Like the nation under President Barack Obama, the Church of God in Christ is being defined by change under the current leadership of Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. And, the membership seems to welcome that transformation. “I’m 100 percent in his corner,” said Bishop Carlis L. Moody Sr., president of the International Missions Department, […]
Category: Religion
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COGICs AIM to Make Disciples Worldwide
No man is an island, including the leader of a religious body. Jesus gave the “great commission” to his disciples to go out and make disciples of people all over the world, baptizing them and teaching them all he had taught them. It was a daunting task: They couldn’t do it alone, and neither can […]
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An Interview with AIM Superintendent Dillard
1. How would you explain what AIM is for the unchurched? AIM stands for Auxiliaries In Ministry. The key word is ministry which could mean to meet the need of. Consequently, the Church has a responsibility to meet the need of not only its inner constituents but also the community at large. AIM will obviously […]
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William DeVeauxIn His Father’s Footsteps
The Right Rev. William P. DeVeaux is the 113th bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop DeVeaux oversees 400 A.M.E. churches in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina in the church’s second district. He is a husband, a father, a grandfather and a veteran. Inspired at an early age by his father, Chaplain […]
Posted inHealth, Religion
Clergy, Physicians to Discuss Spirituality-Medicine Connection
Hundreds of Washington-area residents will gather for workshops and seminars during the 13th Annual Spirituality and Medicine Conference, May 2 to May 5, at the Grand Hyatt, 1000 H. Street N.W. Leading physicians and clergy from across the nation will hold seminars and panel discussions to examine the connection between spiritual well being and physical […]
Posted inPrince George's County News, Religion
As Pope Retires, Church Struggles to Hold Its Young
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope to guide it into the future, church leaders are struggling to keep young people from leaving the faith. Four out of five Catholics who have left the church — and have not joined another — did so before the age of […]
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Winans Family Scion Faces Prison for $8 Million Fraud
DETROIT— Prosecutors have recommended at least 12 1/2 years in prison for a member of gospel music’s Winans family whose $8 million bond scam involved more than 1,000 people and caused bankruptcies and home foreclosures. Michael Winans Jr., 30, of Jessup, Md., is returning Wednesday to Detroit federal court, four months after pleading guilty to […]
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White House Aide: Obama Hasn’t Abandoned Blacks
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama has launched initiatives and backed legislation that have significantly helped African-Americans throughout his time in office even though there is a perception in some quarters that the nation’s first Black president hasn’t done as much for African-Americans as he has for Latinos, gays and lesbians, and other groups, according to […]
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Fourth Annual “Royal Comedy Tour” to Kick off Feb. 2 in Louisiana
The longest running and most successful urban comedy tour will again hit stages across America in coming months. Kicking off on Feb. 2 in Louisiana to coincide with Super Bowl weekend, the Royal Comedy Tour will see some of the premier comedians in the country come together on one stage for a 25-city stand-up tour. […]
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Meet the Pastor
Name: Pastor Heber Brown III Church, how long: I’ve been the pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church for 4 and ½ years. 430 E. Belvedere Avenue Baltimore, MD 21212 www.pleasanthope.org Age: 32 Hometown: Baltimore School: Morgan State University (B.S. in Psychology), Virginia Union University (Master of Divinity) and Wesley Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry – […]
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Churches Fight UMC Over Property
Less than a year has gone by since White Rock Church members decided to end their relationship with the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) because they disagreed with the treatment of African American churches and smaller congregations within the denomination. The congregation was told by Bishop John R. Schol, then the head […]
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Fred Luter poised to become First Black President of Southern Baptists
(June 16, 2012) The Rev. Fred Luter Jr. is poised to become the first African American president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination when convention delegates vote during the week of June 18 in New Orleans. It’s a big step for a denomination that was formed out of a pre-Civil War split with northern Baptists […]
