African Americans Most Receptive to Church Invitations so Get Ready to Invite Someone for Back to Church Sunday LifeWay’s annual campaign employs ambitious marketing to promote church attendance, and research suggests African American congregations are in prime position to attract new visitors. An Internet survey by LifeWay Research found 67 percent of Americans would be […]
A shooting took place on the parking lot of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, GA last Saturday.
The “Church Lady Bandit” has quickly become one of the most notorious bank robbers ever to hit Central Ohio. It was after a robbery at theFifth Third Bank downtown, that investigators say suspect Sylvete Gilbert was found in a nearby building after a dye pack exploded.
By Mashaun D. Simon At a time when it seems African-Americans are the worst hit in every category from unemployment to health care, and social and political representation, a group of black church leaders is re-emerging to help create a unified voice for the black community. The Conference of National Black Churches, a collaboration between […]
Only 40 Percent of Americans Being Reached by Current Church Model The contemporary church growth model can only reach a maximum of 40 percent of the American population, said a leading thinker in the missional movement on Thursday.
Kevin E. Taylor found a passion for church almost as early as he discovered an attraction to boys.
For a man who evangelized foreign leaders and taught Sunday school while U.S. president, Jimmy Carter has some strong words for what he sees as an “excessive melding of religion and politics.” And it began, he said, with the denomination he called home for more than seven decades: the Southern Baptist Convention. “It’s now metastasized […]
Gay rights laws are eroding Christianity and stifling free speech, Church of England bishops warned yesterday.
The Independent and Objective Article Below by CNN Shows a Spoken and Literary Track Record that Seems to Prove that Bishop Eddie Long Didn’t Do What He Is Accused Of Doing Bishop Eddie Long, his face glistening with sweat, paces onstage before his cheering congregation. Bishop Eddie Long has talked bluntly about homosexuality and his […]
CNN’s Kyra Phillips gave a ringing endorsement to a Christian minister and his heterodox views on homosexuality on Monday’s Newsroom. Phillips interviewed televangelist Bishop Carlton Pearson, who, in her words, went “out on a limb…[to] say gays are accepted in heaven,” and concluded the segment by stating how she “respect[s] very much” what he preached […]
Four people died and 13 others were injured when a church van rolled over Sunday night in southwest Georgia, the state patrol said. The Columbus, Ga., church group was southbound on U.S. Highway 27 in Early County when the driver lost control of the van after a rear tire blew out, Gordy Wright, state patrol […]
Darryl L. Foster was near suicide after leaving the church. He was gay, black and Christian. “I was left thinking I was going to hell with no other options,” he said. “The gay community is attractive when the church turns its back on you.” Years later, he went on to found Witness Freedom Ministries in […]