SILVER SPRING, MD, OCTOBER 24, 2013 – Radio One announced today that a traffic accident in Atlanta, GA claimed the life of one its employees, Sheila Stewart. Sheila had been News & Community Affairs Director for Radio One Washington, D.C. Stations (93.9) WKYS-FM; (Praise 104.1) WPRS-FM; (1450)-WOL-AM); 1340-(WYCB-AM) and (102.3) WMMJ-FM. “The Radio One family […]
In April 2000, Donnie McClurkin fathered a son, Matthew, now 12. Though the gospel great views having a child outside of wedlock as a “personal failure,” he is on record saying, “I don’t regret my son. I love him.” Now McClurkin is on a mission to demonstrate that professed love by making “drastic changes” in […]
Popular youth evangelist Matt Pitt, 30, who founded one of America’s largest Christian youth ministries known as The Basement will spend the next 10 months in jail after an Alabama judge revoked his probation for a 2012 crime on Tuesday. The evangelist made headlines in August after he jumped off a 45-foot cliff in an […]
Lolo Jones will be making her big screen debut in 2014, and shot her first scenes on Monday. Jones will be appearing in the upcoming film Left Behind which stars Nicolas Cage. The film focuses on life after the Rapture, when all Christians have left the earth. Though the Olympian was eager to get to work […]
People are split over Oxygen’s “Preachers of L.A.”. Some think it is inappropriate for religious leaders to appear on reality television while others think it is a good tool for getting out the word. Bishop Noel Jones defended joining the “Preachers of L.A.” cast to the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew, he explained, “I have […]
After 24 hectic hours, Congress was back where it started Tuesday night — with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate near a deal to end to the U.S. budget standoff, while House Republicans can’t agree among themselves. Meanwhile the U.S. government is creeping closer to potentially defaulting on its debt, something the Treasury Department says […]
Controversy erupted last winter when the TLC network launched a new show called “The Sisterhood” about first ladies of Atlanta-based churches. Then in April, BET premiered “The Sheards,” about the lives of a gospel superstar family in Detroit. Now, this fall television season will usher in two more “faith-based” programs on major cable networks. “The […]
Singer-songwriter Matt Redman won a leading six trophies Tuesday night at the Dove Awards, and TobyMac was named artist of the year at a ceremony that reflected his growing influence. Redman, who did not attend, used his song “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)” to rule the Gospel Music Association’s 44th annual Christian music awards, winning […]
On the heels of two critically acclaimed, genre-bending albums, worship leader William McDowell prepares for the November 5th release of a groundbreaking new CD/DVD that takes the audio-visual worship experience to a new level. Appropriately titled Withholding Nothing, the project contains over 60 minutes of passionate, extemporaneous worship in the form of songs, choruses and […]
Brian Hemsworth’s book club wasn’t anything to write home about. The club — one of about 80 created and founded by Mosaic, a non-denominational Christian church in Pasadena, Calif. — didn’t offer much for the members, save for some discussion on the previous week’s service and the occasional get-together at a picnic or church function. […]