Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 4, 2018

  Edward Long reveals pain of being repeatedly rejected by New Birth’s leaders as father’s successor

  In the nearly two years since the death of Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, the late megachurch preacher’s eldest child, Edward Long,  has quietly dealt with the pain of being repeatedly overlooked as his father’s successor.

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  Dec 3, 2018

  Grandmother sent to all-male jail after she is misclassified as transgender

  A federal appeals court has reinstated the lawsuit of a grandmother against a doctor and nurse with the Miami-Dade County Corrections Department who misclassified her as transgender and insisted that jail officers book her as a man even though a strip search had already shown she is a woman.

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  Dec 3, 2018

  NewSpring leaders ‘gutted’ as lawsuit suggests volunteer molested 14 children in 90 Days

  NewSpring Church remained “gutted” Monday as a lawsuit suggested that a church volunteer who was recently arrested after he was caught on camera sexually assaulting a 3-year-old child at the South Carolina megachurch may have molested at least 13 other victims in the last 90 days.

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  Nov 30, 2018

  Pastor John Gray draws praise, caution after allowing congregants to take cash from offering

  Pastor John Gray's recent move to allow members of his church to take cash from the offering baskets has stirred discussion, with some applauding him for helping those in need and others expressing caution. 

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  Nov 30, 2018

  Starbucks Vows to block porn in 2019, YouPorn to boycott coffee giant

  More than two years after agreeing to block porn from its free Wi-Fi service, Starbucks has announced that starting in 2019 customers will no longer be able to access X-rated content at their U.S. locations.

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  Nov 30, 2018

  Did Eddie Long’s son apply for New Birth senior pastor job that went to Jamal Bryant?

  Officials at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia won't confirm whether Elder Edward Long, the eldest child of the late Bishop Eddie Long, was a candidate for the job left vacant by his father.

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  Nov 29, 2018

  Relentless Church Pastor John Gray knocks ‘pulpit pimps,’ lets members in need take from offering baskets

  In an emotional service Sunday, Pastor John Gray of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina, allowed members in need to take cash from the church’s offering baskets while knocking "pulpit pimps" who only ask churchgoers to “give, give, give.”

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  Nov 28, 2018

  Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tools to avoid offending users

  Months after introducing new AI technology in Gmail that makes automatic suggestions to complete sentences for users as they type, Alphabet Inc’s Google has tweaked it to avoid suggesting gender-based pronouns to avoid offending users.

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  Nov 28, 2018

  Christian House of Prayer Founder Nathaniel Holcomb Dies at 66

  Nathaniel Holcomb, founder and longtime pastor of the Christian House of Prayer, one of the largest churches in Central Texas, died Tuesday. He was 66.

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  Nov 27, 2018

  ‘Devil Next Door,’ new A&E series to take closer look at controversial Word of Faith Fellowship Church

  The A&E Network is set to begin airing a new, six-part original docu-series on Tuesday night called “The Devil Next Door” based on the decades old controversial evangelical sect, Word of Faith Fellowship Church in Spindale, North Carolina.