Emunah (Hebrew for faith, belief)

Paula Vineyard debuts as guest host on Emunahsepisode on Grace and Mercy. A Bible scholar and teacher, Sister Paula engages in a conversation with Host Tamara Henry about the importance of Grace and Mercy in the life of Christians and believers. Together they discuss thedefinitions and origins of the attributes, the similarities and differences and examples. To jumpstart the conversation, they lis...

Sue Corl of Philadelphia, PA suffered severe health challenges during the first 15 years of her life that required 26 major operations. Her struggles eventually led her to create Crown of Beauty International. As founder and executive director, Sue talks with Emunah Host Tamara Henry about her journey and how Psalm 139:13-14 had a huge impact on setting her free from 30 years of lies that oppresse...

Melvin and Voncille Greene, hosts of Living a Godly Marriage TV show, return to Emunah to discuss ways to improve your marriage. They say there are 10 top reasons marriages are failing. They tackle the first five reasons in Part 1. In Part 2, the Greenes look at the final five reasons. 10 reasons marriages fail: 1. Following the world or cultures marriage blueprints instead of Gods blueprint for m...

Dr. J. Keith Doherty, former professor of History and Art History at Boston University who now is a researcher/ educator at the Philipse Manor Hall in Yonker, N.Y., marks Black History Month with a look at land ownership by Black farmers in the Bronx in the early 1800s. This is a crucial topic that few people know much about. While there are several important reasons for focusing on Black life in...

Melvin and Voncille Greene, hosts of Living a Godly Marriage TV show, returns to Emunah to discuss ways to improve your marriage. They say there are 10 top reasons marriages are failing. They tackle the first five reasons in Part 1. Here are the first five things couples should avoid in their relationship: 1. Following the world or cultures marriage blueprints instead of Gods blueprint for marriag...

Dr. Sandra Edmonds Crewe launches Emunahs focus on February as Black History, Love and Valentine month with a lively discussion on Sojourner Truth. Crewe is the 2024-25 Sojourner Truth Social & Racial Justice Visiting Professor at Rutgers University School of Social Work. She also is dean emerita and professor at the Howard University School of Social Work. In describing Sojourner Truth, Crewe...

Samara and Shylah are pumped about the second episode of the new ASK THE GIRLS! The D.C. sisters both celebrated birthdays in December so they were a year older 13 and 12- when they welcomed New Year 2025. They are brimming with ideas, so Emunah listeners be ready for a real treat. The middle schoolers, both of whom attend D.C. Prep Academy in the nations capital, talk about changing habits and se...

Apostle Jennifer L. London tackles the issue of CHOICES in this second episode of Season 4. She is the pastor of Anointed for Christ Ministries & Bread of Life Outreach located in Decatur and Douglasville, Georgia. Apostle London stresses that life is about choices and says the Bible plays a key role in helping us make wise choices. Using mainly Proverbs 14:12, she shows how important it is to...

Discussing ways to discern Gods Voice is a powerful entry into 2025, considering the change in leaders at the White House and in Congress, the increase in violence around the Globe and unpredictability of the weather, the stock market and life in general. Dr. Wanda Robinson-Lee of Selma, NC jumpstarts Emunahs 4th Season discussing her book, Gods Voice, Choices that led my journey. The book thoroug...

Co-hosts Tamara and Charisse wander into what some consider controversial territory PRAYER. Its an area few people discuss or fully understand. Some may think its lame, others say its old fashion while a few believe it is necessary. Believers, however, say that prayer is essential. Two prayer powerhouses, Zereta Mother Z Young and Cynthia Howie, give their perspectives on prayer. They are both mem...

Mrs. Laverdia Roach from the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA dissects the question asked by Emunah host Charisse: "Why do you believe we should thank God (Yahweh) for promotions, bonuses, raises and other things He didn't 'directly' give us?" In giving a faith-based response, Mrs. Roach insists that God tells us in his Word that we have an "obligation, duty" to express grat...

The holiday season is upon us and Emunah co-hosts Tamara and Charisse decided to repeat this popular episode from Season 1: Salvation: What does it mean to be saved? It first aired on July 21, 2023. Sisters Marilyn Dunston and Paula Vineyard, two adult Sunday School teachers at First Baptist Church of Glenarden International in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, energetically tackle this often-misunderstoo...

