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Holiday show set for Sunday

Out with “Amahl.” In with “Home for the Holidays.”

Richmond Christian Center auctioned to Henrico church

The building that housed the bankrupt Richmond Christian Center is going to remain a worship center.

Free Press reporter honored by South Richmond church

Dr. Michael A. Sanders, pastor at Mount Olive Baptist Church, presented Free Press reporter Joey Matthews with a plaque during the worship service Sunday, Nov. 16, at the church at 2611 Bells Road.

Sharon Baptist Church building no longer for sale

Sharon Baptist Church in Jackson Ward is still on the market, according to a major Richmond real estate company’s website.

Foundation eyeing former Catholic school for apartments

An abandoned Catholic school on North Side is being targeted for a projected $10 million transformation into 92 affordable apartments for the elderly and disabled.

3 area churches up for sale, auction block

The prominent Richmond Christian Center at 214 Cowardin Ave. is one of several sanctuaries that are on the market, including the former home of Second Baptist Church of South Richmond a few blocks away and Sharon Baptist Church in Jackson …

Faith helped police sergeant through childhood trauma

Richmond Police Sgt. Carol Adams says not a day goes by that she doesn’t have flashbacks of her father viciously beating her mother.

Richmonders join in Holy Day of Atonement in Jamaica

Maria Muhammad called it “an experience I’ll never forget.” The Church Hill resident was among 10 Richmonders who traveled to Kingston, Jamaica, the weekend of Oct. 17-19.

Minister, wife allege harassment

A Northern Virginia minister claims he and his wife have suffered illegal prosecution at the hands of the Virginia Department of Taxation.

North Side church to hold program on noted preacher

Garland Avenue Baptist Church is hosting a colloquium on the life of Dr. Howard Thurman, Saturday, Nov. 8, Dr. Jeffery O. Smith, the church’s pastor, has announced.

Varina church celebrates 140 years in service

First Bethel Baptist Church has been a faith mainstay in the Varina community since it was founded in 1874

Coalition of church groups, others help trailer park residents to improve homes

Father Shay Auerbach has a deep affection for the families that live in Rudd’s Trailer Park on South Side. Many of them attend Mass at the nearby Sacred Heart Catholic Church where he serves as pastor.

Mental health to be topic at church conference

Depression long has been considered as a sign of weakness by many in the African-American community, that’s why Rev. Tyrone Nelson said his church is partnering with Virginia Union University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology to present the church’s …

Center ordered to sell Cowardin Avenue parcel

Pastor Stephen A. Parson has spent more than 16 months fending off a lender’s attempt to foreclose on the current South Side home of the Richmond Christian Center he founded more than 30 years ago.

Area pastors split on view of court ruling

While gay and lesbian couples celebrated their new right to marry in Virginia, several area ministers were expressing reluctance to marry same-sex couples.