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Black Pastor Encourages Those in Need to Take From the Collection Baskets Because the ‘Lord Told Him To’
The relationship between black people and the black church is long, storied and full of the type of dysfunction usually reserved for immediate family. We were fed Christianity during the time of slavery, and since then the church has been both a beacon of hope and an institution of oppression for black people. Still, every…
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Time’s Up on Men Telling Single Women How to Be Worthy of Marriage
The straights are at it again. Over the weekend, singer Ciara caused an internet stir when she posted on Instagram a clip from a sermon by Houston’s Lakewood megachurch pastor John Gray telling single women why they’re not married. “Too many women want to be married but you’re walking in the spirit of ‘girlfriend,’” Pastor…