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June 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act,…
June 21, 2013
OPINION - White evangelists passed much of this drivel on to us so now that they’re beginning to abandoning this…
June 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This past Sunday, hundreds of churches across the country took part in the 5th annual Father’s Day…
June 10, 2013
According to the faith-based financial accountability firm, when adjusted for inflation, cash gifts to ECFA members with fiscal years ending…
June 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In recent years, the impact of mental health, depression and even suicide among black men and women…
March 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While many across America are hopeful that the Supreme Court will react on the side of the…
January 14, 2013
VIDEO - Los Angeles’ most prominent black church, First AME Church is suing its former minister and his wife, along…
January 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday morning a Virginia teen admitted in court to setting a church with predominantly black congregation…
December 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Many – most specifically African-Americans – are uncomfortable with Santa Claus and the commercialization of Christmas...
November 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - With just one day to go before the presidential election, on Sunday African-American church leaders fired up…
November 2, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Parishioners at a megachurch in North Texas are bracing themselves for their first weekend services without their…
October 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The African-American Christian community is in shock following the killing of a praise leader at one of…
September 27, 2012
OPINION - In the age of the two-year presidential election cycle coupled with online media and 24-hour news, it is…
July 3, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The African Methodist Episcopal Church is condemning a false online report that the denomination withdrew support…
June 15, 2012
The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to invade the African-American community and the black church continues to grapple with realities of this…
May 23, 2012
Pastor William Epps of Second Baptist Church in Los Angelos delivers sermons on a weekly basis to the oldest black…
May 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose…
March 9, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stern warning issued from the pulpit was directed at the tourists -- most of whom…
March 3, 2012
BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Maryland's governor signed into law Thursday a bill to legalize gay marriage, although opponents vowed to…
March 1, 2012
BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Over the weekend, some pastors at predominantly black churches were already using their sermons to shop…