Java Mattison Students learn to lead in training sessions.   The Youth Excel Scholarship Program (YESP) has trained more than 200 students, youth, and young adults, during the past year... read more →

BY Philip Williams, principal Two GMAA students are pictured with the famous African-American saxophonist, Branford Marsalis (center). In a time when many publicly-funded schools are downsizing or eliminating music programs,... read more →

BY Roger r. wadeLet it snow!... read more →

BY ROGER R. WADE This young man smiles as he chooses his Christmas bike gift from First Church in Shelbyville, Tenn. Roger R. Wade At the First Church of Shelbyville,... read more →

BY Dana Wilchcombe, Literacy Factory founder/director Carolyn Douglas Jordan (left), Conference organizer, and Kitty Bey, featured speaker More than 250 women attended the Literacy Factory-organized free conference themed, "Being Loved... read more →

BY Jameel DanielsAt Oakwood Adventist Academy... read more →

BY roger r. wade Touch 10K Witnessing... read more →

BY LORNETTE STOKES First Church in Huntsville, Ala., Bible Bowl team, with Roger R. Wade (left), South Central associate youth director and communication director; Lorenzo Shepherd (back row, far right),... read more →

BY Pastor Paul Goodridge Leslie Pollard (left), Ph.D., D.Min.; John Nixon, D.Min.; Gwendolyn Ward; Richard E. Tottress, Ph.D.; Craig Newborn, Ph.D.; and Carlton P. Byrd, D.Min. Joe Booth September 3,... read more →