Category Archives: Church faith

Harlem Bishop Robert Lawson 1883 – 1961 (video)

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A Man With A Divine Vision

“Let me live in the house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.”

Robert Lawson was born on May 5, 1883 in New Iberia, La. In 1913, Lawson was a well-educated and ambitious young man, considering a career in law, when he suddenly took ill. Continue reading

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Walking in Faith to Conquer the Fear of (20)13!

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By Michael Andre Adams

At times while in the gym during spin class, I’ll look down and notice the gears on number 13–the so-called cursed number we’ve been programmed to avoid in American culture. Continue reading

Harlem Woman Becomes Episcopal Church’s First Female Korean-American Priest

Harlem, N.Y., resident Christine Lee, born in Indianapolis and the daughter of a minister, became the Episcopal Church’s first Korean American female priest last Saturday. Continue reading

Bloomberg: Stop-And-Frisk Should Begin At The Home?

 

NY1 reports that Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited a Harlem church on Sunday to talk about the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy and agreed with the suggestion that parents could prevent crime by frisking their own children at home. Continue reading

Reverend Major Jealous “Father” Divine in Harlem

Father Divine (c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an African American spiritual leader  from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as “the Messenger” early in his life. Continue reading

The Black Church Music Experience Concert

 

On Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29, The St Paul Baptist Church Music Ministry, Dr. B. Dexter Allgood, Minister of Music, will present, “The Black Church Music Experience Workshop”… Continue reading

Harlem Church is still ‘Rolling for Jesus’

Name of congregation: New Horizon Church of New York

Religious affiliation: Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Continue reading