Simons Branch is an Atlanta-based nonprofit Christian group that seeks to spread the Gospel in foreign missions fields. Annually, a team of ministers, pastors, teachers and missionaries from Georgia, the Carolinas, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. travel to Bothas Hill, KwaZulu-Natal, South African to conduct a variety of impactful Bible-based programs and provide humanitarian aid. This year, in 202...

The ASK THE GIRLS! episodes are back with two new moderators from the Washington, D.C. area, which locals call the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia). Samara, 12, and Shylah, 11, are sisters who attend DC Prep Middle School, the top public charter school in the nations capital. Cynthia Howie, a Maryland teacher who also plays a key role in the Adult Bible Study at First Baptist Chur...

This episode repeats the April 14, 2023 airing. Co-hosts Tamara and Charisse decided to share Pastor Simmons words of wisdom days after the 2024 Presidential Election as a way to focus believers on the fact that God is truly in control. Simmons, shepherd of the nondenominational House of Faith Christian Center in Smyrna, Tennessee, gives practical, Holy-Spirit led advice on what it means to depend...

Millennial Dominic Lyons talks with Emunah co-hosts Charisse and Tamara about the obligation millennials have to vote. See show notes from August 16, 2024. This focus on youth wraps up Emunah's special voting episodes. We encourage you to listen to Washington Informer Publisher Denise Rolark Barnes on the Sept. 20th episode. Cara McClure, a Birmingham, AL community activist, shares various ways he...

In the fourth episode on voting, co-hosts Tamara and Charisse chat with Minister Cedric Blain-Spain, a South Carolinian who served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that nominated Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential candidate. He is very attuned to community views, apprehensions and desires. With humor and an upbeat perspective, he lays out the advantages of voting a...

Having former Democratic U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards speak to Emunah listeners about the importance of voting is a God-ordained coup for co-hosts Tamara and Charisse. Her wide breath of knowledge and experience are evident in her answers to questions about the biggest challenges people face as they head to the polls and the reasons why Americans should have confidence in the election process. I think...

In this SPECIAL VOTING episode, Cara McClure of Birmingham, AL, shares the various ways her grassroots organization Faith & Works reaches out to the community to encourage people to vote and participate in other activities to improve the neighborhoods. You look around in your community and you see that nothing has changed. It makes you discouraged but Did we do something different? Did we hold...

In this SPECIAL VOTING episode, co-hosts Tamara and Charisse talk with the second-generation publisher of The Washington Informer, Denise Rolark Barnes, about the importance of this election year and reasons why all eligible Americans must commit to casting their ballot in November. The Washington Informer, known as a watchdog for District of Columbia residents, turns 60 years old on October 16. T...

Emunahs theme song Hold to Your Faith was written, sung and produced by Apostle Victoria Regina Lockhart of Jersey City, N.J. founder of Club Christ Ministries. In Part 2 of the interview with Christian author Becky DeWitt, co-hosts Tamara and Charisse review a couple of her latest books that are part of a trilogy named Reason , Contempt and Sabotage . As the names hint, the characters operate wit...

Emunahs theme song Hold to Your Faith was written, sung and produced by Apostle Victoria Regina Lockhart of Jersey City, N.J. founder of Club Christ Ministries. Co-hosts Tamara and Charisse talk with Christian author and publisher Sara Rebecca DeWitt of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, about the more than 30 books that she has written. She has mastered the art of mingling fact and fiction in her book...

This episode of Emunah is about RELATIONSHIPS both with God and with others. Are you happy with your relationship with God? Should your relationship be strengthened? Cohosts Tamara and Charisse first look at how we establish a personal relationship with God and how that relationship overflows into other relationships in our lives and impact how we treat others. If you just think in terms of a rela...

Millennial Dominic Lyons talks with Emunah Co-hosts Charisse and Tamara about the obligation millennials have to vote. Studies show that major concerns of millennials are high student loan debts, the cost of living, inflation, gun violence and climate change. Also this election year is important because of the possibility of having a black woman run this country. And, many millennials are seeking...

Emunah C0-hosts Tamara and Charisse engage in a riveting discussion about "Empowered Living: Navigating life's journey with faith and resilience." Rev. Kevin Montague explains what empowered living is, what it looks like and why it is important in the life of a believer. "We are empowered to obey Him. We obey Him in everything we do, even when it's not easy, even when it&#39...