Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 1, 2026

  In 'redemptive story,' SLO City Church moves into former Arise Vineyard building

  In what Lead Pastor Brent Bramer describes as a “redemptive story,” SLO City Church is expected to host its grand opening at the former Arise Vineyard Church campus at 1775 Calle Joaquin in San Luis Obispo, California, on Sept. 13, just months after it was shuttered following the resignation of two pastors.

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  Sep 1, 2026

  InterVarsity sues after SUNY Broome opposes club’s Christian leadership requirement

  InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a major evangelical, interdenominational campus ministry operating on hundreds of college and university campuses across America, has filed a lawsuit against SUNY Broome Community College for insisting that the group allow non-Christian leaders to be recognized as an official club on campus.

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  Aug 27, 2026

  Churches accuse ICE of using undercover agents to spy on congregation

  A group of churches that secured a court order earlier this year blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from conducting warrantless surveillance on their properties has filed a motion in federal court seeking to force the immigration enforcement agency to explain why it should not be held in contempt for multiple alleged violations of that order.

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  Aug 26, 2026

  Donnie McClurkin rebukes Jamal Bryant for equating ‘abracadabra’ with Romans 4:17

  Donnie McClurkin, a Grammy-winning gospel star and pastor, recently rebuked Pastor Jamal Bryant for equating the magic word “abracadabra” with Romans 4:17. 

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  Aug 25, 2026

  Gang kills 47 in church attack, torches animals in Haiti

  At least 47 people were killed and 22 others injured when gang members attacked a church sheltering displaced people just outside Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the United Nations.

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  Aug 25, 2026

  Most religious youth say media's portrayal of faith, spirituality is inaccurate: study

  While a majority of religious youth admit to consuming religious content online and using it to explore their faith, most still list local faith leaders and their parents as the sources they trust most to handle questions about spirituality, according to a new study published by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA

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  Aug 24, 2026

  1 fatally shot at historic church camp meeting in NC

  One person was fatally shot at the historic annual 10-day Tucker’s Grove Camp Meeting in North Carolina early Sunday morning as one of the oldest continuously operating African American religious camp meetings in the South prepared to close with large-scale worship services and family feasts.

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  Aug 24, 2026

  Freed missionary pilot Kevin Rideout thanks praying Christians as he meets Trump at White House

  Freed missionary pilot Kevin Rideout and his wife Krista thanked praying Christians and President Donald Trump as they met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday after spending 10 months in captivity by abductors in Niger.

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  Aug 21, 2026

  Cindy Clemishire’s defamation case against Gateway Church dismissed

  The Dallas-based Fifth Court of Appeals has dismissed child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire’s defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, after finding that proceeding with the case would violate the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, which prohibits civil courts from getting involved with matters of doctrine or church governance.

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  Aug 20, 2026

  Student dies during missions training program at Spurgeon College

  Benjamin Speidel, an incoming student at Spurgeon College, the undergraduate school at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, died Saturday while hiking during an intensive missions training program. He was 20.