Bill Coate
Madera’s ‘fire and brimstone preacher’
For The Madera Tribune Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood resolutely behind Rev. W.B. McElwee in his...
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Witnesses return to knocking on doors
Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume its trademark door-to-door ministry, beginning September 1; the two-and-a-half-year suspension of the...
For The Madera Tribune
Pastor Profiles: Charles Fryer, preaching the word of enlightenment
For The Madera Tribune Charles Fryer was appointed to be the pastor of Hull Avenue Church of God in Christ on Jan. 17, 2009. Fryer...
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Valley West celebrates Pastor Leach
For The Madera Tribune Pastor Lance Leach and his wife Barbara. Lead Pastor Lance Leach, and wife Barbara Leach, are now serving in a...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses return to in-person meeting worldwide
All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world were being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings last week. For most...
Bill Coate
Divorce went up in flames
“Gloom, despair, and agony on me; deep dark depression, and excessive misery.” Coming from that old television show, “Hee Haw,” that...
Nancy Simpson
Pastor serves faiths in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Jim and Kathy Garrison. Jim and Kathy Garrison moved to Madera from Los Banos, CA, in June 2021. Jim was appointed...
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Harvest Community Church enters 2022 with new pastor
For The Madera Tribune New Harvest Community Church Pastor Mike Souza. After over two years of searching, Harvest Community Church is...
