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Over 10 New Important Stories Today that Inform Your Life

The Prosperity Gospel on Skid Row
Difficulties of high-profile pastors may reorient movement--or reinforce it. Some of the high-flying icons of the prosperity gospel—the belief that God rewards signs of faith with wealth, health, and happiness—have run into financial turbulence.
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Evangelicals and Liberals Join the Obama Team to Advise Him
The memo's drafters, including the Rev. Joel Hunter and the Rev. Sam Rodriguez, released the document "Come Let Us Reason Together: A Governing Agenda to End the Culture Wars"
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Mozambique: Islanders Refuse to Evacuate
50 people, all members of an evangelical Christian sect, are refusing to leave Resende island, in Caia district, apparently for religious reasons.
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Barack Commits First "Obamination", by Alonzo Brooklyn
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Homosexual Marriage still Linchpin Issue for Evangelicals
Gay marriage, however, remains the issue where the views of Christian conservatives are most in line with those of the rest of the country.
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Questions about Sex Abuse Charges against a Teacher at Private Christian School
Victims' advocates on Wednesday asked a private Christian school on Chicago's West Side to publicize the October arrest of a teacher charged with sexually assaulting a student in her classroom.
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Former Bart Cop Charged with Murder
Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who shot and killed an unarmed man in Oakland on New Year's Day, sat behind bars in a Bay Area jail on Wednesday night, charged with murder.
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Black Enterprise Founder, Earl G. Graves, Sr., Praises Obama with Memo Titles 'No More Excuses'
Earl G. Graves Sr., founder and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine, issues the following statement concerning the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America:
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Get Your Copy of Scandalous Truth. The New Novel by Monica Carter
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VIDEO: In Farewell Speech, Bush says He Kept Nation Safe
As Americans get ready to turn the page on George W. Bush, the president offered his own first draft of history. Summarizing eight — and at times turbulent — years in office, Bush told the country that while his policies have been unpopular, there can be little debate about the results: "America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil."
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The Top Ten Most Popular Articles on Black Christian News, According to our Audience.
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Poll finds Broad Support for Obama
Barack Obama enters the White House with public expectations of his success far higher than for any president in a generation, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.
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Next Detroit Mayor Faces Crisis, Public Trust Issues
The city's former mayor is serving a four-month jail sentence. Its deficit could top $200 million. Hundreds of layoffs are planned. And Detroit's municipal bonds are now at junk status.
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ONLY $15.99. 8-1/2" x 11" glossy calendar opens to 11" x 17". Cover features photo of the First Family with the Presidential seal. Calendar features more than 30 full-color photos from the Obama presidential campaign. Each month features an inspirational quotation.
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The 2009 Black Christian Conference/Convention Season. All major conventions and conferences are listed here at BCNN1.com  
Hampton Ministers’ Conference; 10th Annual First Lady Conference; all 6 Church of God In Christ Conferences; all 4 National Baptist Conventions; Reaching Creatures Conference; E.K. Bailey Expository Preaching Conference; FBFA Conference; Tony Evans' Kingdom Agenda Conference; and more.

National Black Book Festival 2009
May 16-17, 2009 in Houston, TX. Dozens of Authors, Thousands of Reader, All Under One Roof
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ENTIRE VIDEO--NEW! Sermon of the Week
Waiting For a Word, by Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer. Click Here for Video.

On "Being Saved" in Black America
While growing up in a very religious and church-going family, I often heard the phrase "Being Saved." Now to me and my peers, "Being Saved" was a rather spooky and mystical thing, and only the real holy folk could be such — whatever it was.
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Steps to Peace with God
God loves you, and He wants you to live in peace with Him and to receive eternal life. The Bible Says: "...we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1
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What to Do After you Enter Through the Door
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Christian Author of the Week: Monica Carter
Monica Carter is an author, speaker and entrepreneur. She is a former journalist and the author of several titles, including Scandalous Truth, her latest book. She is the president of RootSky Creative, a copywriting and design company that produces websites, brochures, books, newsletters, and more.  E-mail address: monica@monicacarter.com. Website: www.MonicaCarter.com.

Pastor of the Week: Dr. Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr., Pastor of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr., is Senior Pastor of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, located in Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to Pastoring in Jacksonville, Dr. McKissick pastured in Virginia and Ohio. He shares the Senior Pastor role at Bethel along with his father Rev. Rudolph McKissick, Sr. Since his return to Bethel in 1995, over 9,000 thousand souls have been added to the ministry, bringing the active discipleship to over 12,000. McKissick is uniquely gifted at blending styles of worship from the very contemporary and urban down to the traditional without sacrificing one for the other. It has resulted in a church that is built around a unique diversity of persons from various age groups and cultures who all gather together in celebrative worship. Dr. McKissick serves as a Doctoral Mentor at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In this role Dr. McKissick serves as focus group mentor for a group of students who are working towards their Doctor of Ministry degree and will become McKissick Fellows upon graduation. He also serves on several boards: National board member-National Action Network, founded by Rev. Al Sharpton; Jacksonville Community Council Incorporated; and the board of the African American Pulpit Magazine. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Jacksonville University with a double major in the field of music: one in Opera and the other in Sacred Church Music, with a minor in pipe organ performance. He holds the Master of Divinity Degree from the Samuel Proctor School of Religion at Virginia Union University, and the Doctor of Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary. Dr. McKissick was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Bethune Cookman College. He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., as well as Sigma Pi Phi Boule. He is married to the former Kimberly Joy Nichols and they are the proud parents of three beautiful children; Jocelyn, Janai and Joshua. E-mail address: bethelite@bethelite.org. Website: www.Bethelite.org. 
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Music Minister of the Week: Tye Tribbett & G.A.
When one listens to his lyrics and feels the spirit which encompasses gospel performer Tye Tribbett, it's easy to see that Tye is indeed anointed. A native of Camden, New Jersey, Tye -- whose father was a preacher and mother was a choir director -- heard his calling early on. "I always wanted to do something for the Lord," he acknowledges. On his third full-length album Stand Out (also available as a DVD), Tye Tribbett and his aptly named choir, Greater Anointing (G.A.), deliver a series of passionate gospel performances celebrating and sharing the glory of God's Kingdom. Recorded live at Rock Church International in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in August 2007, Stand Out premieres a collection of spirit-filled musical testimonies to the power of the Living Word. With his new songs, Tye Tribbett is ready to stand up and Stand Out for the Rock of Ages. "It's time," he says, "for a new normal to be presented." In 1996, Tye founded a gospel choir, Greater Anointing (G.A.), consisting of a group of family and friends whose hearts were set simply on praising the Creator through the gift of great music. Tye knew from the beginning they'd tapped into something real and glorious. Tye Tribbett -- husband, father of two, Gospel singer, songwriter, producer, preacher and business man -- has touched many with his message. Recognizing that it is all the "anointing of God," Tye stands out not only on what believes, but what he wants people to understand about his calling. "I love the Lord and above all I just want everybody to realize how much better it is to do things God's way," Tye testifies. "You have to actually have to try it for yourself. You can see how God has blessed me, but I would love for you to experience how much better it is to do things God's way. That's what Stand Out is about. Try God's Way, y'all!" E-mail address: Thomas@TheAllianceAgency.com. Website: www.TyeTribbettandGA.com.

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