DeWayne Wood wasn’t always in the place he is today. The gospel artist tells “The Yolanda Adams Morning Show” he struggled with depression. DeWayne furthermore reveals he attempted suicide. Listen to the audio player to hear him open up about this dark moment in his life, and how he survived. source: Joy105.com
Since the world learned of Robin Williams taking his own life, a lot of attention has been placed on reaching out to help others. Robin Williams battled depression for years and that topic along with suicide has been top-of-mind over the past 24 hours. NewsChannel5 talked to the Director of Crisis Services Rick Oliver. […]
Bishop Secular said a young man emailed him the other day saying if he didn’t get the money to pay for his college books he was…
I began writing this piece within hours of learning of the suicide death of Pastor Teddy Parker in Georgia and reflecting on the great burden on all pastors in an attempt to start a much needed dialogue on the unbearable standards of the pastorate and how we cope under that burden. What follows is a […]
In another church tragedy, Pastor Isaac Hunter—the son of the spiritual adviser to President Obama—has reportedly taken his own life. Hunter’s death is making national headlines because of his megachurch father Pastor Joel Hunter’s influence on the White House, his marriage troubles and an undated suicide note found last year, but his death is far from the […]
Isaac Hunter, 36, founder and former pastor of Summit Church in Orlando, Fla., died Tuesday of an apparent suicide, according to local news reports. Hunter is the son of Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor of the 15,000-member Northland church in Florida and former member of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood […]
(WOIO) – The State Prison System has released a 26-page report on prison suicides, including the suicide of convicted kidnapper Ariel Castro. [Read the entire…
Pastor Jamal Bryant shares some shocking facts about pastor deaths on “The James Fortune Show.” Listen to the audio as he talks about the death of Pastor…
Pastor E. Dewey Smith Jr., longtime friend of Pastor Teddy Parker Jr., who shot himself outside his home as his church and family waited for him on Sunday, dismissed “diabolic” chatter about his friend Thursday, including the notion that he is going to hell for what he did as “ludicrous” and “unbiblical.” Dr. Richard […]
His family knew and were trying to help, but everyone else was in the dark about Pastor Teddy Parker’s mental health struggles until he shot himself in his truck in the driveway of his home in Warner Robins, Ga., on Sunday. “Everybody is just kind of stunned right now. I think a lot of […]
The pastor of a Macon church fatally shot himself outside his home after Sunday morning service, a coroner says. The Rev. Teddy Parker Jr., pastor of Bibb Mount Zion Baptist Church in Macon, GA was found dead at his home following this past sunday service. His wife found him in the driveway of their Warner Robins home […]
From mental health issues to chronic health illnesses, there is a growing stream of black men choosing to end their own lives. Why? One of the most prevalent views within the African-American community is that we do not intentionally kill ourselves. That suicide is something only white people or spiritually-weak people do. That suicide is […]
