By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter, The Christian Post In the last 34 years that he has operated his 800-member Friendship Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, the Rev. Alvin Gwynn Sr. says his average monthly energy bill has hovered around “maybe $1,200.” About two months ago, however, Gwynn claimed in an interview with The Christian […]
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Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie challenges National Prayer Breakfast attendees to love as Jesus did
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie reflected on what the Bible says about being a “neighbor” and challenged National Prayer Breakfast attendees to operate out of the kind of love, mercy and compassion Jesus demonstrates throughout Scripture. Speaking at the event in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, McKenzie, the interim president […]
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Tulsa pastor gives ‘reparations’ to massacre survivors, calls on churches to take the lead
Transformation Church Pastor Michael Todd (L) thanks the only three living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre for “surviving the devastation” of the riot on Sunday, June 20, 2021. The survivors (seated from left to right) are Viola Fletcher, 107; Hughes Van Ellis, 100; and Lessie Randle, 106. | (Screenshot: Facebook/Transformation Church) By Leonardo Blair, Christian […]
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Televangelist Frederick KC Price, founder of Crenshaw Christian Center, dies from COVID-19 at 89
Frederick K.C. Price speaks during an evening session at the Vision 2007 conference held at the Christian Faith Center in Seattle, Washington, on March 9, 2007. (Christian Faith Center/File Photo via The Christian Post) By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Frederick K.C. Price, the founder of the 28,000-member Crenshaw Christian Center in California, has died weeks […]