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Pastor’s anniversary part of month long celebration

By Daphne Higgins

Religion Editor

The month of October holds a special meaning for clergy across the country but for the pastor of College Hill Missionary Baptist Church, the month long celebration includes a special day of recognition. Not only is it National Clergy Appreciation Month, but it is also the month that Dr. Michael Titus Williams stepped into the pulpit as the pastor of one of the oldest African American churches in Jackson…. […]

Evangelist Billy Graham in hospital with infection

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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. […]

Black couple says racism forced wedding relocation

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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, […]

Swanson named first black Miss. Methodist bishop

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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 […]

The 123rd Annual Session of GMBSC convenes in Jackson

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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. […]

Thompson at the ‘Hill’

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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 […]

Thousands attend JW ‘Safeguard Your Heart’ convention

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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!’ […]

Task force says, ‘Enough is Enough’ to crime in the city

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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 […]

Historic Elkhorn Church celebrates annual Homecoming

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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 […]

Man gets life for “church” killing

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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 […]