In the series pilot, Ernest Frye, a holier-than-thou deacon, is seeking a new minister for the First...

After hearing a beautiful gospel singer sing at a wedding, Deacon Frye decides to woo her so she wil...

Thelma intoxicates Reverend Gregory with her wine-cooked dinner, and he intoxicates her with a kiss....

A wayward teen wants to be reinstated in the church choir after being away from it for a while. Pas...

Rolly has his eye on the waitress at the diner around the corner, but he is too shy to approach her....

The church's planned retreat is not at all interesting to Deacon Frye, until he learns that a former...

Rev. Gregory is jailed for giving refugees sanctuary, and the Deacon, charged with contempt of court...

A woman bequeaths the church members her eatery (a French restaurant) — providing they continue it...

Rev. Gregory has a crisis of conscience when he is attracted to a widow who needs comforting in her...

Rolly falls at the bank and, after the Deacon finagles, is awarded a settlement—which he refuses.

The church is preparing to put on a Christmas pageant, when they find out that a TV crew is schedule...

A fund-raiser at the church takes an unexpected turn when the church gets sued for making someone si...

The new man in Thelma's life seems like Mr. Right to everyone, especially Deacon Frye, who thinks he...

Frye befriends a computer whiz who picks sports winners.

While testifying in the church, Lorenzo admits to having an affair with an unnamed sister in the chu...

After attending the christening of Lynnette and Jerome's child, the Hetebrinks break down and cry be...

A date with Frye lands Reuben's aunt in jail.

A forlorn woman comes to Deacon Frye's office seeking a divorce from her husband who she suspects is...

Deacon Frye hires a new attractive Sunday school teacher for the church, and Reuben falls for her, a...

Aspiring magician Frye auditions for a children's show.

Inept Thelma tries her hand at real estate.

The Deacon turns over a new leaf in an effort to be the church's nominee for a humanitarian award, w...

Reuben contemplates accepting a new job in Los Angeles.

A rivalry is renewed when Deacon Frye is pitted against an old law-school classmate, in defending a...

Amelia's gambling habit resurfaces.

Rev. Johnny returns to give a sermon at the church.

As Thelma's high school reunion approaches, Thelma dreads coming to the reunion because of the way h...

The Deacon is left to his own devices when a teen-hotline caller threatens suicide.

Romance blooms between Frye's aunt and Rolly.

On the verge of marriage, Rolly gets cold feet.

Deacon Frye slips and falls while shovelling snow, and hurts his back. The doctor treating the Deac...

Thelma becomes a foster parent to a precocious nine-year-old girl.

The choir fights over which carol to sing in a competition.

After the Deacon runs out of the church in mortal terror, the Reverend discovers that his panic was...

Frye tries to erase Thelma's angry phone message.

After money from the collection plate comes up missing, the Reverend and the Hetebrinks believe that...

An attractive church benefactor eyes Reuben.

At a church retreat in the mountains, the Deacon has a spiritual reawakening after almost freezing t...

Deacon Frye takes a personal interest in the divorce of a church couple, when he finds out the husba...

Thelma daydreams about a honeymoon with the Reverend, but the Deacon has his own vision of being wit...

Rev. Gregory is upset when the first couple he ever married accuses him of malpractice and negligent...

When an attractive & glamorous woman comes to Deacon Frye for help in the murder of her husband, De...

Deacon Frye has now defended Roxanne in court and she has been found not to have murdered her husban...

While stuck on a discount flight to the Bahamas, with the gang, Thelma has to overcome her extreme p...

Frye pushes Thelma to give Reuben an ultimatum.

Frye campaigns against an imprisoned state senator.

The Deacon can't keep his mind on church business when a comely legal assistant (Loretta Divine) is...

To get a recommendation from the church board, the Deacon has to take a scout troop on a camping tri...

Thelma tries to snare Rev. Gregory in matrimony, but the lavish church banquet she arranges to lure...

Thelma moves in with Rev. Gregory, creating a church scandal that threatens to defrock the minister.

Thelma, at age 34, finds herself in a situation where she has to dissuade a 19-year-old admirer from...

The animals in the congregation's live Nativity scene include a goat that sends Rev. Gregory up a tr...

