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DRAMA IN THE CHURCH: Bishop T.D. Jakes Discusses How To Deal With Church Drama In The Media (VIDEO)

We’ve been focusing on real-life drama in the church. What often happens is when that drama spills over and gets out and is published in the newspaper, on the Internet, all of a sudden it becomes the focus of movies and television. Roland Martin talked to Bishop T.D. Jakes, though, about how he deals with [...]

DRAMA IN THE BLACK CHUCH: Pastor Ralph Douglas West On Conflicts Over Church Direction (VIDEO)

Drama in life can also play out in the church. In our last story, a conflict at Jericho City of Praise began with the death of the pastor. The rise of Houston’s Ralph Douglas West began with the stress of a birth and led to a congregation of nearly 20,000 people. The story of this [...]

DRAMA IN THE BLACK CHURCH: Pastor Joel Peebles Literally Cast Out Of Jericho City Of Praise (VIDEO)

In the church, we dedicate babies. We celebrate weddings and anniversaries. We also bid farewell to those who passed away. What happens when the pastor of the church, the spiritual leader, dies? That then puts the church in turmoil. Jericho City of Praise in Landover, Maryland, once one of the largest mega churches in America; [...]

DRAMA IN THE CHURCH: Temptation Ended His Marriage, Nearly Destroyed The Ministry Of Pastor Jamal Bryant (VIDEO)

Pastor Jamal Bryant’s fall from grace began with an extramarital affair that tore up his congregation and destroyed his marriage. I went to his mega church, the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Maryland, to talk about the affair that ended his marriage, disrupted his congregation, almost destroyed his ministry; but changed him as a man and [...]

Black Virginia Lt. Gov Selection Compared Planned Parenthood To KKK

Source: Alexander Burns / Politico The newly minted Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and bemoaned black voters’ “slavish devotion” to the Democratic Party — past statements that are likely to inflame the culture-war politics of the state’s 2013 elections. E.W. Jackson, a black minister [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Rebroadcast Of Amazing Grace: Drama In The Black Church

REBROADCAST OF AMAZING GRACE: DRAMA IN THE BLACK CHURCH ON SUNDAY MAY 19WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN –Topics include: the battle over leadership at Jericho City of Praise in Landover, Maryland; the rise, fall and redemption of Pastor Jamal Bryant and the controversial beginnings of The Church Without Walls– SILVER SPRING, MD, MAY 17, 2013 – TV One’s Washington Watch with [...]

Michelle Obama At Bowie State: Too Many Fantasize About Being ‘A Baller Or A Rapper’

Source: Krissah Thompson / The Washington Post Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday morning to live up to the legacy of their university’s founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. “Just think about this for a moment — for [...]

Michelle Obama’s Bangs Are No More

Source: Olivia Barker/ USA Today And just like that, the most-discussed — and admired — first lady fashion trend since perhaps Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox is gone. Michelle Obama’s ballyhooed bangs are no more, as evidenced by her commencement speech today at Bowie State University in Maryland. Her new look is a familiar one, a return [...]

Dying Man’s Blinks Lead To Murder Conviction (VIDEO)

A Cincinnati court convicted a man of murder after seeing video of the victim, two weeks before his death, blinking to identify the assailant. (May 17)

Gaza Smugglers Offer KFC (VIDEO)

Fried chicken is the latest ‘luxury’ being smuggled through tunnels from Egypt into Gaza. (May 17)