northeast Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College in Chili.

Washington succeeded Goff at Baber AME before leaving in to become baptist and start his own church. The "Rev.

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Goff showed his leadership abilities in many areas, from civil rights issues, to issues at Kodak, to being one of the leaders of all ministries here in the city,'' said current Rochester branch NAACP president Edward Goolsby. Goff's leadership skills — and faith — will be called on like never before in the wake of Wednesday's massacre of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, S.

Its pastor, Clementa Pinckney, was among the victims who were gunned down during a bible study session. Shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof, year-old, is in custody. A District 7 spokesperson said that Goff would guide Mother Emanuel's membership through the difficult days ahead until a new pastor is named.

Reverend Dr. Norvel Goff, Sr., will begin a well-deserved retirement after years as an eminent church leader.

He said he was told the suspect sat in on the Bible study for a few minutes, then stood up and started shooting. He said there were no threats to the church or its members to his knowledge. In Rochester, Goff's guidance made Baber AME a force for positive change as well, area pastors and church members said. A prayer vigil was scheduled for 7 p.