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When he hires charismatic choir director Anthony Mackie to rejuvenate the First Jamaica Ministries, Bishop T.K. Knight discovers that Anthony has secrets that could destroy the church, while his wife, Monique, tries to discover who has been robbing the church blind.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 278 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
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For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, segregated West Virginia town, the church was his family and his community's true center of gravity. Within those walls, voices were lifted up in song to call forth the best in each other, and to comfort each other when times were at their worst. In this book, his tender and magisterial reckoning with the meaning of the Black church in American history, Gates takes us from his own experience...
3) Cherished
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Before healing can begin for Kelli and Heather, they need to believe they are worth cherishing. Kelli London once dreamed of being a songwriter. As crazy as it seemed, she hoped God would use the lyrics that came to her even while she slept. She dreamed about Brian, too-- that the love they shared as high school students would grow into marriage. But choices that still haunt her destroyed those dreams. Until now-- when a series of love letters reawakens...
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New Day divas volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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The pastor at the New Day Temple of Faith is torn between supporting the Singles' Ministry and keeping his single status on the down-low when the church members start choosing sides, demanding that he take action.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An associate pastor at a mega church in California finds himself the pastor of a poor church in the worst neighborhood in Atlanta. James White is one of dozens of associate pastors at a mega church in Southern California under the tutelage of television evangelist Johnny Kingman. He always longed to have his own church and jumps at the opportunity to become pastor of the impoverished Divine Faith Apostolic Church in Atlanta. His wife and two children...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African American experience. Beginning with enslavement, traveling through Emancipation, Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights movement, and ending in the present-day, Gates takes viewers on a journey through time, focusing on the key events, charismatic figures, political debates, and musical traditions that have shaped, and been shaped by, the Black Church. The series also...
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
vii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The members of the Oh-Lawd-Why-Am-I-Still-Single church group have gathered to complain about the slim pickings in their little town of Pelzer, South Carolina. They?re determined to revamp their man-chasing tactics. And newcomer Birdie Tweet, the only Caucasian member of the group, may offer just the opportunity they?re looking for? -- inside cover.
10) 4 little girls
Pub. Date
[1998]
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's...
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