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Pastor Andy Oliver of Allendale United Methodist Church knew immediately upon watching the video showing the fatal encounter between Minneapolis Police officers and George Floyd on Monday that he had to respond. Since he couldn’t preach his message to his church, he put it on the church’s street-side marquee....
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Todd Johnson is the youngest pastor in Warren, Ohio, and preaches at the oldest black Baptist congregation in Trumbull County. He says he has always felt driven to help the people he serves, especially during difficult times — such as when a community member was killed by police in...
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Tallahassee Police have released the name of the suspect killed in Wednesday’s officer involved shooting. TPD says the person killed was 38 year old, Natosha “Tony” McDade. Now, Tallahassee pastors who are apart of the Frontline Pastors Action Council say death and the hands of an officer is an issue that...
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The faith leader, former political candidate and fixture in local social justice efforts was on a ventilator for weeks. In March, Pastor Terrance Hughes was taken to the VA hospital in Aurora and placed on a ventilator. The faith leader, civil rights activist and — up until his diagnosis —...
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Faith Victory Church was the first church in Frankfort to reopen its doors to members, and its pastor, Dr. Philip Derber, doesn’t plan to shut them again. “If ever it comes down again, I ain’t shuttin,’” he said in an interview with The State Journal. Asked why, he said,...
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COVID-19 has permanently altered the church, according to Reverend Brian Moore of New Providence Baptist Church. He says faith leaders are ministering in a new age because of the outbreak of the virus. Moving forward, the faith based industry will have to reach people outside of their walls, because...
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An East Bay church leader is urging other faith leaders not to reopen houses of worship against the advice of public health officials. Reverend Johnnie Clark with Word Assembly Church in East Oakland said it’s a matter of life and death. He knows because he’s recovering from COVID-19. The...
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The Rev. Monsignor Romualdo Sosing was appointed pastor of Holy Name of Mary in 2011, and reappointed in 2017. On Sunday he died of complications from the coronavirus.COURTESY MATT BROWNE, DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE The Rev. Monsignor Romualdo Sosing, who for the past nine years served as pastor of...
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A Christian pastor in Wuhan, China — where the coronavirus outbreak originated — was pulled away by police Saturday during an evangelical event on Zoom, according to a Christian persecution watchdog. The preacher, identified only as Luo from Nanjing Road Church in the Hubei province, “was taken away by the police because he posted the gospel online,” the...
Pastor Andy Oliver of Allendale United Methodist Church knew immediately upon watching the video showing the fatal encounter between Minneapolis Police officers and George Floyd on Monday that he had to respond. Since he couldn’t preach his message to his church, he put it on the church’s street-side marquee....
Todd Johnson is the youngest pastor in Warren, Ohio, and preaches at the oldest black Baptist congregation in Trumbull County. He says he has always felt driven to help the people he serves, especially during difficult times — such as when a community member was killed by police in...
Tallahassee Police have released the name of the suspect killed in Wednesday’s officer involved shooting. TPD says the person killed was 38 year old, Natosha “Tony” McDade. Now, Tallahassee pastors who are apart of the Frontline Pastors Action Council say death and the hands of an officer is an issue that...
The faith leader, former political candidate and fixture in local social justice efforts was on a ventilator for weeks. In March, Pastor Terrance Hughes was taken to the VA hospital in Aurora and placed on a ventilator. The faith leader, civil rights activist and — up until his diagnosis —...
Faith Victory Church was the first church in Frankfort to reopen its doors to members, and its pastor, Dr. Philip Derber, doesn’t plan to shut them again. “If ever it comes down again, I ain’t shuttin,’” he said in an interview with The State Journal. Asked why, he said,...
COVID-19 has permanently altered the church, according to Reverend Brian Moore of New Providence Baptist Church. He says faith leaders are ministering in a new age because of the outbreak of the virus. Moving forward, the faith based industry will have to reach people outside of their walls, because...
An East Bay church leader is urging other faith leaders not to reopen houses of worship against the advice of public health officials. Reverend Johnnie Clark with Word Assembly Church in East Oakland said it’s a matter of life and death. He knows because he’s recovering from COVID-19. The...
The Rev. Monsignor Romualdo Sosing was appointed pastor of Holy Name of Mary in 2011, and reappointed in 2017. On Sunday he died of complications from the coronavirus.COURTESY MATT BROWNE, DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE The Rev. Monsignor Romualdo Sosing, who for the past nine years served as pastor of...
A Christian pastor in Wuhan, China — where the coronavirus outbreak originated — was pulled away by police Saturday during an evangelical event on Zoom, according to a Christian persecution watchdog. The preacher, identified only as Luo from Nanjing Road Church in the Hubei province, “was taken away by the police because he posted the gospel online,” the...