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Evangelist Billy Graham in hospital with infection
A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs. […]
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Black couple says racism forced wedding relocation
JACKSON – (AP) A Mississippi couple says the church where they planned to get married turned them away because they are black. Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson say they had set the date and mailed invitations, […]
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Swanson named first black Miss. Methodist bishop
JACKSON – (AP) Mississippi's United Methodists will be getting their first ever black bishop. private haftpflichtversicherung Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr., who has been serving in eastern Tennessee since 2004, has been assigned to lead […]
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The 123rd Annual Session of GMBSC convenes in Jackson
Leader shares view on same-sex marriage By Gail M. Brown Editor Hundreds from around the State of Mississippi poured into Jackson this week for the 123rd Annual Session of the General Missionary Baptist State Convention. […]
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Thompson at the ‘Hill’
By Daphne Higgins Religion Editor Just as he did in 2000, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson had the members and guests of College Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Jackson clapping in agreement from the message he […]
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Thousands attend JW ‘Safeguard Your Heart’ convention
By Monica Land JACKSON – Nearly 10,000 people attended the two district conventions held in Jackson this month at the Mississippi Coliseum and Fairgrounds. The annual convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses was entitled: ‘Safeguard Your Heart!’ […]
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Task force says, ‘Enough is Enough’ to crime in the city
Stop the Violence prayer breakfast offers solutions By Gail M. Brown Editor More than 125 law enforcement officers, city and county officials, ministers and citizens poured into the Hanging Moss Road Church of Christ family […]
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Historic Elkhorn Church celebrates annual Homecoming
By Monica Land KILMICHAEL – The members of the Elkhorn Primitive Baptist Church are celebrating their 35th annual homecoming celebration this weekend and the public is invited for refreshments, fellowship and fun. The church will […]
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Man gets life for “church” killing
PORT GIBSON – A homeless man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend to death last year has been sentenced to life in prison. Forty-one-year-old Dexter Watson was convicted of killing Patricia Dotson in March 2011. Dotson’s […]
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Bryant salutes work of racial reconciliation group
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Gov. Phil Bryant said he plans to continue activity with a Christian group promoting racial reconciliation. Mission Mississippi honored Bryant Friday, hosting the Governor’s Prayer Luncheon […]