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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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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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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 […]