The Rev. Rowland Buck will speak at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday at Burks United Methodist, 6433 Hixson Pike, on "A Reason to Believe: Jesus, Crucified." Holy Week services ...

The church was filled with worshipers when the 66-year-old preacher suddenly experienced a medical emergency while preaching, leading many to fear he might have suffered a stroke or heart attack.

At one sermon, held in Mayfair, Whitefield claimed to have addressed 80,000 people, all of whom he presumed could understand him. Franklin didn't believe it and took an opportunity to test the ...