Good News — Season 1

Aired 25 August 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph arrives at his new church, only to find that the ministers & staff are quite upset that their previous pastor had chosen an outsider to be his replacement, and all have decided to quit and form their own church and take half the congregation with them. Even the cute church secretary has to quit because of her mom.

Aired 1 September 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph decides its time to remove the gang grafitti from the walls outside the church. This angers the gang members and strikes fear into the hearts of the church congregation. Now the pastor has to find a way to mend fences, stand up for his faith, and bring everyone together in peace, love and harmony.

Aired 8 September 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph loses one of his members and has to prepare for preaching his first funeral. A stuttering man gets ""in the Spirit"" during the funeral and begins to speak fluently for the first time.

Aired 15 September 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph must play Solomon when his parishoners square off over their rights to adopt Joey (Evijan Watson), a five-year-old found abandoned in the church.

Aired 22 September 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph abstains from handing out condoms that have been donated to the church.

Aired 29 September 1997 • 30 min

Aired 13 October 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph tries to convince young bride-to-be Cynthia Porter to reconcile with her estranged father before her wedding and to include him in the ceremony. Cynthia is ashamed of her father because he is a little person. Meanwhile, Mr Porter makes a big jump for Mrs Dixon.

Aired 27 October 1997 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph needs a root canal, but his dentist and his bride-to-be are having problems in their relationship because of her past, and he is in no condition to perform the root canal. Pastor Randolph needs to hurry up and patch their relationship back up, so his can get his painful tooth problem fixed.

Aired 3 November 1997 • 30 min

Aired 10 November 1997 • 30 min

Aired 17 November 1997 • 30 min

Aired 24 November 1997 • 30 min

Rev. Randloph realizes his true calling when a romantic moment with Joanne (Tanya Boyd) is interrupted by a suicidal man who's perched on the ledge of her suite.

Aired 16 December 1997 • 30 min

The Christmas pageant is fouled up when Joey's duck eats one of Mrs. Dixon's earrings. Meanwhile, a snowstorm reminds Pastor Randolph of home at the holidays.

Aired 12 January 1998 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph intercedes on behalf of a wife-turned-comedianne (Amelia McQueen) whose husband finds her choice of profession no laughing matter.

Aired 19 January 1998 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph's plan to raise money for a new furnace hinges upon whether Mrs. Dixon will take a little person (Dana Woods) to her class reunion.

Aired 16 February 1998 • 30 min

The church decides to put on a talent show to raise money for the children's summer camp, bringing together a collection of some strange talents from the congregation.

Aired 23 February 1998 • 30 min

Conclusion. Randolph takes steps to keep Beans (Reynaldo Rey) sober, but faces a higher power -- stage fright -- when the two perform at the church's variety show.

Aired 2 March 1998 • 30 min

Race relations become an issue when a parishioner dies, leaving his kids in the care of his brother -- who has been passing himself off as white.

Aired 28 April 1998 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph hits a sour note with Mrs. Dixon after he gives away her gospel-competition solo to Cassie's aunt Shirley (Shirley Caesar).

Aired 5 May 1998 • 30 min

Lou Rawls aids Pastor Randolph in pepping up the choir as the prepare for a national competition.

Aired 12 May 1998 • 30 min

After devouring a batch of rum-spiked cookies, a tipsy Pastor Randolph labors to get a blind man and his pregnant wife to the hospital safely.

Aired 19 May 1998 • 30 min

Pastor Randolph faces the legal system when he's arrested for drunkenly allowing a blind man to drive his expectant wife to the hospital.