Quantcast

Faith

South Side churches merge, with Pastor Alexander ‘Jay’ Patrick as new head

Celebration Church and Outreach Center, formerly the Richmond Outreach Center, ap- pears to have merged with the nearby Liberation Church, with Pastor Alexander “Jay” Patrick of Liberation named the pastor of the newly merged church.

Rufus A. Cosby, former head of transit union local, dies at 78

Rufus Alexander Cosby, former president of GRTC’s union, has died.

Area churches to celebrate Easter in various, special ways

Area churches are ready to celebrate Easter by welcoming congregants back to services both inside their sanctuaries and some outdoors.

Good Friday Pilgrimage April 2 in Downtown

The 6th Annual Good Friday Pilgrimage in Richmond will be held Friday, April 2, it has been announced.

Lela Saberna Morris, longtime RPS personnel specialist, succumbs at 97

Lela Saberna Morris spent more than 40 years as a teacher and personnel specialist with Richmond Public Schools, but her road to a career in education was harder than most.

Bishop J. Drew Sheard named new presiding bishop of Church of God in Christ

A Detroit bishop of the Church of God in Christ has been named the new presiding bishop of the nation’s largest historically Black Pentecostal denomination.

Environmentalist Dr. Charles K. Price dies at 82

Dr. Charles Kemper Price, who led the effort to transform an ignored North Side area long used as a dumping ground into a walking and biking trail and spearheaded efforts to preserve natural areas in Richmond, has died.

NBA legend Elgin Baylor dies

Elgin Baylor, among the greatest and most exciting basketball players of all time, has died.

3 time NFL Pro-Bowl guard Doug Wilkerson dies at 73

The San Diego Chargers had one of the NFL’s most explosive offenses in the 1970s, and Doug Wilkerson was a key cog in the attack.

Retired RPS educator Juanita T. Bates dies at 88

Juanita Threadgill Bates was known for her devotion to the Richmond students she taught in an education career that spanned 53 years.

Kirk Franklin apologizes after son releases obscenity-laced, family feud audio

Gospel entertainer Kirk Franklin has posted an online apology after one of his sons released a recording of an obscenity-laced and physically threatening argument he claimed was with Mr. Franklin.

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later, he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray …

Irv Cross, star of football and sports broadcasting, dies at 81

Irv Cross, the NFL All-Pro cornerback who became a trailblazing broadcaster, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in North Oaks, Minn. Mr. Cross was 81.

Forget Black protestants; white evangelicals least likely to get COVID-19 vaccine

Since before the COVID-19 vaccines hit the market, it has been predicted that Black Americans would choose to be vaccinated at dramatically lower rates than white Americans due to a historic mistrust of the health system. Media stories defined the …

Virtual Metro Revival and social justice rally slated for next week

The Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity is hosting a virtual Metro Revival next week featuring two out-of-town pastors, followed by a social justice rally.