March/April 2012 Issue Hits Stands!

MARCH/APRIL 2012 ISSUE OF GOSPEL TODAY FEATURES DR. R.A. VERNON’S WORK TO TRANSFORM A CITY Mary Mary Chats With Gospel Today About Reality Series On WEtv Hollywood Heartthrob Blair Underwood Shares About His Role In The New Film From Bishop T.D. Jakes Nashville, TN–GOSPEL TODAY continues its successful year with the release of its March/April [...]

How to Build Community in the Black Church? (GT Connext)

Is “Discipleship” a Lost Art? We posed this question along with others about building “community” in the Black Church to an esteemed panel of church leaders including: Mika Edmondson, Moderator • Writer & Ordained Baptist minister • Doctoral Candidate, Systematic Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary (Grand Rapids, MI)   Pastor Teddy Ceasar • Serves 7,000 Members [...]

Watchnight 2012 – What’s the WORD for 2012?

New Year’s Eve is a festive and important time of thanksgiving, consecration and optimism, especially in the African American Church community. Thousands of churches will host worship gatherings that go well into the New Year complete with tambourines, dancing and shouts of thanksgiving for a New Year! The Pastor will bring a prophetic message that [...]

The “Guarded Wolf”: Why Black Churches Follow Bad Pastors

This editorial was written by Mika Edmondson, doctoral student at Calvin Theological Seminary. See full bio below. Don’t get me wrong. I love good pastors and there are many out there. We should do more to support and honor them. (see 1 Timothy 5:17) But you know the scenario. A local pastor is caught in [...]

The Silencing of the Black Church: A Legacy Lost?

This editorial was written by Michelle R. Peele, a freelance writer and founder of the grassroots organization P.A.S.T.O.R.S.; an entity that focuses on preserving and protecting the legacy of our Shepherds and their Faith Communities. Follow her on Twitter, here. Some years ago, I had the opportunity to sit in the presence of an incredibly anointed [...]

CNBC to Tackle Incarceration at Annual Confab: Dec. 6-9, 2011

During the week of December 6-9, 2011, CNBC will convene its annual “Consultation” at the Marriott Hotel in Richmond, VA., to address a number of concerns that are plaguing the African American community. However, at the top of the agenda will be incarceration.

Have People Stopped Attending Church?

There has been a drastic reduction in the number of people attending church on Sunday. Why is this?

Christian, Single and Lonely? Girl, Please!

A recent article has caused tempers to flare and emails to fly. The Black Church: How Black Churches Keep African American Women Single and Lonely by Deborah Cooper purports that the black church is at fault for so many black women being single and lonely; it says that black women place too much faith in [...]