A rich widower is willing to make a substantial donation to the church, if the Deacon can match him...

Certain he is dying, Deacon Frye begins to reminisce about the love he had for Thelma's mother, and...

Thelma cares for Rev. Gregory, who's felled by the measles, and copes with the Deacon, who has appoi...

The Deacon's Swedish housekeeper will be deported unless she finds an American citizen willing to ma...

The Deacon and Thelma seek advice from a client whose psychic powers came from a bump on the head.

Rev. Gregory looks for a way to convince Thelma that Tanya's prediction is bunk, while Thelma goes o...

The congregation thinks the Deacon must be punch-drunk for agreeing to manage boxer Windmill Pearson...

Rev. Gregory's mother comes to town for a visit, and is smitten by the deacon's charms. So much so,...

Tired of waiting for Rev. Gregory to marry her, Thelma decides to embark on a marketing career.

Church members perform in a charity show. Songs include ""Triplets,"" ""Sonny Boy,"" ""I Remember It...

While trying to cook a fancy dinner to impress the head of the church council, Thelma refuses the he...

A record producer wants to make a star out of Amelia, so the Deacon appoints himself her manager and...

The Reverend, Dea Frye, and Rollie try to talk a young man into going to college, and try to give hi...

Nobody in the First Community Church can keep a secret. When word gets out that Ruben is about to p...

The Deacon's estranged father-in-law, who once disowned the Fryes, lies on his deathbed and tries to...

Everyone thinks Thelma needs help holding on to her man when the svelte ex-fiance of the Reverend's,...

After tripping and falling during a fishing trip, Thelma looses her memory and can't remember who sh...

Frye gets his first big murder case.

As the congregation prepares for a TV appearance showcasing Sunday services, a street gang terrorize...

Thelma goes overboard at her bridal shower to impress her high school nemesis with reports that she'...

Everything goes wrong that could possibly go wrong on Thelma's wedding day; the wrong wedding dress...

Thelma joins the Army, intending to become one lean, mean fighting machine. (Part 1 of 2)

Rev. Gregory and the Deacon pay a visit to the Army base after a tough drill sergeant denies misguid...

Fearing he's lost Thelma to Sgt. Burke, Rev. Gregory puts up a fight when she comes home on a weeken...

Thelma is home on a weekend pass for the Christmas holiday, which affords her the perfect opportunit...

Deacon Frye is the subject of an honorary roast.

Frye entertains Reuben's mother in Atlantic City.

Thelma and Reuben are finally ready to tie the knot, but the minister isn't: a sedative puts him to...

Plans for a Hawaiian honeymoon sour like yesterday's poi when a man tries to jump from the ledge of...

A lonely Deacon makes a pest of himself after the newlyweds return home from their honeymoon, and Th...

The Deacon swears off defending sleazy clients after he falls for the new assistant minister, who th...

The Deacon and Amelia trade insults in and out of the courtroom after Amelia trips on the Deacon's s...

On her six-month anniversary, Thelma feels neglected because Reuben is teaching night school.

After a woman is car-jacked, with her baby still in the car with the theif, the thief drops the baby...

Frye establishes a day care center called ""Deaconland.""

Frye takes in a trouble-prone teen, a would-be rapper dubbed ""Clarence So Fine.""

Frye backs a man claiming to be Santa Claus. (Part 1 of 2)

Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before h...

Reuben's visiting niece reveals she's leaving seminary school to become a singer, and Frye enters he...

Frye sees publicity in a televised trial involving writer-comedian Steve Allen in a suit against a f...

Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

The deacon reassembles his '50s doo-wop group for a benefit.

Frye and Ruben both try to intervene when the Deacon's pro basketball player client, wants to marry...

Rapper MC Hammer has a dual role as a flamboyant minister and as himself, busting a move to keep Cla...

Thelma gets her own TV cooking show.

Judge Frye visits an old nemesis who tries to set him up in a sting operation. The judge is offered...

Deacon Frye dates a teacher Clarence likes, and the 2 begin to bump heads.

At an auction, an insufferable woman wins a date with Frye.

Frye and Clarence try raising church funds by dating wealthy Darla and her equally unattractive gran...

Appearances by James Brown and Lloyd Price aren't the only surprises during a telethon to save the c...