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A Time to Grieve
by Robert Earl Houston The news has been filled this week of the unfortunate story of a young African-American pastor in Macon, Georgia, who committed suicide on this past Sunday in front of his home,...
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Homegoing of the Saints: Rev. Richmond D. Holloway, Jr., Buffalo, NY
From the http://www.buffalonews.com: Dec. 5, 1928 – Nov. 6, 2013 The Rev. Richmond D. Holloway Jr., who served as senior pastor at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church for 46 years, died Wednesday in...
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Homegoing of a Saint: Dr. Thomas Judson Jemison, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
by Robert Earl Houston (Information gleaned from http://www.wikipedia.org and http://www.theadvocate.com) Dr. Thomas Judson (“T.J.”) Jemison, pastor emeritus of Mount Zion First Baptist Church, Baton...
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Brace Yourself For The Next Clergy Suicide
I want to introduce my readers to Dr. Leonard N. Smith’s excellent article, “Brace Yourself For the Next Clergy Suicide.” Dr. Smith is the senior pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Arlington,...
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Pray For Your Pastor
by Robert Earl Houston I’m personally saddened by the news reports of death among clergy. As many people know, for years I’ve been running a newsletter/web page that reports on the clergy who have...
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Vacant Church: Second Baptist Church, Circleville, Ohio (Deadline: December...
Second Baptist Church Circleville, Ohio 43113 The Circleville Baptist church is a historic and multiracial congreation just 30 minutes from downtown Columbus, Ohio. The church is currently seeking the...
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Homegoing of a Saint: Overseer William O’Neal, Irving, Texas
Overseer William O’Neal transitioned peacefully, quietly and with great dignity at his home Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He fought a good fight; he...
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Vacant Pulpit: Utteringtown Baptist Church, Lexington, KY
(From the American Baptist Newspaper, Louisville, KY, November 18, 2013 Edition) The Utterington Baptist Church is prayerfully seeking a Pastor, called and sent by God. All interested and qualified...
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Real Preachers of L.A. (Post Game Show)
by Robert Earl Houston It’s not fair of anyone to be judged on a one day incident for the rest of their mortal lives. With that thought in mind, it’s only fair of me to revisit my original opinion...
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10 of the Best Preachers I’ve Ever Heard (Part 2)
by Robert Earl Houston Several months ago, I introduced a list of 10 of the Best Preachers I’ve Ever Heard and I received a lot of comments about my personal list – “who should have been on the list.”...
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Homegoing of the Saints: Bishop William Darryl Scott, Virginia Beach, Virginia
From http://www.pilotonline.com Virginia Beach – William Darryl Scott Sr. was born in Portsmouth, Va. to the late Mrs. Hazel V. Scott and the late John R. Scott and departed this life on November 26,...
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Madiba
by Robert Earl Houston This evening the news was announced that Nelson Mandela, the first black president of the nation of South Africa, had passed away. He was 95. Much will be made of his life and...
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Bicycling in the Snow
by Robert Earl Houston I couldn’t believe it. As I was riding up highway 60, better known as Shelbyville Road or Frankfort Road or Louisville Road, I noticed something that caught my attention. This...
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Vacant Church: First Baptist Church South Inglewood, Nashville, TN (deadline...
Please click on the link below for the information: FBC South InglewoodFiled under: Vacant Churches
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Vacant Church: St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Boynton Beach, FL...
Please click on the link below for Announcement and Application: SJMBC FLFiled under: Vacant Churches
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Vacant Church: Bethel Baptist Church, Brooklyn, New York (Deadline: January...
Click on the link below for the announcement and instructions: Bethel NYFiled under: Vacant Churches
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Vacant Church: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, North...
Click on the link below for information and instructions: FRIENDSHIP NCFiled under: Vacant Churches
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Vacant Church: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan (Deadline:...
Click on the link below for information and instructions: Dexter MIFiled under: Vacant Churches
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Product Placement
by Robert Earl Houston There is a little-known procedure that is fulfilled during the filming of television programs and movies – it’s called “product placement.” When an actor is drinking a cola and...
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Homegoing of the Saints – Rev. Marshall Stenson, Macon, GA and Rev. Ken...
MACON, GA – (From http://www.macon.com) – The Rev. Marshell Stenson Jr., the pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church in Macon for 44 years, died Thursday. He was 77. Stenson died at a Macon hospital, Bibb...
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