Maryland mega-church Pastor Jamal H. Bryant took a page out of the Book of Breezy to supplement his Sunday sermon this weekend. “Every sister just elbow…
The Rev. E. Dewey Smith Jr. bangs on the pulpit with his fist. He shuts his eyes and moans. Then a high-pitched sound rises from his throat like the wail of a boiling tea-kettle. “I wish you’d take the brakes off and let me preach,” he tells his congregation
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
When Tommy heard former NFL coach Tony Dungy was coming to Columbia to address inmates at the Broad River Correctional complex, the 39-year-old from Rock Hill said he was the first prisoner to sign up.
A more than 95-year-old church in Atlanta may be ousted from the Southern Baptist Convention over a woman pastor.
