Category: Religion

Musician Stevie Wonder MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Those attending New Salem Baptist Church in north Minneapolis were surprised by a famous visitor during Sunday’s service. There in the front pew was singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder who happened to be in town for a performance at the Target Center. The Rev. Jerry McAfee knows Wonder and […]

Gospel extraordinaire Yolanda Adams, a bold and beautiful faith-filled songstress with a license to tell all according to the words of Jesus Christ, sat down with the AFRO to discuss the benefits of sacrificial leadership in Christ, and how it’s worth paying the price when you abide under the shadow of God.  The four-time Grammy, […]

The Rev. Dr. Harold A. Carter Jr. greets prayer ministry leader, Deacon Howard Lyles after closing prayer. (Photo by PND Photography) It has been said that New Shiloh Baptist Church has always been a praying church, and to attest to that fact, the church is celebrating its 25th year of ongoing 6 a.m. prayer on […]

Evelyn Bandoh, is coach and founder of Mystic Genius. (Photo courtesy of Evelyn Bandoh). In April 2012, Evelyn Bandoh received her latest calling. “It came to me as an idea after meditation. I knew that I was supposed to create some type of entity to support women in becoming who they were called to be,” […]

Rev. McCall is taking the conversation to the community. (Courtesy Photo) The Rev. Ramelle McCall, 33, 2 1/2 years Church of St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church,       2013 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD Hometown: Baltimore Education: Bachelor of Science, Stevenson University 2003                   […]

Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative, a coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans, has recently declared a health emergency in the Black church. As a part of our Health Emergency Declaration (HED) Initiative we are actively addressing disease states affecting African Americans at disparate rates and […]

Senior Bishops of the three historical Black Methodist denominations: Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ), and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME) – recently announced the establishment of several full tuition scholarships to Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are traditionally affiliated with these denominations. At a special surprise assembly, Jan. […]

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a New Year mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations, including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar, to […]

Christian pilgrims from Nigeria pray inside the Grotto of the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Several thousand Christian pilgrims on Wednesday flocked to […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Crowds at the mall sprawl with a message to all That chalk lines aren’t color blind At least not in my Bethlehem. Little boys have a right to be born in mangers But dangers walk the beat with sticks And uniforms establish norms that make mothers mourn […]