Rumors swirled that Rev. Marvin Winans, pastor of Detroit’s Perfecting Church, was gravely ill with COVID-19. But he says that he is on the mend.

Detroit agreed to drop a lawsuit against Winans and Perfecting Church, at 19150 Woodward Ave., on Friday morning, giving the developer extended deadlines to respond to the requests laid out in a ...

The church, run by Bishop Marvin Winans, promised a big campus on the corner of 7 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue. It never fully came to pass.

At an early age, Marvin L. Winans and his nine siblings learned the music and the faith of their parents. A son of David “Pop” Winans Sr. and Delores “Mom” Winans, Marvin showed rare ...