Church of God in Christ
Sandra Crouch, influential musician, minister, sister of Andraé Crouch, dead at 81
By Adelle M. Banks — March 25, 2024
(RNS) — ‘You don’t get a driver’s license to learn how to drive,’ she said of her controversial ordination. ‘You get a license because you know how to drive.’
African Methodist Episcopal Church leaders call for halt to all US funding of Israel
By Adelle M. Banks — February 16, 2024
(RNS) — The statement comes in a week of continuing calls for cease-fire and humanitarian aid for the victims of the war that began on Oct. 7.
Agriculture Department, COGIC make plans for funds to add trees to urban centers
By Adelle M. Banks — January 23, 2024
(RNS) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said ‘structuring this program so that it's empowering more tree planting and more workforce development gives us the opportunity to partner with the church.’
Half online, half in person: The state of Black churches now and possibly on Easter
By Adelle M. Banks — April 6, 2023
(RNS) — As Easter approaches, leaders of Black denominations use cautious language even as they hope for a resurrection in the numbers of people who return to the pews.
AME bishops condemn leaders who took massive kickbacks from church sales in New York
By Bob Smietana — September 7, 2022
(RNS) — The kickbacks came from the sale of Black churches in New York, some of which had been in distress. Church leaders hid the transactions from church members and state officials.
After Roe’s fall, Black churches support some or all reproductive health options
By Adelle M. Banks — July 1, 2022
(RNS) — The high court ruling gave states ‘a license to put the lives of millions of Black and poor women at severe risk,’ said the Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson.
Church of God in Christ congregations given $100,000 by pandemic support campaign
By Adelle M. Banks — May 27, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Surprisingly, the generosity has not stopped and churches continued to give,’ said organizer Justin Giboney.
The ‘Nap Bishop’ offers rest as a tool of resistance
By Kathryn Post — March 25, 2022
(RNS) — What if you could combat white supremacy and the soul-crushing attributes of capitalism while taking a restorative nap?
Bishop George Dallas McKinney, founder of St. Stephen’s Cathedral Church of God in Christ, dies at 88
By Alejandra Molina — March 22, 2021
(RNS) — The son of a sharecropper who was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, founded St. Stephen’s Church of God in Christ in 1962.
Church of God in Christ names Detroit’s Bishop J. Drew Sheard new presiding bishop
By Adelle M. Banks — March 22, 2021
(RNS) — The husband of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard of The Clark Sisters was elected on Saturday by the COGIC General Assembly, the denomination announced.
Christian groups unveil new criminal justice reform push
By Elana Schor — August 20, 2020
(RNS) — The police killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans galvanized engagement by faith leaders from multiple denominations to press for criminal justice reform.
Black clergy memorialize the dead, ask government to address disparities
By Adelle M. Banks — April 16, 2020
(RNS) — Some are mourning losses in the highest echelons of their denomination. Others are counting the dead, sick and unemployed.
As King anniversary nears, 3 Memphis sites key to his legacy draw visitors
By Adelle M. Banks — March 29, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — Two of the three sites are houses of worship.
Denzel Washington preaches gratitude to church members at Pentecostal convention
By Jim Gallagher — November 9, 2015
ST. LOUIS -- “It is impossible to be grateful and hateful at the same time,” the pastor's son told hundreds of members of the Church of God in Christ. “We have to have an attitude of gratitude.”
Why some black men prefer the down low and what it says about the black church
By Brandon Ambrosino — September 4, 2015
(RNS) While the language of the down low can afford us a certain glimpse at gay black identity, some researchers suggest the term’s use says more about racial forces at play in the wider culture.
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