Rev. Silvester Beaman (STH’85) to Offer Benediction at Inauguration
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Biden taps Delaware AME pastor to offer benediction at inauguration
January 2021 – Boston University School of Theology alumnus Rev. Silvester S. Beaman (MDiv’85) has been asked by President-Elect Joseph R. Biden to offer the benediction at the presidential inauguration this coming Wednesday, January 20 in Washington, DC.
“It is an extreme honor,” Rev. Beaman told Religion News Service on January 14. “Any clergy person asked to do this particular priestly function would also see it as an extreme honor.” President-Elect Biden called Rev. Beaman directly to extend the invitation.
Rev. Silvester S. Beaman is pastor of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware, a predominantly Black church, and has known the Biden family for thirty years.
Updated on January 20, 2021: A recording of Rev. Beaman’s benediction at President Biden’s inauguration.