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July 20, 2009 – When we first introduced you to Rev. James David Manning 15 months ago, the controversial Harlem pastor was making headlines in the New York Times for his provocative sermons attacking Barack Obama. Now, as President Obama marks his first six months in office on Monday, Pastor Manning is back at it [...]
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Christian Doctor Axed from Panel After Failing to Back Homosexual Adoption
July 20th, 2009 
gospelnewswire July 20, 2009 – A doctor has been removed from an adoption panel because she refuses to endorse applications by homosexual couples. Dr Sheila Matthews, who is a Christian, was told that her beliefs on gay adoption were incompatible with equality legislation and council policies. The paediatrician had asked to be allowed to abstain from [...]
Obama Includes “Our Gay Brothers and Sisters” in Civil Rights Policy
July 20th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 20, 2009 – President Obama included gay rights in his Thursday address to the NAACP. The president was speaking at the centennial celebration of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a group that advocates on behalf of African-Americans. The event, held in the ballroom of the New York Hilton, drew [...]
Cats vs. Churchgoers: N.E. Baltimore Congregation Says Feeding These Animals Has Gotten Out Of Hand
July 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 18, 2009 – For the past two Sundays, Denise Farmer has been protesting Northside Baptist Church’s attempt to stop her from feeding feral cats on church property, as she has done for two years. “It’s completely unbelievable how cruel these people are,” she says. The cats know her motor’s rumble. As Denise Farmer pulls [...]
White House Says Surgeon General Pick Is Pro-Choice
July 16th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 16, 2009 – President Barack Obama’s nominee for surgeon general is a Catholic best known for founding an Alabama clinic that treats the poor, but her lesser-known support for abortion rights puts her at odds with her church and some of the groups that have praised her work. Regina Benjamin’s Bayou La Batre Rural [...]
Gospelcise is a Workout that Raises the Spirit
July 16th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 16, 2009 – On a Wednesday evening in a back room of the South Cobb Recreation Center, the ladies of the Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral in Austell are learning a new way to shake off the devil. “There are no notes on this one, it’s so easy,” Carolyn Patterson says as she [...]
Episcopal Bishops OK Prayer for Homosexual Couples
July 16th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 16, 2009 – Episcopal bishops authorized the church Wednesday to start drafting an official prayer for same-sex couples, another step toward acceptance of gay relationships that will deepen the rift between the denomination and its fellow Anglicans overseas. The bishops voted 104-30 at the Episcopal General Convention to “collect and develop theological resources and [...]
President Obama Unveils A $12 Billion Education Plan For Community Colleges
July 15th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 15, 2009 – Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people for a new generation of jobs. Challenging critics, he said he welcomed the task of turning around the economy. “I love the folks who helped [...]
Destiny Child’s Michelle Williams To Judge Gospel Dream Reality Show
July 15th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 15, 2009 – Michelle Williams, one-third of the Grammy-award winning Destiny’s Child, who also has made a name for herself as a gospel artist, is one of the celebrity judges this season for the Gospel Music Channel’s popular American Idol®-style talent search series Gospel Dream. The fourth season of this series can be seen [...]
Minister Who Killed Wife, is on the Run
July 15th, 2009 gospelnewswire July 15, 2009 – Lauderhill police searched Sunday night for a minister who is suspected of stabbing his wife and leaving her to die on the floor. They say he then fled in a white Dodge Intrepid. Melvin L. Saulsberry, 50, and his wife, Delores, 48, were arguing Sunday morning in their home in the [...]
