Church observes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in Germantown

Sunday, January 17, 2016
GERMANTOWN (WPVI) -- A special observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday took place Sunday with a very special guest at a church in Germantown.
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The Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson, senior pastor of Wellspring Methodist Church in Ferguson, Missouri, spoke to the congregation at the First United Methodist Church.

Dr. Johnson played a key role in the community response to the shooting death of Michael Brown who was killed by a police officer.
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