Next month Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the city’s largest churches, will raise up a new leader. Paul Daugherty—who will turn 29 three days after he becomes the church’s senior pastor—is the youngest child of founding pastors Sharon and the late Billy Joe Daugherty.
A 15-year-old girl who survived a shooting rampage that took the lives of her parents and all four of her siblings, spoke to a crowd Saturday, saying happiness can be found in the darkest of times. Her grandfather said she recalled feeling “as though angels were with her, putting her hands over her mouth and whispering her to be quiet.”
Stanley Monroe Horton, 98, of Springfield, Missouri, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Maranatha Village in Springfield.
A new video message from Billy Graham is in production and is set to release on Nov. 7, 2014, in honor of his 96th birthday. The program, called “Heaven,” is being released to churches as an evangelistic tool, in conjunction with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s My Hope 2014 with Billy Graham campaign.
Destiny’s Child, the R&B women’s group from the early 2000s, disbanded in 2005, but not before leaving behind a legion of peppy dance tunes and many songs that made their way to the top of the charts. Even though they were greatly recognized by secular listeners, in some cases, such as their single “Survivor,” the ladies even affirmed their Christian beliefs in the lyrics.
American author and poet Maya Angelou, who is best known for her groundbreaking autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, has died at age 86 in North Carolina, her publisher confirmed on Wednesday.
