In an interview with The Associated Press, Jakes opened up about his new self-titled talk show, this year's 'vicious" presidential campaign and the country not being as divided as it seems.

Since its February launch, more than 100 houses of faith have enrolled in the Grace Church Websites program.

Also, the NAACP's Alabama chapter calls for the rebel flag to be removed from state troopers' vehicles and uniforms while Republicans fight back on the long-awaited nuclear deal.

Marcus D. Wiley busting on church’s with terrible website etiquette. Listen to this edition of Church Busters to hear the dos and don’ts of the church web…

I remember as a child all I knew was church on New Years eve I’m so glad to see it going strong. Read More  

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  via:eurweb   Excerpted from the Introduction of the book ‘The Black Church: Where Women Pray and Men Prey’:   If you are a single black woman regularly attending church and tithing, or you are a woman with children that accompany you to church, please open your mind to the expressed dangers within the walls […]

*And the war against gay marriage still wages with another tally mark for the conservatives on the issue. Black churches helped defeat another gay marriage bill in the state of Maryland. What was clear from the debate

By Mashaun D. Simon At a time when it seems African-Americans are the worst hit in every category from unemployment to health care, and social and political representation, a group of black church leaders is re-emerging to help create a unified voice for the black community. The Conference of National Black Churches, a collaboration between […]

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as we know it was introduced in the early 1990s when President Bill Clinton presented the policy as a “compromise” in the debate over whether gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women should be allowed to serve openly in the

I’m lucky enough to have a job that requires me to think, read, write, teach and speak about the intersections of religion, entertainment and popular culture in American society. However, long before I began work as a college professor, I attended a church that placed as much emphasis on entertainment as