"The Old Black Church"

Hey, y'all this is going to be my last post for a little while. I've had a hard couple of months.

John Drew Sheard, the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) announced last Friday, a new partnership with the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). In a video post, Bishop Sheard announced that he had visited Salt Lake City, Utah, and met with leaders of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, including the First President Russell Nelson and the Board of Twelve. Specific details of the partnership between COGIC and the Church of Latter Day Saints remain unclear.  Presiding Bishop Sheard However, Bishop Sheard did share that there was a discussion as to how COGIC and LDS church can partner to impact the world in a positive way. The Church of God in Christ is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States with membership exceeding 6M. It is the second largest primarily Black denomination in America. The Church of Latter Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, is the 4th largest Christian denomination in the US with a membership of 6M people. The purpos

 

One of Miami's oldest Black churches has until Sept. 11 to pay back a $1.6 million mortgage taken out in the church's name by its former pastor, or three of its main buildings, including a fellowship hall where service is held, will be auctioned off, a Miami-Dade judge has ordered. The former pastor of St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in Miami was fired after learning that he took out two mortgages totaling nearly $2.5 million in the church's name in 2017 and 2018 that the church said it did not know about at the time.  Before Bishop James D. Adams signed his name to two mortgages on the church totaling nearly $2.5 million, St. John Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in Overtown — one of the oldest Black churches in Miami — was in good financial standing. But after months and months of missed payments and a shake-up of church leadership, St. John’s is now facing foreclosure on three of its properties that were pledged as collateral against the loans. St

This is unbelievable. He goes by Doctor. If he didn’t have any of these THREE degrees they investigated, what actual degrees DOES he have and is he an actual doctor of anything or has that been a lie all along?  Anyhow, Willie McLaurin, the acting president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, resigned suddenly on Thursday (Aug. 17) after admitting he had falsified his resume. “While considering McLaurin as a candidate for Floyd’s permanent replacement, the SBC Executive Committee’s Presidential Search Team discovered disqualifying information during their process of vetting and due diligence,” said Philip Robertson, chairman of the SBC Executive Committee, in a statement. “McLaurin’s education credentials that he presented in his resume are false.” The statement quoted from McLaurin’s resignation letter, saying he admitted falsifying his resume. “In a recent resume that I submitted, it included schools that I did not attend or complete the course of study,” Mc

This young man Joshua Joseph is one of my favorite creators on Instagram. I love his brilliance and his attention to detail.....some are saying that The Shaderoom is a danger to democracy and the black community. I love how everyone keeps saying Biden gave trillions of dollars to Ukraine as if he authorized it without Congress first approving it… The conspiracy theories that are flying around about this one are crazy! Even if you don’t like Biden, my Lord, he’s done, but he is supposed to do in the situation, unlike the Cheeto man. Keep being awesome young man.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joshua Joseph (@jwilliamj8)

Among those indicted in Georgia on Monday alongside Trump was a retired pastor from the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod denomination, who was charged with crimes in connection to efforts to intimidate an election worker. "Up until at least this weekend, Lee served Living Word Lutheran Church in Orland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He preached at the church as recently as Sunday when he delivered a sermon focused on the Book of Job."