Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 18, 2023

  Youth pastor, 6th grade teacher used church Wi-Fi to download child porn: police

  A youth pastor at Palatka Baptist Temple in Florida, who downloaded pornography images from using the church's Wi-Fi and uploaded images of himself and shared them with underage victims on several popular social media platforms, has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  More Christians turning to predatory payday loans that some find helpful: study

  While more than 75% of self-identified Christians in 27 states with no meaningful regulation of payday loans believe it is a sin to lend money in a way that harms the borrower financially, more than a third of them say they have obtained such loans, which an increasing number of borrowers also find helpful, a new Lifeway research study shows.

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  Apr 17, 2023

  84-year-old man shoots black teen who rang doorbell by mistake sparking outcry

  Outrage continued growing across the country Monday over allegations that an 85-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, shot a 16-year-old twice, including once in the head, after he mistakenly rang his doorbell thinking he was at the correct house to pick up his twin younger brothers.

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  Apr 15, 2023

  Hillsong board agreed to pay Brian Houston, wife $350K annually in retirement package

  Hillsong Church agreed to a retirement package for founder Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, in 2010 worth AU$350,000 or more in collective annual cash compensation, according to board meeting minutes obtained by The Christian Post.

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  Apr 14, 2023

  Al Sharpton compares VP Kamala Harris to biblical Queen Esther as she warns against conservatives

  Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton compared Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people from execution, as she advocated for gun control, a more inclusive democracy and urged the public not to fall for what she described as the conservative "okey-doke" on Friday.

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  Apr 13, 2023

  Mother of Tyre Nichols says she is living on ‘prayers’ after police killing of son

  RowVaughn Wells, the grieving mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who died three days after he received a brutal beating from five black officers during a traffic stop gone awry in her neighborhood on Jan. 7, says she is inspired to keep living by the “power of prayer” and the belief that her son completed his “mission from God” on Earth.

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  Apr 12, 2023

  Kerry Washington says her marriage, husband and children ‘are proof of God to me’

  Renowned actress, producer and activist, Kerry Washington, who stars in the Hulu series “Unprisoned,” says she sees “proof of God” in her marriage, husband and three children.

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  Apr 10, 2023

  Many US churches saw bountiful crowds on Easter Sunday

  On Easter Sunday, there may have been a renewed push to attend in-person worship services again, three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Apr 10, 2023

  Manhattan’s New Church sells historic building to Serbian gov’t for $15M

  The New Church, a historic Manhattan building described as “one of New York’s most picturesque houses of worship” in the Murray Hill neighborhood, has been sold to the Serbian government for $15 million just over two years after the nearly 200-year-old  congregation shuttered its doors and put the building up for sale in 2020.

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  Apr 7, 2023

  Pastor, wife indicted in alleged sexual assault, child abuse of 'God daughters'

  A Las Vegas pastor and his wife have been indicted on multiple charges of sexual assault, child abuse and other crimes they allegedly committed with multiple underage victims under their leadership 10 years ago.