The following is an edited excerpt of chapter three, “God in the Hands of Angry People” from the new book Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity by author, blogger, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evangelist Billy Graham, who started his preaching career on a Tampa street corner and practiced in front of Cyprus tree stumps, ...

The name of evangelist Harriet (Cole) Baker came up again this year at the Pennsylvania Black History Conference at West Chester University. Baker (1829-1913) spent the final 15 years of her life in ...

This month, the evangelist prayed in his North Carolina home with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. In 2010, Graham also prayed with President Barack Obama, whom Romney is challenging in ...

MONTREAT, N.C. — As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the ...

In Reggie Thomas’ 71 years of ministry, the facts and figures of his accomplishments are nothing short of amazing. Yet, what may be most amazing of all is that, at 88, this Joplin native continues to ...

Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --Evangelist T.D. Jakes is recovering after experiencing a medical emergency while delivering a sermon at The Potter's House, his Dallas, Texas-based church Sunday, the church said in a ...

Preaching the gospel appears to be one of singer, Waje’s new year resolution. Mother of one, Waje took to Instagram to share a message to her fans saying “we failed to teach about the blood” as she ...