When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its ...

The preacher then rolled up his sleeve and showed the congregants his arm, saying that he had been a blacksmith since he was ...

Services and Sermons is a free service for churches and other faith-based groups. Entries may be edited to fit space. The ...

Faith is deepened as long as hope remains to “make a way out of no way” by playing music with a single string.

Heed the Call is an occasional series profiling local pastors and ministers. To nominate a pastor, email cgodbey@decaturdaily ...

Frustrated by his congregation’s lack of engagement with his sermons, an imam takes a daring linguistic chance in this ...

One October morning in 2011, Barbara Brown Taylor, a New York Times bestselling author and Episcopal priest, flew to West Virginia to walk into a cave. She was guided by a retired Presbyterian ...

Bishop T.D. Jakes shares an update on his health after experiencing a medical emergency last week. In a clip shared on social media, the 67-year-old spoke to members of his church via livestream on ...

Today’s readers tend to associate poetry with the intense evocation of an individual speaker’s thoughts and feelings. Poems ...

“It’s good old-fashioned punishment,” Grove added. Sanchez Vazquez was initially arrested by the Boise Police Department in April at what was then his Boise restaurant, La Garnacha Que Apapach ...

Pastor and motivational speaker Thomas Dexter Jakes suffered a medical emergency while delivering his sermon on Sunday ... The 67-year-old then began involuntarily shaking in his seat before ...

Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes appeared to experience a health scare during his Sunday morning sermon, prompting churchgoers to rush to his aid. In a viral video, Jakes, while delivering his hourlong se ...