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Calvary Baptist Church announced the hiring of Sally Sarratt and Maria Swearingen as the new senior ministers during a service on Sunday. Sarratt and Swearingen, who were legally married in 2014 and ordained in 2015, will begin their new roles on Feb. 26. |
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After a man was killed Tuesday night in Frayser, community leaders gathered at the very same spot he lost his life as a sign that they are standing up to the violence. 26-year-old Devario Burks was shot and killed in the 2700 block of Frayser Boulevard in front of a barbershop. |
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WALKER COUNTY, GA (WRCB) - A Walker County family lost everything they had to a fire. Firefighters arrived at the home on Van Dell Drive in Rock Spring on Tuesday, but could not save it. Since Wednesday, people around the Tennessee Valley have dropped off clothes, toys, and books for the Godfrey family at their church, The Gathering. |
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The pastor of a Rockville church was holding onto ashes, hoping to find the man's family. It didn't take long. |
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On Wednesday, a day after a jury determined Roof should pay with his life for his June 17, 2015 attack, Judge Richard Gergel of U.S. District Court sentenced him following more than four hours of victim-impact statements from nearly three dozen people who in emotional statements spoke of grief, anger and love. |
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Chux Ohai. Comedians, Mc Toothpick, Laff Mayor, Mc Tutalk and Mc Samorano, all of them members of a comedy group known as Naija’s Craziest, were reportedly arrested by the police on Tuesday in Lagos for their part in the production of a new video that parodies members of the Lord’s Chosen.... |
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I am still in the process of convincing myself that the hullaballoo, which followed Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s decision to step down from his position as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria, did not inspire President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to send Obazee home at this time. |
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John Ameh, Abuja. The House of Representatives has ordered a “detailed” public hearing on the activities of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, particularly the Council’s decision to fix the tenure of the leadership of religious organisations.
The House passed the resolution on Wednesday in.... |
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Abimbola Adelakun. On Saturday, when Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of Christ, others affectionately called Daddy GO, asked his church members to become active members of political parties, participate at local levels, and come 2019, the church would use.... |
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The recent report of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s commendation of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose’s style of governance as being ideal leaves much to be desired. Personally, I do not believe that such an endorsement would emanate from our highly revered Daddy GO. |
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T he Benue State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has arrested a woman, who allegedly stole a pastor’s car. Its Commandant, Mr. Shuaib Jubril, who disclosed this in Makurdi yesterday, said the cleric was travelling from Taraba State to Makurdi when he lost the car to the woman. |
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By Emma Amaize. A SABA— POLICE in Delta State have charged the nine leaders of Ogbe-Ijoh, Isaba and Aladja communities in Warri South-West and Udu Local Government Areas, of the state, arrested a few days ago, before a Magistrate Court in Asaba, for promoting native war, murder, arson and kidnapping. |
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By Sam Eyoboka, Emman Ovuakpporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru LAGOS — THE recent changes announced by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, remains and can only be reversed by the church’s Governing Council. |
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HARLESTON, S.C. (AP) An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the.... |
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MACON, Ga. (AP) Two Lanier High School alumni are honoring their parents through $600,000 in college scholarships to local students. Brothers John and Bob Anderson have created the Newton and Sara Anderson Scholarship for Excellence through the Community Foundation of Central Georgia. |
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
WASHINGTON ( WJLA ) - The official program for the 58th Presidential Inauguration has been released by the The official program is as follows: PRELUDE. |
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Nigerian pastor have rejected the age retirement policy of the Financial Reporting Council for religious leaders in Nigeria. In a statement signed by Pastor Breakthrough Ogah who is the chairman of the national board of trustees and exclusively obtained by NAIJ. |
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The NAIJ.com team has gathered the most important news that hit the headlines on Wednesday, January 11. Find all the stories you might have missed below. 1. Heartbreaking things our daughters told us about politicians sponsoring Boko Haram, Sambisa – Chibok Pastor. |
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An anti-terrorism group has commended the Nigerian army over its recent feat against Boko Haram element. The group, the North East Coalition Against Terrorism (NECAT) also commended the military for arresting individuals suspected to be involved in financing the activities of the terrorists. |
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One by one, loved ones of the nine black parishioners gunned down by Dylann Roof stood up in federal court Wednesday, expressing anguish and anger — and, in some cases, forgiveness — as they addressed the 22-year-old white supremacist before the judge formally sentenced him to death. |
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
WASHINGTON ( WJLA ) - The official program for the 58th Presidential Inauguration has been released by the The official program is as follows: PRELUDE. |
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
WASHINGTON ( WJLA ) - The official program for the 58th Presidential Inauguration has been released by the The official program is as follows: PRELUDE. |
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
WASHINGTON ( WJLA ) - The official program for the 58th Presidential Inauguration has been released by the The official program is as follows: PRELUDE. |
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
WASHINGTON ( WJLA ) - The official program for the 58th Presidential Inauguration has been released by the The official program is as follows: PRELUDE. |
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ROCKVILLE, MD (WUSA9) - The pastor of a Rockville church said someone dropped off a man's ashes on his door step. He reached out to WUSA9 to help find a family member of the man to give him the proper final resting place. Less than a day after our story aired, the mystery is somewhat solved. |
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