Ellis III

State of Change: Hybrid Hope (VIDEO)

The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008

"If the UAW goes down all unions go down," so said auto worker Bishop Charles Ellis III, seen here praying with hybrid SUVs at The Greater Grace Temple.

Is Auto Industry “Bail Out Church Service” Going Too Far?

HicktownPress (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

by Deputy Diva No your eyes are not playing tricks on you. This is actually some-body’s pulpit, looking like an auto dealer’s showroom. It is actuallly the pulpit of Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, MI to be exact. The New York Times Reports: Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared [...]

Detroit churches pray for 'God's bailout'

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

Pentecostal Bishop Charles Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary's wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles, closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers's "We're Gonna Make It" as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry — union assemblers, executives, car salesmen — gathered six deep around...

How 2 Federal Judges Invoked Secrecy To Block Access To Bush Torture Info

The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Two Federal judges have deliberately invoked secrecy statutes to conceal the Federal government’s illegal use of torture, a prominent legal authority says. Named are judges Terence Boyle of the U.S. District Court of Eastern North Carolina, and T.S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Virginia, both nominees of President Ronald Reagan. According...

Jesus saves ... the SUV?

Gristmill (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

By Kate Sheppard Lordy : Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary's wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles, closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers's "We're Gonna Make It" as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry -- union assemblers, executives, car salesmen...

• Is Auto Industry “Bail Out Church Service” Going Too Far? - HicktownPress
• I Was Wrong: Apparently the U.S. Auto Industry Does Have a Prayer - artdiamondblog.com
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Detroit Churches Pray for Hybrids

TODAY ON ROADST3R - Car STORIES (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

.figure.inlineRight.width-300px { display: none } The New York Times reported that worshipers in Detroit churches held services yesterday to pray for a bailout of the US automobile industry. At Greater Grace Temple, an 8,000-member Pentecostal church in northwest Detroit, Bishop Charles H. Ellis III...

Jesus Saves...

Slog (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

...the SUV ? Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary’s wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles , closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers’s “We’re Gonna Make It” as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry—union assemblers, executives, car salesmen— gathered six...

SUVs in the Pulpit: God Never Promised Gum Drops and Ponies

What About Our Daughters (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

... glory that will be revealed in us.” New York Times The service was conducted by Bishop Charles H. Ellis III At one point, Ellis summoned up hundreds of auto workers and retirees in the congregation to come forward toward the vehicles on the altar to be anointed with oil. “It’s all about hope. You can’t dictate how people will think, how they will respond, how they will vote,” Ellis...

I Was Wrong: Apparently the U.S. Auto Industry Does Have a Prayer

artdiamondblog.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

... are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary's wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles, closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers's "We're Gonna Make It" as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry...

Callin’ on Dr. Jesus to save the auto industry

The "D" Spot (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008

... sensationalist Holy Roller BS. You think I’m lyin’? Check this out: “Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who shared the sanctuary’s wide altar with three gleaming sport utility vehicles, closed his sermon by leading the choir and congregants in a boisterous rendition of the gospel singer Myrna Summers’s “We’re Gonna Make It” as hundreds of worshipers who work in the automotive industry...

Dreaming Of A Pink Christmas

The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

by Chris Bodenner Dan Savage highlights two nutty dispatches from the culture war: from the left ... A Dutch gay group has organized a "Pink Christmas" festival for the first time in Amsterdam, featuring a manger stall with two Josephs and two Marys. ... The organization Christians for Truth says the idea "mocks the core concepts of Evangelism." and the right ... Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis...

Prayer for Bailout in Detroit

Dr. Lester K. Spence (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

DETROIT — The Sunday service at Greater Grace Temple began with the Clark Sisters song “I’m Looking for a Miracle” and included a reading of this verse from the Book of Romans: “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” Pentecostal Bishop Charles H. Ellis [...]

Autoworkers pray for Big 3 aid

1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

... assembly line workers and white-collar employees. On Detroit’s west side, Bishop Charles H. Ellis III bellowed words of encouragement to autoworkers in the crowd at Greater Grace. In a sermon titled, "A Hybrid Hope," Ellis encouraged congregants to shore up their flagging hopes with faith in a miracle-making God. Three gleaming U.S.-made hybrid SUVs, on loan from area dealerships,...

Jefferson trial delayed until next year

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The corruption trial of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., will likely be delayed until 2009, court documents show. The new docket for U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed a hearing in the case has been set for Dec. 19, 17 days later than the trial's original Dec. 2 start date, meaning the trial isn't likely to begin until next year, The (New Orleans)Times-Picayune...

Jefferson trial delayed until next year

Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

The corruption trial of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., will likely be delayed until 2009, court documents show. The new docket for U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed a hearing in the case has been set for Dec. 19, 17 days later than the trial's original Dec. 2 start date, meaning the trial isn't likely to begin until next year, The (New Orleans)Times-Picayune reported Tuesday....