Complex sentence: After Rev. Browder's death in 1964, Rev. A. L. Bratcher became the minister and moved the church into a significant local role in implementing the Civil Rights Movement in Bessemer.
Split into simpler sentences: After Rev. Browder's death in 1964, Rev. A. L. Bratcher became the minister. He led the church into a significant local role in implementing the Civil Rights Movement in Bessemer.