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The Rev. Ulmer Marshall, a former student of Rosa J. Young, prays with parishioners at Trinity Lutheran Church, Mobile, Ala., in 2014. LCMS Black Ministry is planning to open a network of Rosa J. Young academies throughout the U.S. (LCMS/Erik Lunsford)