South Carolina Sargent Terry Achane (pictured left) received a wonderful gift this past week: a judge granted him custody of his daughter who was given…
A school in South Carolina is lending belts out to students who arrive to school with sagging pants.
CHARLESTOWN, SC — The Charlestown Post And Courier in South Carolina is reporting about a rising trend of females taking senior positions in black churches across America. These women, and many others throughout the Lowcountry coastal region of South Carolina, are part of a trend in the black church. Increasingly, women are seeking ordination and […]
South Carolina — The NAACP will be protesting the 150th anniversary secession ball in Charleston, South Carolina. The State reports: NAACP members and supporters plan to hold a peaceful march in downtown Charleston the day of the ball, on Dec. 20, followed by a meeting and question-and-answer session focusing on slavery. Participants will watch segments […]
From the AJC.com: A South Carolina minister Sunday demanded that Bishop Eddie Long step down as senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in the wake of allegations that he coerced four young men into sexual relationships. At a rally on the Georgia Capitol steps on Washington Street, Bishop H. “Prophet” Walker from the True […]
The AJC is reporting that the pastor of a small church in Spartanburg, South Carolina is planning a rally at the state Capitol in Atlanta at the end of the month to demand the resignation of Bishop Eddie Long. Bishop Prophet H. Walker of True Light Pentecost Church in Spartanburg called Long a “bad influence […]
VIA: New York Times COLUMBIA, S.C. — Neighbors were chagrined last week when the police here found the body of a 75-year-old woman who had frozen to death, alone in her house, during unexpectedly frigid weather. But they were shocked this week when they learned that the woman, Juanita W. Goggins, had been a civil […]
VIA: USA Today Leaders from the largest black Methodist churches have gathered in Columbia, South Carolina to seek solutions to the problems plaguing many young African Americans. The event, which is being called the Great Gathering, is the first time these three denominations will jointly meet. Participating churches are: African Methodist Episcopal (AME) African Methodist […]
