Church of God in Christ (COGIC)

She won a Grammy for “We Sing Praises,” collaborated with her brother Andraé on “Jesus Is the Answer,” and worked with everyone from Billy Graham to Michael Jackson.

And other brief news from Christians around the world.

The former COGIC leader and Oral Roberts mentee said he wore his “heretic” label “like a badge.”

With a vision of Jesus, he started a credit union that enabled dozens of churches to buy buildings.

US Religion Census finds independent congregations have surged in the last decade.

She sang through betrayal, divorce, and death.

She led a congregation in a denomination that doesn’t believe in women in leadership, fostered more than 1,000 children, and sang the music that God taught her to play.

COGIC bishop built a church while breaking ground in Pittsburgh TV and radio.

New presiding bishop says budget is top priority for the black Pentecostal denomination.

Glenn and Pauline Plummer say they are ambassadors, but some see a secret agenda to convert Jews.