Since its February launch, more than 100 houses of faith have enrolled in the Grace Church Websites program, providing free sites to low-income churches. From our jobs to keeping up with the news to staying connected and engaged to one’s church, technology is such an important part of our everyday lives. But not every […]
Despite going public and explaining his relationship with Adrienne Bailon, Israel Houghton is professionally feeling the sting of cheating rumors. According to RadarOnline, Houghton has been put on indefinite leave as a minister at Joel Osteen‘s Texas-based Lakewood Church, a position he held for five years. The action comes amid talk that surfaced about Houghton […]
Oprah Winfrey is returning to TV as an actress for the first time in two decades in her network’s new original scripted series Greenleaf. The 13-episode megachurch drama from Emmy nominated writer/producer Craig Wright (Lost, Six Feet Under) and Lionsgate Television and will debut with a two-night premiere June 21 on OWN. Winfrey blessed her […]
The pastor’s younger brother is currently being held on a murder charge at the Montgomery County jail. ADayton, Ohio pastor was allegedly shot and killed by his younger brother in his church office Sunday as service was coming to a close. Police are investigating the shooting of the victim, identified as Rev. William B. Schooler, a […]
Three days before Christmas in 2014, Deante Smith, 25, a player with the semi-pro football team Michigan Lightning, openly praised God in a Facebook…
Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church — one fatally — in an effort by their parents, sister and other members to get them…
Members of a Georgia church are taking action against the pastor who banned a 103-year-old woman by ordering him to step down, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Genora H. Biggs‘ story gained national attention in August when she was kicked out of Mount Grove Baptist Church, a place she attended regularly for 92 years. After voicing […]
Members of a Georgia church are taking action against the pastor who banned a 103-year-old woman by ordering him to step down.
A friend of Dylann Roof, the gunman who killed nine African-Americans at the Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina in June, has been arrested…
A 103-year-old Georgia woman was banned from the Elberton church she’s served for 92 years after she voiced concerns about the pastor’s sermons. Genora Hamm Biggs received a rejection letter from Union Grove Baptist Church in August, according to Athens Banner Herald. Signed by Rev. Tim Mattox and nine other members, it was then Biggs and her grandson, Elliott Dye, […]
Who is burning black churches? Twitter outrage grows as seventh church burns down in 10 days http://t.co/8urzBHmOLy — Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) July 1, 2015 Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina erupted in flames late Tuesday, becoming the seventh to burn in the past 10 days in an increasingly troubling list of fires at […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The United Church of Christ has passed a resolution calling for the National Football League and theWashington Washington Football Team to change the team name and stop using of any images or mascots that could be harmful or demeaning to the Native American community. The resolution also calls on the denomination’s nearly […]