Religion

“What we are doing has come about because of a culmination of a lot of prayer and hard work. This is a dream come true for us. The people of New Horizon believed in a […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The decision to accept sexually active homosexuals in monogamous relationships as clergy by one of America’s largest church denominations has caused a backlash by some traditional members. At St. Timothy’s […]

Bishop Charles Edward Blake of Los Angeles, Calif. serves as Presiding Bishop of the six-million-member Church of God in Christ (COGIC), one of our nation’s largest denominations. He was in Jackson recently and Mayor Harvey […]

It started as a celebration of family kinship – old and new. It is revered as a time to unite, fellowship and reflect on the richness of family heritage. For generations, black family reunions have […]

“God’s blessings have grown this program and the love He has given us for others is what keeps us going to put it on year after year,” said Johnnie Maberry, chair of Tougaloo College’s Fine […]

As a result of visiting Mississippi earlier this month, Bishop Joe Simon has earned another noteworthy accolade. The International Black Broadcasters Association, Inc. (IBBA), based in Hattiesburg, Miss., has extended him an invitation to be […]

That wonderful day of honor has arrived. That wonderful day is the day that has been set aside to say “thank you” to that special man in your life. He may be your father, husband, […]

We are all familiar with the parable of the lost son. In the fifteenth chapter of Luke, we are told the story of how this young man demanded from his father his share of the […]

Special to The Mississippi Link St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 816 Madison Ave., is the location where the East Mississippi Conference Lay Organization will commemorate Juneteenth on Saturday, June 13. Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated by African […]

In an age of less than modest music videos, disillusioned reality shows, and the overall distortion of beauty and womanhood, there is the D.I.V.A.A.S. Ministry, which stands for their purpose of “Developing and Inspiring Virtue […]