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African-American ministers gather to voice support for Obama
More than two dozen African-American church leaders say they're behind presidential candidate Barack Obama despite the controversy surrounding the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
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Just in Time for Graduation...Two Amazon.com National Bestsellers, by Daniel Whyte III
Letters to Young Black Men: Advice and Encouragement for a Difficult Journey and Letters to Young Black Women by Daniel Whyte III. On Sale Now Nationwide!
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Mainline Churches Desire Change in Ethnic Makeup
Some of the country's largest mainline denominations are stepping up efforts to fight membership decline, partly by diversifying their predominantly white churches. African Americans, Hispanics and others are still in the margins of the Presbyterian Church and "underrepresented," said the Rev. Fernando A. Cascante.
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Give God the Glory! Series by Kevin Wayne Johnson
Give God the Glory! challenges its readers to desire a closer relationship with God. In doing so, our connection to, and relationship with, Him unleashes the power that is needed to fulfill one's divine purpose. It is written for the Christian and non-Christian alike. The author enthusiastically embraces God's Word for his life and, through the words of his subtitle, encourages his readers to know God and do the will of God as it relates to their lives.
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Sharpton arrested in shooting protest
The Rev. Al Sharpton has been arrested at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest over the acquittal of three police officers involved in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man. Sharpton, two survivors of the shooting and the slain man's fiancee were arrested Wednesday in one of a series of demonstrations calling for a federal investigation into the November 2006 shooting.
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'Evangelical Manifesto' targets stereotypes
Citing widespread confusion about what it means to be an "evangelical," a group of Christian leaders issued a manifesto proposing to define the identity and commitments of evangelical Christians.
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Who's Renting Space in Your Head?, by C. NaTasha Richburg
Who’s Renting Space in Your Head?, is the second book in a Bible study series written by C. NaTasha Richburg. This book contains short stories that speak of triumphs, struggles, joy, and pain weaved throughout its pages to capture the essence of the human experience.
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Burma cyclone death toll may top 100,000
Burma's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to international help after a devastating cyclone that a U.S. diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people.
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Obama's Jews: Yearning for Camelot
By the time this item hits the press, the Indiana and North Carolina primaries will be history, but it is a fairly good bet that we will be no closer to learning the identity of the Democratic Party's candidate for President.
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The Winning Spirit, by Lisa Lindsay Wicker
Success, in business or personally is determined by certain key attributes. Lisa Wicker reveals what they are in her debut book - The Winning Spirit: Building Employee Enthusiasm - and shows how to put them to work…
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VIDEO: Barack Obama wins North Carolina; Hillary Clinton squeaks by in Indiana
Hillary Clinton blew her last, best chance to turn in a game-changing primary win Tuesday night, as Barack Obama rolled to a landslide in North Carolina while Clinton barely edged him in Indiana.
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T.D. Jakes: Black Church Unfairly Portrayed
Black megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes expressed pain on Monday at seeing the African-American church portrayed negatively by the media. The media has painted the African-American church with a “broad, wide-ranging brush” as intolerant of other ethnic groups, divisive, and “filled with hostility,” complained Jakes in his commentary posted on CNN.
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To God be the Glory, by Regina Mixon
Do you feel that you are too far gone in life to ever turn things around? Are you feeling helpless and/or maybe hopeless? Well, this book provides you with hope based on real events and let's you know that with faith in God and yourself, YOU CAN turn your life around and live better than ever before.
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Why Oprah Winfrey left Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church
For any spiritually minded, up-wardly mobile African-American living in Chicago in the mid-1980s, the Trinity United Church of Christ was—and still is—the place to be. That's what drew Oprah Winfrey, a recent Chicago transplant, to the church in 1984.
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Luis Palau Hits Jamaica with Good News, Fun
American evangelist Luis Palau preached the Good News of Jesus Christ to an estimated 150,000 people in Jamaica’s capital city of Kingston this past weekend. Weather forecasts had predicted rain and thunderstorm all weekend long, but it was all sun on Saturday when Palau preached to the massive crowd.
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From Ashes to Glory, by Barbara Smith
When the tragedy of sexual abuse takes hold, a victim can feel destroyed and worthless. From Ashes to Glory discusses the aftermath of rape and how it affects every area of a victim's life by examining the life of Tamar, daughter of King David.
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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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Be Encouraged and Be an Encouragement

Be an encouragement by sending a "holla" to the following people! Also be an encouragement by buying their books, sermon, or music from their website or some other outlet today.

Writing Minister of the Day: Kevin Wayne Johnson
With the fundamental belief that God uses "ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things", Kevin Wayne Johnson lives to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Using literary talents and teachings God's Word, Johnson strives to enlarge Christ's body of believers. E-mail address: kevin@writingforthelord.com.

Preaching Minister of the Day: Pastor William H. Walker, Pastor of New Bethlehem Baptist Church, Bessemer Alabama
Pastor Walker has received numerous awards, some of which include: Pastor of the Year-1979 from the American Legion 344; Pastor of the Year-1987 from the Lambda Zeta Zeta Chapter; and Community Service Award-1989 from Muscoda Improvements Association. His passion is simply "Telling the World about Jesus!" E-mail address: swalker@goodnewsofjesus.org.

Music Minister of the Day: CeCe Winans
CeCe Winans is putting the finishing touches on her upcoming new release, "Thy Kingdom Come." The first single, "Waging War," could very well become the next song we hear being sung in churches throughout the country. E-mail address: sjones@purespringsgospel.com. [Listen to the new single on BlackChristianNews.com]


Black/Christian Bookstore of the Day: CushCity.com
www.CushCity.com. E-mail address: cushorders@cushcity.com.

Inspirations

The Word of God for this Week
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." --James 5:16

The Encouraging Word
"The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right." --Author Unknown

The Prayer Motivator
MOTIVATING VERSE: "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts." --Zechariah 4:6

QUOTE: "Prayer is not merely an occasional impulse to which we respond when we are in trouble: prayer is a life attitude." --Walter A. Mueller

The Soul-Winning Motivator
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." --I John 5:13
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Black Christian History
Hiram Revels: Revels was born as a free black in North Carolina in 1822 but webt to school in the Midwest. After becoming a minister in the AME Church, Revels went to Mississippi in 1864 to work among the newly freed blacks. There he became involved in politics and was elected by the Mississippi legislature  to fill out an unexpired Senate term. (It is sometimes mistakenly claimed that Revels took the seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis before the Civil War, but he actually completed the term of the other Senator.) The second black senator was also from Mississippi, Blanche K. Bruce, who served from 1875 to 1881. Bruce was the last African American to serve in the Senate until the election of Republican Edward Brooke of Massachusetts in 1996.


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