“In 1826, this was frontier,” said Jeff Buck, senior pastor at Mt. Auburn. “We helped settle this area. We’ve been part of the fabric of this community for so long. That’s something to think about, the breadth and width of our time here.” For nearly two centuries, Mt.

PHILIPSBURG--The country’s oldest party – the Democratic Party (DP) – is not dying, rather it is “dedicated to the people” and ready to sweep the September 26 Parliamentary Election. This was the message party leader Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot-Williams delivered to supporters at the....

Budget Padding Scandal: ‘You Be Thief, I No Be Thief’ I do not know how many people remember this classic tune from the great Abami Eda, Fela Kuti himself. He it was who sang these evergreen words, ‘you be thief, I no be thief, you be army robber, I no be army robber.

Sadness burned inside the Rev. Charlotte S. Williams as she listened to hundreds of reports of black people killed by police and killed by other blacks. Then she saw the online shooting of 23-year-old Korryn Gaines in Baltimore. Williams said she understood Gaines' frustration and felt compelled to help other young people.

Plans to host the biggest and most successful Town Week in the history of Guyana are going full steam ahead as more sponsors come on board for the 46th anniversary celebration of Guyana’s smallest township, Rose Hall Town. To date, Digital Edge, the Rose Hall Branch of Republic Bank, F&H Printery of....

Mandeville, Manchester. As members of the Christian faith, individuals are required to maintain good and regular standing within the church at all cost. But oftentimes, having been 'born into a world of sin and shaped in inequity', some may lose their way and at some point, are reprimanded for their actions.

As church attendance declines year after year, rural congregations are struggling to stay afloat. Farley's New Hope Lutheran Church closed its doors last month after 16 years in the community. The church failed to attract a full-fledged congregation over its decade-and-a-half existence, according to synod leaders.

It’s time again for black men to set aside a day to get free health exams and some exercise. The fourth annual African-American Male Wellness Walk of Youngstown-Warren will take place Aug. 20 beginning at 7 a.m. in the Covelli Centre parking lot, 229 E. Front St. Participants have the opportunity to walk, run or bike a 5-kilometer route.

The 22-county West Area comprises 45 churches, including Owensboro's First Christian and Century Christian churches, and Whitesville Christian Church. "I will be working with churches to support their efforts and to help provide resources and opportunities for networking and building the capacity....

It is quite inscrutable, why more and more trees have been falling so frequently on trees in our wonderful country, where forces of darkness apparently conspire daily to demonize our 17-year – old democracy and its concomitant governance culture. That is why the inconclusive issue of higher....

*As KOWA guber candidates says Ize-Iyamu unfit to succeed Oshiomhole. By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin City. THE governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expressed total commitment to the Edo project plan which was started seven and half years ago....

By Dele Momodu; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Fellow Africans, let me start by thanking hundreds, if not thousands, of all those who felicitated with me last weekend on the honorary Doctorate degree bestowed on me by one of Ghana’s most prestigious institutions, the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA).

In Montserrado County, the witches come out on Wednesdays. They come - some more willingly than others - from all across the county, indeed from every corner of Liberia, to Pastor John Carr's church, the Healing Temple of Christ. Outside the narrow tin-roofed building, aid agencies' pickups race each other along shoddy roads.

Detectives attached to the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, on Thursday arrested the General Overseer of a church (name withheld) for allegedly raping a seven-year-old daughter of his member. The police spokesperson in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said the suspect’s church was along Ibusa Road, Koka, Asaba.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- An Idaho man accused of shooting a pastor is headed to court after attempts at mediation failed. Prosecutors said Kyle Odom shot Pastor Tim Remington in March before fleeing to Washington D.C. Odom was arrested by Secret Service agents after officials said he threw items over the White house fence.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Samuel Meso’s graduation gown was once a source of pride for the 25-year-old Zimbabwean who studied engineering. But now he can’t get a job, and the academic attire is a badge of shame and protest that he wears to anti-government demonstrations in Zimbabwe, where discontent over economic hardship is growing.

media around the #ThisFlag movement. Last night, a number of shocked Zimbabweans tweeted about new mobile data prices, ranging from $.050c for 8MB to $50 for 2GB. The blame has been put on Supa Mandiwanzira , Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services,....

In a shocking tale, the husband of Jackline Mwende has been charged with chopping off her hands and brutally mutilating her face, all because she could not give birth. Never mind that she said a doctor had given her a clean bill of health. She said that the doctor pointed out that it was her husband who may have had a few reproductive issues.

By DENISE MAYCOCK. Tribune Freeport Reporter. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . AS their country prepares to celebrate 54 years of Independence on Saturday, Jamaicans residing in Grand Bahama will commemorate the anniversary with a “Jamaican style” worship service on Sunday.

Donald Trump lit into President Barack Obama on Friday in Iowa, calling his claim that a $400 million cash payment to Iran wasn't a ransom for four hostages 'a lie.' And Trump compared the White House's official account of the January cash shipment to promises the president made before his Affordable Care Act was implemented.

RIDGEPORT Think of the Aug. 9 Democratic primary in the 126th state House District as a contest between two preachers. State Rep. the Rev. Charlie Stallworth holds the actual title. He is the influential pastor of who helped Joe Ganim return to the mayor’s office last year.

THE Traditional ruler of Uromi in Esan North East Local Government, His Royal Highness, Anslem Edenojie II, Onojie of Uromi, on Friday, refuted claims attributed him in the media, to have declared distrust in the Edo State governorship aspirant of Peoples Democratic Party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu,....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The family pastor of the man shot by Metro police Thursday morning in Germantown met with officers Friday to thank them for how they handled the situation. Adrian Johnson, 41, was shot after Metro police say he opened fire on officers with what turned out to be BB gun and then led them on a chase.

EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement vehicles and motorcycles escorted a hearse Friday to a final memorial service for Jonathan De Guzman, a San Diego police officer who was fatally shot in the driver's seat of his patrol car after his partner approached a man on the street.

Parishioners of the new Chapel in Kenmore work at a prayer garden memorializing residents who were victims of crime, or died of drug overdoses. AKRON, Ohio - Boots on the ground is an apt description of 's new Kenmore campus. The new church, quietly launched Easter Sunday, has no brick-and-mortar....