Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 23, 2026

  Christian author, 1980s Silverwind singer Betsy Ann Hernandez, dies after cancer battle

  Betsy Ann Hernandez, a Christian author and lead singer of the 1980s Contemporary Christian Music band Silverwind, which produced the acclaimed albums “Silverwind” and “A Song In The Night,” died Thursday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 71.

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  Oct 23, 2026

  Marriages are scarce in urban America but abound in wealthier suburbs: study

  Despite extensive research showing that children raised in stable, two-parent married households are statistically more likely to succeed, a new report from the Institute for Family Studies found that marriages are concentrated in wealthier, predominantly white suburbs but are so scarce in many urban, often predominantly black neighborhoods that researchers have dubbed them “marriage deserts.”

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  Oct 22, 2026

  Man who robbed bank in Jesus' name then called pastor pleads guilty

  An Alaska man who pleaded guilty in federal court to using the name of Jesus to rob a bank in Anchorage on Monday is now facing up to 20 years in prison for his crime.

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  Oct 20, 2026

  Episcopal Church finds potential buyer for NYC headquarters

  Four months after announcing plans to offload the 12-story building that houses its headquarters in midtown Manhattan, Episcopal Church leaders say they have found a potential buyer for the building, which is valued at nearly $52 million.

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  Oct 20, 2026

  Pastor killed in crash shortly after delivering sermon on Lazarus

  Less than two hours after preaching a revival sermon on Lazarus, Apostle Justin Heath, the leader of Cutting Edge Revelational Ministries and Fore Christ Church in Mount Olive, North Carolina, was killed in a crash on Saturday that left seven other people injured, including his wife. He was 67.

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  Oct 20, 2026

  ChatGPT gets 70M requests about religion weekly; most are about Islam, followed by Christianity

  Of the 70 million religion-related requests ChatGPT receives each week, nearly half are about Islam and just over a third are about Christianity, according to a recent analysis by OpenAI, the company that created the artificial intelligence chatbot.

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  Oct 19, 2026

  Nearly $400K raised to help father who shot Oregon school shooter treat trauma

  Nearly $400,000 has been raised to provide trauma care and financial support for the father who stopped a teenage gunman who killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.

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  Oct 19, 2026

  Pastor Rob Ketterling calls Minnesota’s Somali settlement policies a 'case of compassion without a standard'

  A day after a gang-related shooting disrupted Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game in Minnesota on Oct. 2, leaving two teenagers wounded in the parking lot outside Aerie Stadium, megachurch Pastor Rob Ketterling called on Christians to help fix the state’s “Somali gang problem,” which he later blamed on “compassion without a standard.”

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  Oct 16, 2026

  Pastors, community pray as teen kills 3 students, 1 teacher at Oregon school before he is shot dead

  Faith leaders in Bend, Oregon, banded together in a prayer vigil with scores of community members in Bend, Oregon, Thursday night just hours after a teenage gunman killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School before he was shot dead by a student’s father.

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  Oct 16, 2026

  Televangelist George Bloomer wins $62.2M in racial discrimination lawsuit against Word Network

  A federal jury in Detroit awarded televangelist George Bloomer $62.2 million Wednesday, finding that Word Network owner Kevin Adell subjected him to race discrimination, harassment and retaliation.