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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye, has publicly recognized gospel Afro-fusion artist Gaise Baba for his rendition of the classic hymn “I Have ...

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In his new book The Bumpy Road to Better, pastor Tim Timberlake urges Christians, especially in the West, to embrace discomfort, doubt, and hardship as necessary paths to spiritual growth ...

Actor Kel Mitchell recently baptized his daughter on her eighth birthday, an experience that he said made him cry "tears of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister’s family celebrates holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, etc. with family gatherings -- which are ...

Shouts of endearing love and 70th birthday blessings to an efficient entrepreneur, the 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Award recipient and an electrifying and edifying musician and vocalist ...

During Pastor Adeboye’s ministration at the day 2 of the convention, the clergy told his members to sing the song ‘No turning ...

Carol Lynn Radke, age 74, of Greenwood, Indiana, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2025, at 4:55 pm EST after a 25-year ...

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Returning to the US for the first time in four years, I found a country that didn't want to talk about politics, despite ...