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Born. (1963-02-10) February 10, 1963 (age 61) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Spouse. Darlene Gayman Jennings. Children. 3 daughters, 4 sons. Gino Jennings (born February 10, 1963) is an African-American religious leader, known for establishing the First Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
James the Great[a] (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die (after Judas Iscariot), and the first to be martyred. [1] Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and ...
Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work". Within Christianity, liturgies descending from the same region, denomination, or culture are described as ritual families.
Jesus Christ Superstar: 1973 August 15 Norman Jewison: Godspell: 1973 August 24 David Greene A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: 1973 November 20 Bill Melendez, Phil Roman: Jesus: 1973 December 21 P. A. Thomas: Luther: 1974 January 21 Guy Green The Abdication: 1974 October 3 Anthony Harvey Thomasleeha: 1975 July 19 P. A. Thomas: Rooster Cogburn: 1975 ...
Christian pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the birth, life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.Aside from the early example of Origen in the third century, surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land date from the 4th century, when pilgrimage was encouraged by church fathers including Saint Jerome, and established by Saint Helena, the mother of ...
Mary Magdalene[ a ] (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to His crucifixion and resurrection. [ 1 ] She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the ...
The Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:23) states that Jesus was "about 30 years of age" at the start of his ministry. [2][3] A chronology of Jesus typically sets the date of the start of his ministry at around AD 27–29 and the end in the range AD 30–36. [2][3][4][note 1] Jesus' early Galilean ministry begins when after his baptism, he goes back to ...
Bart D. Ehrman attributes the rapid spread of Christianity to five factors: (1) the promise of salvation and eternal life for everyone was an attractive alternative to Roman religions; (2) stories of miracles and healings purportedly showed that the one Christian God was more powerful than the many Roman gods; (3) Christianity began as a ...