‘Blessing of Elders’ lauds seven Black Christian luminaries at Museum of the Bible gala
Washington DC, USRNS Well-known names from the world of Gospel music and the Black church gathered at the Museum of the Bible to hail the contributions of African American churches and to call for continued efforts toward building unity and bridging divides. The “Blessing of the Elders,” an awards celebration held on Thursday just blocks […]
In the US, Promise Keepers stages a comeback, but returns on screens instead of in a stadium
RNS Thirty years ago, a Christian men’s movement began as a meeting of dozens of men with a prominent former football coach. Its biggest moment was a gathering of hundreds of thousands on the National Mall in 1997. Musicians Michael W Smith, right, and Calvin Nowell, left, lead a recorded worship service for Promise Keepers […]
US Gospel singer Kirk Franklin says “kumbaya moments” are not enough for better race relations
RNS Gospel singer Kirk Franklin, in a discussion to be broadcast this week on Trinity Broadcasting Network, called on white Christian leaders to move beyond “kumbaya moments” and to speak from the pulpit when black people are the subjects of “social injustice happening in the streets”. Franklin made his remarks on TBN’s Praise show in a conversation […]
Funeral of Lois Evans, wife of Tony Evans, set for their Dallas church
RNS Lois Evans, the wife of megachurch pastor and radio broadcaster Tony Evans, is being remembered at a funeral on Monday at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. Lois Evans, 70, died on 30th December after being diagnosed with biliary cancer. Lois Evans died on 30th December, 2019. PICTURE: Via LoisEvans.org She had been an […]
THE INTERVIEW: TONY EVANS – PASTOR, AUTHOR, AND RADIO BROADCASTER NOW HAS A STUDY BIBLE AND COMMENTARY BEARING HIS NAME
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US pastor Tony Evans about his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott and his wife’s health…
Baylor survey names a dozen who can really preach
RNS A dozen pastors known for their consistently stellar performances in the pulpit made Baylor University’s list of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. The list of 11 men and one woman, chosen by scholars of homiletics, or the art of preaching, was released Tuesday. “In a world where talk is cheap and […]
US evangelical leaders call on Trump to condemn the alt-right
RNS White nationalist demonstrators walk through town after their rally was closed down near Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12th August, 2017. PICTURE: AP Photo/Steve Helber. A who’s who of Southern Baptist leaders and some other evangelicals have written a letter to US President Donald Trump calling on him to do more to condemn […]