A pastor and former Nashville council member is being sued by drug manufacturer Eli Lilly because the company says he was involved in a $200 million fraudulent drug rebate scheme. The pastor, the Rev.

(RNS) — A lawsuit filed by the pharmaceutical giant alleges that Bishop Jerry Maynard Sr. and Elder Readus C. Smith III, a national COGIC leader, worked with wholesalers to submit fraudulent drug ...

(RNS) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to halt what Church of God in Christ officials call defamatory statements by a gospel musician about their predominantly Black Pentecostal ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis COGIC church is spreading Christmas joy on two ends of the city. Greater Community Temple Church spent Wednesday morning hosting a toy giveaway in North Memphis and planned ...

Country legends and newcomers make up this playlist of the best country Christmas songs of all time. Which Country Stars Have Recorded the Best Christmas Songs? Find nearly three hours of Christmas ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

*Gospel musician Moses Tyson Jr. is facing a $500,000 defamation lawsuit, and this from an unlikely source: the church. The good book teaches about turning the other cheek, but sometimes the slaps are ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - COGIC members from across the world arrive in Memphis this weekend for the 117th Holy Convocation. An estimated 25,000 Saints are expected to attend the 8-day event. The annual ...

Bishop Charles E. Blake, Presiding Bishop Emeritus of the Church of God in Christ, was cheered on by church leadership as he delivered a sermon at the 109th Holy Convocation at America’s Center in ...

The Church of God in Christ, often referred to by the acronym COGIC, will move its annual convocation away from Memphis again, Bishop Brandon Porter confirmed to The Commercial Appeal. The move comes ...

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