Christianity Today, a nonprofit global ministry recently debuted the new design of ChristianityToday.com, the website for Christianity Today magazine, with new features and a clean, fresh look. The new website boasts a simpler layout, subscriber-only content, minute-to-minute news updates from around the web, and topically categorized content ranging from hot button subjects like Mitt Romney […]
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TBN’s Church Channel Network Offers Worship and Ministry Programs 24-7
What if there was a special television channel that carried all the best church and ministry programs featuring the most respected Christian leaders? And what if that channel was available around the clock to comfort, inspire, and challenge viewers any time day or night? The good news is that such a channel exists here and […]
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Meet the Need Goes National with Web-Based Management Tool to Connect Churches, Ministry Needs
Meet the Need, an advanced Internet-based solution for uniting churches and ministries to serve those in need in the congregation, community and beyond, is launching nationwide in partnership with some of the largest churches and ministry organizations in the country, founder and president Jim Morgan announced today. The innovative, shared, web-based platform provides churches […]
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How are Black Europeans Progressing?
VIDEO: London MP talks black life in UK, Europe An EXCLUSIVE interview with UK Member of Parliament, David Lammy, who represents the London area where riots sparked last July. Topics include problems facing people of colour in his area and the possibility of a black Prime Minister in his lifetime. More…
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DISH Expands On-Demand Lineup with First Faith-Friendly Streaming Movie Service from GMC TV
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.,— DISH, a leading pay-TV provider, is offering more choice in family- friendly entertainment by adding G-Movies, the new faith friendly streaming movie service from GMC TV, to its on-demand programming lineup. Subscribers of DISH’s exclusive Heartland Package or Blockbuster @Home service can stream inspirational titles from G-Movies directly through their television or mobile […]
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UK’s Hottest Fashion Designer, Ozwald Boateng
From BBC News Forest Whitaker, Will Smith, Spike Lee, Sir Richard Branson, members of the royal family, and many others have for a while recognized the unusual gifts of Oswald Boateng. His suits have set the standard of fashion style for the best dressed men around the world. His latest project traces his life over […]
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Jamaica to Quit British Monarchy
Jamaica ‘to cut ties with British monarchy’ (ALJAZEERA) New prime minister says country will establish itself as a republic and break ties with former colonial power. Jamaica’s new prime minister has said that it is time for her country to cut ties with the British monarchy and declare itself an independent republic. Speaking at her […]
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Meet Cassandra Steen: German Soulful Recording Star
German pop star Cassandra Steen talks about her influences, choosing to sing in German – her father is African-American and her mother German – in this revealing interview with segments of her performing. (More)
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Neo-Nazi Killers on the Run in Germany
Call it a reflex rooted in history. Whenever there is an uptick in right-wing extremist activity in Germany, demands that the far-right party National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) be banned are almost immediate. The NPD, say its army of critics, provides a veneer of political legitimacy to neo-Nazi thuggery. (More)
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What is the Reality Like for Black Children Growing Up in Italy
Source: Afro-Europe-International Blog To be black and Italian at the same time is a new reality the Italian society is still struggling to accept. Adoption and increase in the number of mixed marriages between Italians and Africans are gradually leading to an increase in the number of Black Italian children, the so-called Afro-Italians. But the […]
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Canada Honours Slave “Underground Railroad”
Source: Al Jazeera An ‘underground railroad’ that helped US slaves escape to Canada in the 19th century is still celebrated today, more than 200 years later, in the town of Buxton, Ontario. The network of people and safe houses stretched from the Deep South to the northern US states and on into Canada. The escaping […]
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“SlaveryThe Game”
Source: Afro-Europe International Blog The trailer shows how gamers may trade slaves, conquer countries and even choose their means of torture and their personal burning marks. It was revealed today that the notorious trailer is fictional. The purpose of the trailer is firstly to confront people with an important, but often-neglected part of history. Secondly, […]