“A class action lawsuit alleges that Ephren W. Taylor II, famous for becoming “America’s youngest African American CEO of a public company,” was in reality the ringleader of a series of cynical Ponzi schemes that stole tens of millions of dollars from hard-working churchgoers. Taylor was prominently featured in media outlets including NPR, Fox, [...]
This past week it was confirmed that “family concerns” was the reason behind the still delayed “cause of death” report of the late pastor of New Destiny Christian Center, Zachery Tims.
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Today, the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) is kicking off an initiative to bring 10 million Black men to church.
“Starting Sunday, September 25, 2011, the National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) is officially inviting African American men back to church. NBCI is working to make sure 10 million black males return to church over the next [...]
Did you know that Sunday school started off as an actual school that was held on Sundays to teach poor children how to read and write?
In this video, prophete$$ Cindy Trimm tells the people that because the people have “given”, she is going to decree and declare that the windows of heaven are open up.
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There are way too many elements about the church I can address that will not fit one post. So I will try to address some of them once a week.
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“Here’s the church and here’s the steeple”
Ever wondered about the origins of the church steeple? If you are like most people, probably not. But believe it or not, steeples do have a history.
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If you have not seen it by now, here is the full interview of two of the young men who alleged sexual contact from Bishop Eddie Long.
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The Zachery Tims situation has really awakened something in me. I typically have kept church drama in general about an arms length from me, but I think it has been long enough. So I think I am going to spend the remaining part of this week really delving in this stuff.
I have to [...]
“In his eulogy for Pastor Zachery Tims on Saturday, mega-church evangelist T.D. Jakes compared the preacher to the biblical Jacob, a man with many problems and defects who was renamed Israel.
“The names represented two different sides of the same person, Jakes said, just as “Dr. Tims” was different from “Zach.”
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Over at AtlantaPost.com, Anthony Jerrod lists 7 areas he feels the “Black” church has not addressed. With all due respect, brutha man is off on ALL accounts.
Jerrod is a Christian writer and speaker, so he should know better than this. Like him, I have
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A big “AMEN” from me.
My wife made an interesting point recently. Creflo Dollar was hounding folks for not “forgiving” Long. But how can you forgive someone who has never admitted doing anything wrong? What exactly did he do wrong, Creflo???
In the meantime, has T.D. Jakes said anything about this beyond “keep him in our [...]
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Why Blame Bobby?
by Duane on February 19th, 2012 at 1:00 pmThis morning I posted the following response to a question on Facebook. The question had to do with people who are still blaming Bobby Brown for Whitney Houston’s downfall.
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