C NN reporter Soledad O’Brien and her producers are devoting the entire third installment of their documentary series, “Black in America,” to the members of the Black church. The program, titled “Churched,” will explore the role churches play in contemporary Black America. It will air on Oct. 14.The 7,000-member, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, NJ and and their activist pastor, the Rev. DeForest B. Soaries Jr. is the center of the series. It will focus on three families in the congregation. “Our reverend is trying to raise discussions of African-American issues. They picked the right church and the right reverend for the documentary,” said Florise Pierre, a member of the mega-church
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