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Presiding Bishop Addresses Supreme Court Ruling on Same Sex Marriage

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:29:42 +0000

A Pastoral Letter to the Saints of the Church of God in Christ From Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr,: “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may…

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Bishop Swan Speaks on the Need for the Prophetic Voice of the Church

Sun, 01 Feb 2015 05:51:39 +0000

Bishop Talbert Swan, II, Advisor on Social Justice/Public Policy speaks about the need for the prophetic voice of the church at the Presiding Bishop's Forum during the 107th International Holy Convocation.

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Reflections on Ferguson

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 05:03:05 +0000

November 25, 2014 Last night, a Saint Louis county grand jury refused to indict Darren Wilson in the murder of Michael Brown, Jr. on August 9, 2014. Brown’s life was cut short in circumstances that have become commonplace to communities of color across America — a young unarmed African-American man is racially profiled and then…

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