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Black church ponders change during marriage equality fight

Mashaun D. Simon
theGRIO REPORT - While many across America are hopeful that the Supreme Court will react on the side of the LGBTQ community regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8, there are some black church leaders who do not foresee much change occurring within the black church in terms of gay acceptance...
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The First AME Church is suing its former pastor and his wife, accusing them of financial mismanagement. For the first time, the pastor's wife Denise Hunter publicly denies the allegations against the couple. Angie Crouch reports from South LA for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2013.

Black church sues ex-pastor, his wife

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VIDEO - Los Angeles’ most prominent black church, First AME Church is suing its former minister and his wife, along with seven trustees and employees of the church's non-profit arm, accusing them of financial mismanagement...
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Virginia teen pleads guilty to setting black church on fire

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday morning a Virginia teen admitted in court to setting a church with predominantly black congregation church, according to WDBJ...
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Blacks lament commercialization of Christmas

Mashaun D. Simon
theGRIO REPORT - Many – most specifically African-Americans – are uncomfortable with Santa Claus and the commercialization of Christmas...
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Najiyyah Aleem, 65 of Wilson, gets off the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America ÒGotta VoteÓ Bus as it arrives at a polling precinct for the first day of early voting on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina. The DNC/OFA Bus is on a month long tour spending through the end of the week in North Carolina. Today is the first day to vote for the election in North Carolina. Early voting is offered at select location from now through November 3. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Black church leaders urge congregations to vote

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - With just one day to go before the presidential election, on Sunday African-American church leaders fired up their congregations to exercise their right to vote...
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Texas megachurch grapples with death of pastor

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Parishioners at a megachurch in North Texas are bracing themselves for their first weekend services without their beloved pastor who was bludgeoned to death inside his own church...
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo, Rev. Creflo Dollar gives his Wednesday night service at World Changers Church International, in College Park, Ga. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pouya Dianat)

ATL in shock after killing at Creflo Dollar church

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The African-American Christian community is in shock following the killing of a praise leader at one of the nation’s largest megachurches...
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Media plays boogeyman with black church vote

Michael Arceneaux
OPINION - In the age of the two-year presidential election cycle coupled with online media and 24-hour news, it is clear that substantive information continues to be cast aside in favor of the spectacle...
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Church not rejecting Obama over gay marriage

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The African Methodist Episcopal Church is condemning a false online report that the denomination withdrew support for President Barack Obama over his support for same-sex marriage...
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Black churches in LA struggle with HIV, AIDS

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to invade the African-American community and the black church continues to grapple with realities of this health and social crisis...
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