the First Coriithian Baptiste at Harlem isn't a Church, but a Theatre. The service on sunday morning isn't at 11.30 but at 10 and it finish at 12 and they only let blacks in there and the tourists stay outside. There are 3 bouncers at the door and they tell the whites that there is no more chairs, but the blacks, no matter what time they arrive, keep coming in. Mindful of everything we white people have put them through, I waited really patiently in front of the front door listening to what I could from outside. I tried a lot to convince the bouncer to make an exception, I promise to stay until the end. He was very disappointedly but at the end points me to the stairs to let me go upstairs. I met a girl and she invites me onto the benches with them. God bless you, Serena! I'll never forget this experience! It wasn't as I expected or as you can see on a movie: no Gospel choir, but prayers, shouts, music and songs, applause, collective swaying, hands raised and responses from the seat in a loud voice. Black people in NY aren't much better off than they were... but they hope, believe, sing and pray, despite everything. And how they pray: from the head to the heart, from the feet to the marrow, it is the spirit and the body that became voice. God bless you, black people, I hope in a bright black future for you ❣️🎶 PS Please, remember that not all the tourists...
Read moreI Love MY church. Pastor Mike delivers the message of God like no other! His is a combination of Malcohm X, Martin Luther King, President Obama, Himself, and Immanuel. Rev. Lakisha delivers her gossip as a colaboration of Angelia Davis, Maya Angelou, Lorretta Scott, and Herself. They are very down to earth individuals which, makes their deliverance easy to receive. Since attending FCBC, I have been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and many other acute illnesses. Attending service there weekly has provided me with the strength and confidence that I NEEDED to fight a depression that was being created. I tell my freinds and family almost every Saturday night that I have Therapy in the morning, lol...I love this place that god has allowed me to attend and worship for the past almost 2 1/2 years: at times I even attend TNT on Tuesday nights. Lord, thank you for allowing me to learn to love and trust in you again after having such a hard life! Thank you for sending Pastor Mike and Rev Lakisha into my life to open the doors for this to happen...I humbly bow my head...disciple in the...
Read moreFalse teacher and leading people away from Christ by not preaching the true gospel. The pastor is a wolf in sheep clothing and is not a true follower of Christ. If having a real relationship with Christ is what you are looking for be discerning with the leaders that you open yourself up to. He preaches against the Bible which is a red flag in addition to teaching directly against what the word of God states. This church is not a true representation of the Christian faith nor does it preach or serve the one true God. "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." 2...
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