GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Hearts cried out on Sunday morning at Empowerment Ministries Christian Center after an Easter celebration one day prior led to the death of one of the church’s deacons.

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - In a heartfelt ceremony Tuesday night, Quinton Thomas was ordained a transitional deacon at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Blessed Sacrament is Thomas’s home church. His ...

WAYNE, Mich. (AP) - As Richard Pryor watched the armed man push toward CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, he realized his options to stop the gunman were few. Pryor, a deacon at the ...

Deacon Eddie Shed "paid the ultimate price for his valor," his church's pastor wrote in a message to the community Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at ...

A Mississippi church deacon was fatally shot while trying to protect people from a dispute that broke out during an Easter egg hunt hosted by his church, witnesses and law enforcement said.