At least 20 people were shot dead in Sutherland Springs, Texas, First Baptist Church. Reports say a man named Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire early during Sunday service killing over 20 people and injuring 20 more. Franklin is described as a 26-yr-old white male. Facebook Turn the page to see the congregation of the Sutherland Springs Baptist Church from last weekend.
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Breaking News: At Least 26-Killed In Texas Baptist Church Mass Shooting (Shooter Identified) [Video]
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They say God works in mysterious ways… Houston Church Helps Homeless Couple To Get Married Via ABCLocal A homeless man and woman said “I do” Sunday in front of the church members who made their wedding possible. Bryan Prejean and Wanda Ware exchanged vows at the downtown campus of Houston’s First Baptist Church. They’ve known each other for years and grew closer as they tried to get their lives back on track with their church’s help while they were both on the street. “I started talking to him. We started dating. I’ve known him about seven years,” Ware said. “He’s really a great guy with a good heart. And he loves God, and that’s what I was looking for: a man who loves God.” Church members donated the dress, decorations, food and even paid for the honeymoon. Ware says she’s going to college in June to study case management so she can help others in need. If it sounds too good to be true, check out the footage from the ceremony below. That’s a beautiful thing. Congratulations to the happy couple! Image via YouTube
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Sweet Black Love: Houston Church Helps Homeless Couple Who Had Been Dating For 7 Years FINALLY Jump The Broom! [Video]
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Mississippi Church Members Distance Themselves From Decision To Deny Black Couple’s Wedding That Mississippi Church that tried to hate on a black couple’s nuptials is now saying they’re all very racially inclusive and only a handful of vocal members are to blame for banning Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson’s wedding from their sanctuary. Members of the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs in Mississippi want the world to know that it isn’t a racist church. “We’re not,” Barbara Mack told WLBT-TV on her way into Sunday services. “We welcome anybody that wants to come through those doors.” Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson didn’t feel welcome when the church’s pastor told them the day before the wedding that the mostly white congregation had decided no black couple could wed there. Dr. Stan Weatherford, the pastor, said a small but vocal minority at the church objected, and threatened to vote him out if he went through with the Wilsons’ wedding. The couple was forced to scrap their plans and get married at another church on just one day’s notice. First Baptist member Ralph Miley told WLBT he hopes the church will eventually address the controversial decision. “Personally, I would like to apologize to the Wilsons, to their family and friends, and to the entire black community because this has happened,” he said. The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Miss., forbade the wedding of a black couple in their house of worship. Barbara Mack’s husband, Bob, blamed the members who “intimidated the pastor and created a situation that had him in a bind,” and said they “have some misconceptions” about their religion. “We hope we can straighten them out, you know, get them to understand what Christianity is all about,” he said. But Charles Wilson told CNN that the time to “step up and be Christ-like” would have been before he and his wife were forced to move their wedding. “If it was such a minority of people, why didn’t the majority stand up and say, ‘in God’s house we don’t do this?’” he asked. We’re gonna need Mississippi to join the rest of us in the modern era. Time to put them Jim Crow days behind. But seriously, shame on the rest of them people for letting a couple of ignorant mofo’s make the whole congregation look like some rednecks. Source
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You Need More People: Mississippi Church That Wouldn’t Allow Black Couple’s Wedding Claims “We Welcome Everybody”
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Black Couple Denied Wedding Service At White Church In Mississippi A Jackson couple said their big wedding plans were dashed by a white church in Crystal Springs because they are black, and the city’s mayor said she is “heartbroken” about the church’s decision. Charles Wilson said it was a huge disappointment that he and his wife couldn’t get married at the mostly white Crystal Springs church they attended because of the color of their skin. “I feel like it was blatant racial discrimination,” Wilson said today in a phone interview. Wilson said that he and his wife Te’Andrea had sent out invitations and the printed program with their wedding date of July 21 at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs. But the couple had to change their plans after