The Ohio Attorney General’s Office says their investigation into the Nov. 29 chase turned deadly shooting shows a “systemic failure” in the Cleveland Police Department. Mike DeWine detailed the events of that fatal night, saying many police policies were discarded and the system failed everyone. “We have violations all over the place, a lack […]
If you’re not already familiar with Kurt Carr’s musical testimony let’s give you some updates – this year alone he released his 7th CD “Bless This House” and was honored with the James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th annual Stellar Awards. The honor was a particularly special one for the gospel music veteran as he […]
This just in! The current Most Powerful Voices Competition has extended its official submission deadline for all of you hopefuls out there until the end of this month – February 28th. For complete details on contest and submission rules, when you can begin voting and even a complete list of grand prizes for participating, simply click on the […]
February is Black History Month, an appropriate time to focus on the Black Church in America. There have been competing views as to its role. Most scholars regard it as the major source of strength and endurance through centuries of repression, emerging after World War II as the principal leader in the modern struggle […]
The original cast of the groundbreaking TV mini-series Roots will be partaking in a live Q&A for a town-hall event on Sirius XM tonight in light of Black History Month. The cast, which includes LeVar Burton, Leslie Uggams and Louis Gosett Jr., will answer questions from a studio audience moderated by civil rights activist Joe Madison after […]
Since its inception in 1886, the Church of God has been focused on reaching all people groups. Multiple nationalities and races now comprise the nearly 7 million members in 179 nations. One of the earliest witnesses of diversity was in 1909, when a young couple of African descent, Edmund and Rebecca Barr, sailed from Florida […]
The buzz has been steadily building surrounding Grammy Award-winner Toni Braxton’s newest Lifetime gig playing a Christian mom in “Twist of Faith.” The singer actress is making her media rounds talking about the new film, how she got her start singing gospel, and the big break that changed the course of her life. Set […]
The football star who shot to fame because of his role in the hit film ‘The Blind Side’ now has another title to his name after his team won the Super Bowl. Michael Oher had a roster of supporters watching him as he and the Ravens won the Super Bowl Sunday night, as both his […]
I am so on the Tasha Cobbs bandwagon. Her new album “Grace” is set to release on February 5, 2013 via EMI Gospel. With her lead single “Break Every Chain”, she’s breaking records at radio and Billboard: the single debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Digital Gospel Song chart. Additionally, “Break Every Chain” was the […]
Attorney General Mike DeWine says no weapon was found in the car or along the chase route of a deadly police pursuit and shooting last November. DeWine says gunshot residue found inside the suspects’ car was inconclusive and all casings and rounds found inside the car matched those from officers’ weapons involved in the […]
Six-time Stellar Award-winner and GRAMMY®Award-nominated recording artist VaShawn Mitchell s0ared to the top of the charts last year with his mega-hit single “Nobody Greater,” from his top-selling, award-winning albumTriumphant. In 2011, Mitchell received 11 Stellar Award nominations, the most nominations received by an artist that year. Billboardmagazine declared “Nobody Greater” the #1 Most Played Gospel Song […]
The superstar responds to Sunday’s post-halftime show power outage. Did Beyonce cause the Big Super Bowl Blackout of 2013? That’s what some think. But one thing is for certain: the superstar absolutely nailed her Halftime Show performance, one of the sexiest, most electrifying spectacles to hit football’s biggest night in quite some time. (Just […]