{"id":142337,"date":"2024-09-02T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=142337"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T21:40:43","slug":"sound-of-hopes-bishop-martin-comes-to-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/sound-of-hopes-bishop-martin-comes-to-oxford\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound of Hope\u2019s Bishop Martin Comes to Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alex Cortes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.normalfolks.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>An Army of Normal Folks<\/strong><\/a> will host a conversation with <strong>Bishop W.C. Martin<\/strong>, the inspiration for Angel Studio&#8217;s latest film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-nyh9tcGFcI&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sound of Hope<\/strong><\/a>, on September 3 at 6 pm at<strong> The Powerhouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin rallied his small <strong>black church<\/strong> of 200 people to help the <strong>orphans <\/strong>in their community and 22 of their families adopted 77 kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release about Sound of Hope, America has 115,000 orphans and 400,000 houses of worship. &#8220;If someone in only one out of every three houses of worship adopts an orphan, there would be no orphans in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nyh9tcGFcI?si=egpkspq5ze3S4YtD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You don\u2019t have to be a member of a religion to adopt a child, but this frame of reference gives an idea of just how solvable our country\u2019s problems are,&#8221; the press release continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alex Cortes<\/strong>, the executive producer of An Army of Normal Folks, will lead a conversation with Martin for 30-45 minutes followed by a question and answer session.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a free ticket, visit the following link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordarts.com\/shop\/product\/5507-soundofhope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/oxfordarts.com\/shop\/product\/5507-soundofhope<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Army of Normal Folks is hosted by Oscar-winner &amp; <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> alum Coach <strong>Bill Courtney<\/strong>. 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