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CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. – Imagine being on stage during a black gospel concert in the ’60s and ’70s with some of the most famous gospel groups of all time. Imagine traveling through the South during the 1960’s as the only Caucasian artist in a group of African American singers. In minister Gene Viale’s new memoir, [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Author Chronicles His Life Singing Black Gospel as a Caucasian in the 1960s
April 26th, 2010 
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Black Churches Join Together to Keep Black Youth Out of Prison
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire News headlines last month painted a dim picture of the life and future of Black youth in Washington, DC. “A deadly burst of bullets kills 3, leaving 6 wounded,” declared the biggest headline on the front page of a leading newspaper in bold letters. Hardly unique of DC. Other cities across the nation, too, share [...]
250,000 Men Turn Out for Christian Conference in South Africa
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire A Christian conference challenging men to become mighty men of God drew at least 250,000 men and boys to Greytown, South Africa, last weekend. Hosted by farmer turned evangelist Angus Buchan, the Mighty Men Conference was the largest gathering at his farm, known as Shalom Ministries, since he launched the event seven years ago. Some [...]
“Clinically Dead” Boy Who Miraculously Survived Drowning Said He Saw His Great-Grandmother In Heaven
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire “I knew I was in Heaven. But Grandma said I had to come home. She said that I should go back very quickly. Heaven looked nice. But I am glad I am back with Mummy and Daddy now.” After a drowning mishap, three-year-old Paul Eicke has made news in Europe, saying he spoke with a [...]
Is the Car Business That Bad That We Got to Sell Cars at the Church?
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire It was a day of praise, prayer and, well, test driving General Motors’ new lineup of cars, crossovers and SUVS. In what organizers said was the first event of its kind in the area, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit teamed up Sunday with GM and the GM Minority Dealers Association to offer churchgoers a [...]
Chicago Pastor Pushes for Outlaw of Blunt Wraps Used for Marijuana
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire A South Side pastor is on a campaign to support the proposed ban of blunt wraps in the state. Bishop Larry Trotter, senior pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago, backs legislation sponsored by state Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-13th Dist.) and state Rep. Art Turner (D-9th) to ban the sale of the fruit-flavored cigar [...]
Overwhelming Debt Brings New Jersey Church Down
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire A prominent black church’s assets may be auctioned off to pay a debt owed to a local developer. Sheriff’s officers took inventory of the Community Baptist Church of Love’s assets last week in anticipation of a sheriff’s sale, said Bill Maer, spokesman for the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department. Maer said the church’s assets could be [...]
Crystal Renaud Helps Women Addicted to Pornography
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire When “pornography” and “women” appear in the same sentence in Christian circles, the topic is usually pastors’ wives or former porn stars. But for an estimated one in six women in the U.S., the topic is themselves. Crystal Renaud–whose own addiction started at age 10 after finding a magazine in her brother’s bathroom–wants to dispel [...]
Former TBN Pastor Gets 5 Years Probation for Drunk Driving Crash that Killed Vietnam Vet
April 22nd, 2010 gospelnewswire Nearly a year to the day after Stephen Eugene Galiher crashed into a car on the 73 Freeway while driving over 85 miles per hour three times over the legal drinking limit on his way to the Costa Mesa headquarters of the Trinity Broadcasting Company that employed him–nearly a year to the day after the [...]
Some Black Church Leaders Feel as Though They Are Being Ignored by President Obama
April 13th, 2010 gospelnewswire When President Obama was elected, some black pastors—fresh from a campaign that featured extensive outreach to their churches—expected meetings with the president, or at least to be enlisted as informal advisers. For better or worse, those expectations have largely fallen flat. “I think he doesn’t avail himself as fully as he could of the input [...]
