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New Book Looks at Life of Black, Crippled Homosexual and his Relationship with God

*Allen Jones has lived an interesting life and has come to realize that all he was led to believe needed a 21st century rethinking in the areas of race, sexual orientation and ability. He challenges traditional thinking with true stories of the contrary in his autobiography CASE GAME. He says he is ready to, “Un-confuse [...]

Brian Courtney Wilson on Tour Monday

*Congratulations to Brian Courtney Wilson for his charted success! After 52 weeks on the Billboard, Wilson’s debut album “Just Love” remained on the top 15 and this week hit #8.
“The 52-week chart topping mark for ‘Just Love’ is a significant milestone for my family and me,” said Wilson. “The continued patronage of our supporters along [...]

The Religious vs. Spiritual Debate

*”I’m spiritual but not religious.”
It’s a trendy phrase people often use to describe their belief that they don’t need organized religion to live a life of faith.
But for Jesuit priest James Martin, the phrase also hints at something else: egotism.
“Being spiritual but not religious can lead to complacency and self-centeredness,” [...]

Multi-religious Worship Service at Megachurch

*It was an unusual Sunday morning worship at Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. Christians, Muslims and Jews sat together in the megachurch to hear an evangelical pastor preach about Jesus.
The three faith groups had already visited the Islamic Center of Irving the previous day and the Temple Shalom of North Dallas on [...]

Word of the Day: Make Room for Your Blessing

*Most people today are familiar with the Prayer of Jabez and how he dared to ask God to bless him indeed. Many of us may have memorized and even recited Jabez’s prayer in hopes that God would likewise respond to our prayers and bless us in a like manner.However, I believe one of the major [...]

Ali ‘Ollie’ Woodson: A Celebration of Life!!

*In the beginning, Motown’s mighty Temptations sounded like they came straight out of the church, and they did. But of all their line-up of singers, Ali “Ollie” Woodson took them back … literally. He died on May 30th, and while offering words of comfort at Woodson’s funeral, Bishop Noel Jones declared of his friend: “We [...]

Jesus Cartoon Protested

*Conservative and religious groups that have long complained about the irreverent treatment of Christianity on Comedy Central have a new target: an animated series about Jesus Christ living in modern-day New York. It’s unclear whether the show — one of 28 projects the network listed last month on its slate of [...]

SoulPreaching.com to Sign Off

*SoulPreaching.Com, a prominent website that seeks to “Celebrate and Teach the African American Preaching Tradition” will soon see a change in leadership.
Elder Sherman Haywood Cox II, founder and director of the ministry, has decided to pass on the mantle to Baptist minister George Larry from Los Angeles, California.
Cox started the website while he was attending [...]

Mpho Tutu Speaks on Teen’s Religion

*Parents of teenagers who have wandered from their family’s religious traditions—or teenagers who have no interest at all in anything religious or spiritual—may be heartened to hear the story Mpho Tutu tells.
The youngest child of Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, Mpho was [...]

Unequally Yoked: When Interfaith Marriage Goes Badly

*When Joseph Reyes and Rebecca Shapiro got married in 2004, they had a Jewish wedding ceremony. He was Catholic but converted to Judaism after they married, and they agreed to raise any children in the Jewish faith.
However, after their daughter Ela was born, Reyes began to worry about the fact that she [...]

Word of the Day: How to Recharge Emotionally

*Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” — Mark 6:31 (NIV)“If you only laugh and enjoy life when your problems are all solved, you’ll never enjoy [...]

Tamela Mann Nominated for Gospel Music

*Tamela Mann is finally being recognized for her outstanding work. She was nominated for BET’s “Best Gospel” for the upcoming 10th annual BET Awards for her current album, “The Master Plan.”
She is a blossoming gospel artist and star on Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns.”
The awards ceremony will take place Sunday, June 27 at the Shrine [...]

After 13 Years, a Church Deacon is Arrested for Rape

*While attending a New Hampshire church as a teen, a woman experienced a most egregious assault. Tina Anderson is finally coming into the light about her terrible past.
She told CBS’ “The Early Show on Saturday Morning” host Chris Wragge that as a teen, she was raped and impregnated by a church deacon, but the covered [...]

Ted Haggard Opening New Acceptance Church

*Maybe you thought you wouldn’t hear this name again when it came anything to do with the church, but he’s up to something again. Ted Haggard is starting a new church. Yes I said it. The new church is going based on an acceptance philosophy. How convenient.
After his controversial involvement with a male prostitute, Haggard [...]

New Music from DeWayne Woods

*DeWayne Woods is back! And with some new sounds for gospel lovers. His upcoming album is sure to win the hearts of worshippers with his comforting ballads, up-tempo grooves, and praise and worship songs. “My Life’s Lyrics” is the artist’s sophomore production. He says this one is different, better, and stuntin’ with that grown up [...]

Gospel Music for Your Ears – Charting Artists on One Album

*World Music Gospel is coming out with a bang. The company is set to release a star studded compilation album under the former label title A Spirit Rising with artists Juanita Bynum, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Brian Courtney Wilson, Micah Stampley, Pastor Rudy Rasmus, and The ESSENCE Gospel Project.
The music company, established by Mathew Knowles has signed [...]

Word of the Day: Direction, Not Intention

*I’ll never forget a trip my family and I took to Washington D.C. to attend the high school graduation of my wife’s little brother. As the parents of two daughters (then ages 4 and 2), and a 6 month old baby boy, I’m sure you can imagine just how difficult that road trip was for [...]

Juanita Bynum to Release New EP on New Label

*Music World Gospel/Son Flower Records will release Juanita Bynum’s new EP, “The Diary of Juanita Bynum: Soul Cry (Oh, Oh, Oh),” on June 22, the label announced.
The CD is the first of a trilogy that will culminate in the January 2001 release of CD/DVD, “The Diary of Juanita Bynum II.”
The title track, Bynum says, “was [...]

Video: LeBron James’ Free Agency Has Gone Wild … in Church!

*Everyone is worried about LeBron James leaving Cleveland.  He is a free agent at the end of this season and can go to any team he wants.
But now the anxiety has gone a bit too far.  It’s ended up at the pulpit of Providence Presbyterian Church in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
The associate pastor, Rev. [...]

Knowles-Bynum Rumors Put to Rest

*Last week, EURweb reported that international minister Juanita Bynum has been getting close with her colleague Mathew Knowles.
 

The pair have been seen working close lately and rumors began to circulate the two were getting serious and were flirting with the idea of dating.
Well, in response to the report, Knowles’ Music World Entertainment submitted to [...]