Kanye’s first ever gospel album, Jesus Is King, shows that Christ reigns in hearts and charts. The musical work that enthrones the Messiah above the ubiquitous and larger-than-life personality that is the Chicago rapper, topped the Billboard album chart, opening at No. 1 — West’s ninth consecutive time in the peak position.

In a touching birthday tribute to the award-winning founder of EEW Magazine, a ministry representative gave thanks to God for “sparing Dianna,” who turned 43 on Saturday, Nov. 2. “O this day, a Kingdom warrior was born. She is beautiful inside and out, generous, warm, kind, understanding, and giving.”

In 2011, when actress LisaRaye McCoy first began opening up publicly about her faith, she said she struggled to understand the Bible. But the 52-year-old, who says she is a proud Christian, told talk show host Wendy Williams that Bishop Noel Jones “helped me tremendously with the Bible.”

Christian actress Niecy Nash and her husband Jay Tucker are splitting up after eight years of marriage, and we’re sorry to hear that. The high-profile couple made the sad announcement in a joint statement posted on the 49-year-old “Claws” actress’s Instagram account.

Kevin Hart, this generation’s most successful comedian, got serious while reflecting on a devastating car crash that could have taken his life. “I’m thankful for God,” he said after suffering a serious back injury when the vintage muscle car he was riding in crashed nearly two months ago in California.

Former NBA star Lamar Odom, who calls himself “a walking miracle” after being found unconscious with a cocktail of drugs in his system in a Nevada brothel in 2015, just told the world he gave his life to Christ. The 39-year-old broke the news on social media about his new life in Christ.

Grammy-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin says he’s boycotting the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards after they edited out part of his acceptance speech earlier this month in which he called for prayers after a white police officer shot Atatiana Jefferson, a black woman, in her home.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James tweeted that he and his family had to evacuate their home in the Los Angeles’s exclusive Brentwood section. There was no immediate word on its fate. “I pray for all the families in the area that could be affected,” he tweeted. “Pretty please get to safety ASAP.”

Viola Davis, a fantastic actress who is electric onscreen, was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome Film Festival Saturday evening at a special closeout event, and deservedly so. The 54-year-old actress told Antonio Monda during the Close Encounter talk, art is “God’s playground.”

Televangelist and T.D. Jakes protégé Paula White says you can disagree with Donald Trump all you want, but he is the only hope for religious freedom and America in general. The preacher with a largely black audience, who serves as the president’s spiritual advisor, is stomping hard for Trump.

The Word Network, a white-owned, religious-oriented cable and satellite channel directed at black viewers, recently came under fire and was accused of bigotry—a problematic accusation for a network that bills itself “the largest African-American network in the world.”

Two popular Christian recording artists are on our prayer list as they grieve the unexpected, untimely deaths of their children this week. Micah Stampley’s 15-year-old daughter Mary Stampley, and TobyMac’s 21-year-old son Truett Foster McKeehan, have both passed away.

As the one-year anniversary of the Borderline Bar Shooting approaches, “The Real” talk show host Tamera Mowry-Housley reflects on the loss of her niece, Alaina Housley, who was among the victims shot to death. “You never know when God is going to call you,” she said in an interview.

Christian R&B singer Fantasia Barrino is a hard-working woman, but she isn’t so caught up in the industry that she leaves her family behind. In a candid interview, the wife, mother, and Grammy-winning “Holy Ghost” songstress, made it clear that her first ministry is to her family.

When Lawrence Jackson took the job as White House photographer in early 2009, he knew he'd have a front row seat to history. What he didn't expect was the deep personal connection he would feel, as a fellow African American, with the President of the United States.

 Busy women need to stick together. That way, we can swap much-needed tips on how to keep our sanity while grinding to fulfill our divine assignments and reach our God-given goals. Who better than mom-preneur Ayesha Curry, to help us get and keep things all the way together?

Investigators searching through garbage found the body of a 3-year-old girl who was missing more than a week, and authorities are charging two people with murder, police said. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith told a news conference that the remains of Kamille McKinney were located in a trash bin.

As Lupita Nyong’o accepted an award from the Harlem School of Arts, the actress mainly had two people to thank for fueling her passion for the arts as a child: her parents. She specifically lavished praise upon her mother for making sacrifices to fuel the visionary in her.

Fans of the late Aretha Franklin were already ecstatic about Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul. Now, there’s even more reason to celebrate since Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, actor Marlon Wayans, Broadway star Audra McDonald, and Oscar-nominee Mary J. Blige have all signed on.