some members of First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs didn’t want the black couple to be married there, the pastor told WLBT. The church’s pastor, Rev. Stan Weatherford, married the couple, but moved the ceremony to a nearby church. Weatherford acknowledged some members of the church were concerned about the black couple being married in the church. No black couple has been married in the church in recent memory. Wilson said he had been attending the church for about a month and his now wife had been attending for more than a year. “Prior to this, I had been telling people how nice they were here,” Wilson said. “It makes you reevaluate things.” The church pastor said he was surprised by the reaction of some church members. “I didn’t want to have a controversy within the church and I didn’t want a controversy to effect the wedding of Charles and Te’ Andrea. I wanted to make sure their wedding day was a special day,” said Weatherford, according to WLBT. “Maybe it’s a wake-up call for people to say we’re not standing for this,” she said. “This is not OK. For us to be as successful of a place as I want it to be, we have to do it together.” “I will not have it.” Garland said she hasn’t yet made plans to discuss what happened with Weatherford, but insists she will not allow the actions of a few people to destroy the town’s reputation. “Sometimes you need a storm because they make you stronger,” she said. “We will be stronger. We will not be anything else other than unified.” SMH. Peep the video of the couple below: WLBT.com – Jackson, MS Source
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Race Matters: White Church In Mississippi Would Not Marry Black Couple Due To The Color Of Their Skin [Video]
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Obesity is a leading killer in the African American community. Churches all across the country are getting in the fight for health. They are offering dental care giving out health care kits and getting in the fight to save our families. One such church in the heart of the Delta has been fighting the good fight for over a decade. Now, he has the support of The National Baptist Convention. For over a decade from his pulpit here at Oak Hill Baptist in North Mississippi, the Rev. Michael O. Minor has waged war against obesity and bad health. In the Delta this may seem akin to waging war against humidity, but Mr. Minor has the air of the salesman he once was, and the animated persistence to match. Years into his war, he is beginning to claim victories. The National Baptist Convention, which represents some seven million people in nearly 10,000 churches, is ramping up a far-reaching health campaign devised by Mr. Minor, which aims to have a “health ambassador” in every member church by September 2012. The goals of the program, the most ambitious of its kind, will be demanding but concrete, said the Rev. George W. Waddles Sr., the president of the convention’s Congress of Christian Education. The signs of change in the Delta may be most noticeable because they are the most hard-fought. A sign in the kitchen of First Baptist Church in Clarksdale declares it a “No Fry Zone.” Bel Mount Missionary Baptist Church in the sleepy hamlet of Marks just had its first Taste Test Sunday, where the women of the church put out a spread of healthier foods, like sugar-free apple pie, to convince members that healthy cuisine does not have to taste like old tires. Carved out of the fields behind Seek Well Baptist Church in the tiny town of Lula is a new community garden. The pastor, the Rev. Kevin Wiley, is even thinking about becoming a vegetarian, a sort of person he says he has never met in the Delta. Many pastors tell the same story: They started worrying about their own health, but were motivated to push their congregations by the campaign that began in Mr. Minor’s church. You may read the rest here
One Pastor Wages War On Obesity In His Congregation & Sees Victory
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Prominent Pastor Robert Jeffress of the First Baptist Church of Dallas gave a sermon a few weeks ago saying, among other things: “The deep, dark, dirty secret of Islam: It is a religion that promotes pedophilia – sex with children. This so-called prophet Muhammad raped a 9-year-old girl – had sex with her.” Now Jeffress has doubled down on his claim in a sermon on Sunday, responding to a column by Steve Blow in The Dallas Morning News that condemned the pastor's remarks. “It is our love for Muslims that demands we speak the truth about Islam,” Jeffress said Sunday. Here's what happened: First Baptist's Sunday evening service on August 22 featured an “Ask the Pastor” segment, in which Jeffress called Islam “oppressive” and violent.” He also said that “around the world today, you have Muslim men having sex with 4-year-old girls, taking them as their brides, because they believe the prophet Muhammad did it.” “I believe,” Jeffress added, “as Christians and conservatives, it's time to take off the gloves and stand up and tell the truth about this evil, evil religion.” added by: TimALoftis
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