via Joy105: After more than two decades as a leader of one of Chicago’s historic black churches, a popular pastor has announced that he’s retiring. Pastor Charles Jenkins – the charismatic, unconventional young leader of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church – said he feels it’s time to begin the next act in his life. “It’s […]
via TheChristianPost: Those who identify with a religious group and regularly attend worship services tend to be happier and more civically engaged than those who do not, a new Pew Research Center survey has found. A Pew Research Center report released Thursday on religion and well-being found that religious attendance — rather than religious affiliation — was […]
via GetUpMornings: Donald Lawrence has a new song featuring Le’Andria Johnson that left Erica Campbell and GRIFF speechless this morning (listen below). Having just released his Goshen 432HZ album with the Tri-City Singers, marking their 25th anniversary, Lawrence dropped by Get Up! Mornings to discuss reuniting the group after all these years and what inspired the album Goshen – as seen in the Bible’s […]
via KUTU/TMZ: Kristoff St. John, star of the long-running soap opera ‘Young and the Restless,’ was found dead Sunday … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us one of Kristoff’s friends went to check on him at the actor’s home in San Fernando Valley, and found his body. Police and paramedics were alerted and […]
Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Black History Month is officially underway and Netflix has curated a list of documentaries, movies and mini-series that are educational, thought provoking and entertaining, each of which will keep us informed all month long. Check out a few notable movies to watch on Netflix during this Black History Month 13th […]
via FirstLadyB: STAR WARS STAR, JOHN BOYEGA IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE UPCOMING CRIME THRILLER “GOD IS GOOD.” The film, which is based in South Africa follows a fully reformed gangster who is now a pastor and a mercurial detective whose paths cross due to a random incident which also pits them against a dangerous gang boss. Boyega who […]
via BCNN1: For two decades, the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration has featured worship, live performances and personal testimonies from gospel artists, mainstream acts and even NFL players — the first and only NFL-sanctioned gospel music extravaganza. Its founder and proprietor, Melanie Few-Harrison, likes to think of producing the concert every year as “a faith walk.” “We going […]
via FirstLadyB: LAST WEEK WE GOT A PEEK OF KELLY ROWLAND AS GLADYS KNIGHT, AND NOW WE GET TO SEE SINGER MICHELLE WILLIAMS AS DIANA ROSS IN THE UPCOMING BET SERIES ‘AMERICAN SOUL.’ The network released a video clip of Williams shooting the fundraising scene for the United Negro College Fund, where she’s singing the Diana Ross signature song Reach Out And Touch. The […]
via TheGospelGuru: Sunday Best is back! The top rated reality-singing competition is slated to return this Spring to search for gospel music’s next superstar. And it gets better, the hardest-working man in Gospel is returning as host. BET announced today that Kirk Franklin will indeed return as host of “Sunday Best.” The network hasn’t named any judges just yet, but stay tuned. Meanwhile, if you’d […]
via FIrstLadyB: DR. EARNEST PUGH IS ANSWERING THE CALL! Gospel music’s leading man is starting a church in his hometown of Memphis, TN. Beginning March 3rd, Dr. Pugh will present WORD, WORSHIP and COMMUNION every first Sunday from 5-7PM at The Holiday Inn Suites, 5090 Copper Creed Rd, Millington, TN. “I have fought this calling/assignment since I was 8 years old,” Pugh […]