Bishop Ernestine Reems (left) outshined them all wearing a stunning aqua-brown dress with flawless makeup and accessories with Vickie Winans – who looked stellar in her black dress suit with a diamond studded cross around her neck. Photos by Dion Evans.
From left to right: Pastor Brondon Reems, Bryson Reems, Pastor Maria Reems.
By Dion Evans, Religion Editor Dr. Martin Peters, now Senior Pastor of the Victory Baptist Church in Oakland, is serving as successor to Dr. Jewel Peters, the church’s founder. Peters is a graduate of Morris Brown College in Atlanta and a proud member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. “It is with great joy that [...]
By Dion Evans, Religion Editor The Baptist Ministers’ Union of Oakland and Vicinity took a crucial vote this week to determine access of women into membership of the organization. Leading up to this vote were a series of meetings held to best understand the “Identity” of the BMU. According to BMU President Rev. Dr. Lawrence [...]
By Pastor Curtis O. Robinson, Sr. But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm his covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. –Deuteronomy 8:18 (NAS) Earlier this week, President Barrack Obama held a town [...]
Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with over 80 percent of its people living in abject poverty, is still traumatized just eight months after a devastating earthquake that killed more than 250,000, Only 28,000 of the 1.5 million people displaced by the earthquake have moved to safe transitional housing, and 40,000 more children [...]
By Carla Thomas The Ethnic Health Institute (EHI) of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and the US Public Health Service of San Francisco recently unveiled the first health kiosk at Oakland’s Acts Full Gospel Church of God In Christ. The kiosk is part of a unique pilot program designed to deliver vital health information through [...]
