The fiery preacher with a booming voice delivered a final message from the pulpit Sunday morning. “You shall live and not die,” Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood shouted in his signature baritone, ...

IRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Members of a Virginia Beach church are mourning the sudden death of their pastor, who died after delivering a sermon. 62-year-old Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood gave his ...

Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood started New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ in a tiny house that lacked running water. Two men heard his first sermon. Four decades later, 3,400 – including national ...

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Thousands of people gathered Friday afternoon to say goodbye to their pastor who died while giving a sermon. Bishop Barnett Thoroughgood had a heart attack in the pulpit at New ...

The fiery preacher with a booming voice delivered a final message from the pulpit a week ago. "You shall live and not die," Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood shouted in his signature baritone, exhorting ...