Mother Verlie Jackson, Church Pillar, Passes
On Friday, August 11, 2023, Mother Verlie Jackson was celebrated in an homegoing service at the Hollywood Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral in Amityville, NY. Verlie…
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Dave Calon Seeks Support From MANA Members
On Saturday, August 5, 2023, Dave Calon attended the weekly online meeting of the Suffolk County Pastors, headed by Bishop Walter Willie. During that session…
Bishop Walter Willie Hosts Appreciation Dinner for Juneteenth Organizers
On Sunday, August 13, 2023, Bishop Walter Willie, Pastor of the Prayer Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, located in Amityville, NY, hosted an appreciation…
MANA Helps Present Summer Theological Intensive on Social Justice
During the month of August a select number of ministerial students enrolled in a special summer theological intensive that studies the role of the church…
Does Biblical Scholarship Destroy Faith
This month in the immediate aftermath of school graduations, I thought that I would put on my professorial hat and be more professor than pastor…
Artificial Intelligence and the Church
As you may have noticed, ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) have consistently made headlines over the last couple of months. Although we rely on A.I….
Hollywood Full Gospel Loses Church Pillar
Elder Kathy Smith has been a member of the Hollywood Full Gospel Baptist Church since the late 1960’s and has served in a variety of…
MANA Joins AME Church in Mourning the Loss of Bishop Richard Norris
he Right Reverend Richard Franklin Norris was the 116th consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop Norris was the sixth of eleven siblings…
Christian Renaissance Retreat
“Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto…
MANA Salutes Yusef Salaam’s Election to the NYC City Council
Introduction: In a landmark case that sent shockwaves through the nation, Yusef Salaam, along with four other young men, was wrongfully convicted of a heinous…