World R. Kelly’s hit song “When a Woman’s Fed Up” summed up the feeling of a church minister who took exception to the R&B star’s music being played on her holiday cruise. Reverend Teri Peterson and other women clergy, known as the RevGalBlogPals, boarded the Carnival Magic liner in Miami for an eight-day cruise which no doubt would have included prayer. But their quest to get spiritual on the seas was undermined in the ship’s nightclub when the DJ started playing music by Kelly, who has faced many allegations of sexual abuse against women and underage girls dating back decades. The singer denies the accusations and currently faces no charges. R. Kelly performs during The Buffet Tour at Allstate Arena on May 7, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. A church minister complained that music by the controversial star was played on a cruise. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images Peterson and her companions, did not feel that his music was … [Read more...] about Church Minister Says R. Kelly Ruined Her Cruise When DJ Wouldn’t Stop Playing His Music
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Attacker grabbed woman by the throat and threw her to floor in church
PUBLISHED: 05:42 10 November 2018 Jane Hunt Sultan Mohammed appeard via video link at Ipswich Crown Court Picture: ARCHANT A man who attacked a woman in a church in Hadleigh has been jailed for 20 months. Leon Woods went to the Hadleigh Baptist Church on September 18 and grabbed the woman, who was known to him, by the throat and threw her to the floor causing her to cut her cheek on a wooden board, Ipswich Crown Court heard.He returned less than an hour later and again grabbed the woman by her throat with both hands stopping her from breathing for a short time, said Peter Gair, prosecuting.He said a church minister had entered the building and saw Woods on top of the woman who had visible injuries.Woods, 31, of no fixed address, admitted disclosing private sexual photographs, assault by beating and breaching a suspended sentence order.The court heard that Woods had sent sexual pictures of a woman he knew to a man on Facebook Messenger.Hugh Vass, for … [Read more...] about Attacker grabbed woman by the throat and threw her to floor in church
Justin Welby under fire as Church of England zero-hour contracts revealed
News / UK and world by Press Association September 14, 2018, 3:17 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Archbishop of Canterbury has come under fire after it emerged the Church of England uses zero-hour contracts and invests in Amazon – despite his attacks on both during a speech earlier this week. Speaking at the TUC Congress in Manchester, Justin Welby criticised firms like Amazon for paying “almost nothing” in taxes, and described the so-called gig economy and zero-hours contracts as “the reincarnation of an ancient evil”. It has now been revealed that at least two Church of England cathedrals are advertising zero-hours contract jobs, while the Church has confirmed retailer Amazon is one of its 20 biggest investments worldwide. Gloucester Cathedral is currently advertising for a porter on a zero-hours contract, with its website describing the role as mostly evening and weekend work with a wage … [Read more...] about Justin Welby under fire as Church of England zero-hour contracts revealed
Church Minister Turns ‘God Bless The USA’ Into ‘God Forgive The USA’
POLITICS 07/05/2018 04:00 am ET Church's minister of music is inspired to do a different take on a patriotic song. By Carla Baranauckas An altered version of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” that was sung last Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Burlington, Vermont, is drawing praise and criticism on social media. The Greenwood song, originally released in 1984, gained renewed popularity during the Gulf War in 1991 and after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It is sung in some churches, especially around the Fourth of July. But on Sunday morning in Burlington, First United Methodist’s minister of music and media, Adam Hall, said he was “inspired by a power greater than myself, so I scrapped the anthem I had planned and created this new version.” The result is “God Forgive The USA.” “It takes the original song’s bravado and bluster and turns it into humility and reflection,” he … [Read more...] about Church Minister Turns ‘God Bless The USA’ Into ‘God Forgive The USA’
Jamaican PM Andrew Holness tells Kilburn church: Windrush deportation threats and service cuts will be corrected
PUBLISHED: 17:16 23 April 2018 | UPDATED: 17:16 23 April 2018 Francesca Fazey The audience at Kilburn's Ruach City Church for Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness. Picture: Francesca Fazey Archant The prime minister of Jamaica told hundreds at a packed-out Kilburn church on Friday he had been personally assured of the future of Windrush immigrants in the UK by Theresa May. Theresa May meets Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness last week - a meeting Mr Holness described at Kilburn's Ruach City Church on Friday. Picture: Peter Summers/PA Wire Andrew Holness moved to reassure the Jamaican diaspora community that the British prime minister had given him “her word” that deportation threats and service cuts to people originally from the Caribbean would be corrected. “What has happened to the Windrush generation and their children is unfair and inconsistent with the values espoused by the United Kingdom,” he told the Ruach City Church in Kilburn High … [Read more...] about Jamaican PM Andrew Holness tells Kilburn church: Windrush deportation threats and service cuts will be corrected