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Atlanta Church Declines Kanye West Over Pro-Trump Comments

Atlanta Church Declines Kanye West Over Pro-Trump Comments

A church in Atlanta has decided to redirect the money Kanye West donated to them elsewhere after the rapper made some Pro-Donald Trump remarks at a Sunday Service event in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 5.

Speaking to a crowd at the Utah Sunday service West reaffirmed his support for Trump:

“Abraham Lincoln was the Whig Party—that’s the Republican Party that freed the slaves… I ain’t never make a decision based only on my color. That’s a form of slavery—mental slavery. I ain’t drink from the white person fountain. … I ain’t playing with them. All these mind controllers,

Mosque, Church And Synagogue To Share Home In Abu Dhabi

As world leaders gathered at the United Nations, the United Arab Emirates laid out its vision for religious harmony, unveiling plans for an interfaith complex in the country’s capital that will house a mosque, a church and a synagogue.

Commissioned by the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity, The Abrahamic Family House will serve as a place of individual worship but also for inter-religious dialogue and exchange.
The initiative was born out of Pope Francis’ visit to the UAE in February during which the Pope and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb signed a joint declaration promoting human fraternity.
Anambra 2021: Anglican Church demands governorship slot

Anambra 2021: Anglican Church demands governorship slot

Members of the Anglican Communion in Anambra State have made passionate appeal for the election of the member of the church as the governor of the state come 2021 governorship election.

The Church Strategic Committee for the Election of Indigenous Bishop of Nnewi Diocese who made the appeal yesterday when they visited the Bishop-elect, Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion) Ven. Ndubisi Obi in his office at St. Augustine Anglican Church, Federal Housing Estate, 3-3 Onitsha said it balanced equation since Catholic Church members had been in power for many years in the state.

The committee lamented that none of the …

Same-sex marriage is immoral, unethical in church - Prelate

Same-sex marriage is immoral, unethical in church – Prelate

The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche, has denounced the decision of the Methodist Church in Great Britain to embrace same sex marriage and all other forms of gay and lesbianism, describing them as immoral, unethical and unacceptable.

Uche, who made the condemnation at a press briefing in Lagos, described it as a retrogressive step for a nation that brought Christianity to Africa and laid down firm guidelines on conducts expected of Christians.

He said: “To our chagrin and disappointment, we read from the Church Times, which is a British publication that the British Methodist …

Nigerian gay priest in Church of England and fight to marry

Nigerian gay priest in Church of England and fight to marry

A 53-year-old Nigerian priest in the church of England is fighting to marry his partner, also a Nigerian.

As a priest, the Church allows Jide Macaulay to be gay. But an outright marriage to his partner is not permitted. He can live with him in a celibate relationship but cannot get married in the church. He risks losing his job in the Church if he does.

“To me, that is a great disservice and discrimination against same-gender-loving individuals,” Macaulay, also a lawyer, said in a BBC documentary – Too Gay for God?

His partner lives in their birth country where …

Woman kidnap baby from housemaid in Onitsha church

Woman kidnap baby from housemaid in Onitsha church

An unnamed woman has allegedly abducted an 18-month-old baby at a Catholic Church in Awada, Onitsha, Anambra State.

The victim, Chibuike Ezechukwu, was reportedly stolen from a housemaid during offering.

The Nation gathered that the suspect had pleaded with the housemaid carrying the baby to help her drop her offering, while she held the baby.

A parishioner, who spoke in confidence, said the housemaid innocently handed over the baby to her without an inkling about the woman’s intentions.

She said: “She offered to help her hold the child but before the housemaid returned from the offering, the woman had absconded …

Why I don't go to Church anymore – Falz

Why I don’t go to Church anymore – Falz

Ahead of his headline concert this evening at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Falz has revealed why he stopped going to church.

In a new interview with Silverbird TV, Falz said he values spirituality over religion and it doesn’t make him less of a Christian.

“I have nothing against the church or going to church,” he said.

“Everyone has the right to practice the religion they desire. It has been a while that I have been to church. It does not make me less of a Christian.

“The reason is that I went to a few churches and during sermons,
Popular church battles sit-tight spiritual leader

Popular church battles sit-tight spiritual leader

A Popular church with headquarters in Lagos, which emphasises its African roots, is at daggers drawn with its spiritual leader for refusing to quit the position after surpassing the new mandatory retirement age set by the church.

Ironically, the clergyman was said to have been part of the body which some years ago took the decision that made it mandatory for the spiritual leader of the church to quit once he clocks the age set for retirement.

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Pastor, 5 others slain in attack on church in Burkina Faso

Six people, including a pastor, were killed in an attack on a Christian church in Burkina Faso, a government spokesman said.
The violence took place Sunday in the village of Silgadji, in the country’s north, not far from the volatile border with Mali.

Gunmen kill Akure Anglican Church bursar

A bursar attached to the Akure Anglican Diocese Secretariat, Alagbaka, Akure, has been reportedly killed.

The deceased, identified as Gabriel Abiodun, was shot dead yesterday by gunmen suspected to be robbers, who were said to have trailed him after leaving a new generation bank at Alagbaka.

An eyewitness, who was on the scene, said Abiodun was trailed from the bank by the three gunmen to the church where they rained bullets on him.

He said: “The man (bursar) had just returned from one of the new generation banks to withdraw N500,000, which we learnt was probably meant for retirees.

“The …