Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 5, 2023

  Pope Francis launches effort to honor modern-day Christian martyrs from all denominations

  Pope Francis has commissioned a new working group in the Vatican's department of saint-making, known as the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, to identify Christians from all denominations worldwide who have been killed for their faith since 2000.

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  Jul 4, 2023

  Houston megachurch exorcises ‘demonic’ statue found on property with burning

  Members of a Houston megachurch exorcised the "demonic" influence of a miniature Grim Reaper found hidden on their property Sunday evening, destroying it in a blazing fire and prayers just a week after thieves were captured on video stealing a safe containing money and important documents from their church building.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  TD Jakes appoints daughter, son-in-law as assistant pastors of The Potter’s House

  In a move that perhaps many would not have predicted years ago due to the dramatic twists and turns she has had in her life, including getting pregnant at age 13, televangelist T.D. Jakes installed his daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts, and her husband Touré Roberts, as the first ever assistant pastors of The Potter's House in the church’s 27- year history.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  Northview Church defends hiring pastor accused of leadership abuse

  Northview Church in Indiana is defending the hiring of CJ Johnson to serve as their senior pastor in 2021 despite former members of the now defunct Southland City Church in Minnesota, where he served in a similar role accusing him of leadership abuse in an environment that also lacked financial transparency.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  Bill Hybels’ mentee Pastor David Ashcraft named new CEO of Global Leadership Network

  David Ashcraft, pastor emeritus and teaching pastor at the multi-campus LCBC Church in Pennsylvania, has been named president and CEO of the Global Leadership Network, formerly known as the Willow Creek Association, founded by his friend and disgraced pastor Bill Hybels.

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  Jul 2, 2023

  Religion has become enclave for highly educated, married, middle-class families: Ryan Burge

  America's churches have become enclaves for highly educated, married, middle-class families with children, and that's troubling for democracy, according to political scientist and lay preacher with the American Baptist Church Ryan Burge.

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  Jun 30, 2023

  Elevation Church withdraws affiliation with Southern Baptist Convention

  The more than 10,000-member Elevation Church in North Carolina, led by celebrity preacher Steven Furtick, has withdrawn its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention after more than 20 years of cooperation with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

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  Jun 28, 2023

  Prominent jail chaplain accused of punishing minor relative with repeated sexual assaults

  David DeBerge, a pastor who served as a chaplain with the Jail Chaplaincy of Kenosha County Inc., the American Legion Post 21, and works part-time at the Kenosha YMCA, is now facing up to life in prison for allegedly sexually assaulting a female relative beginning in the third grade as a form of punishment.

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  Jun 27, 2023

  Christian couple found murdered on 50th wedding anniversary

  A beloved couple who didn’t show up for their 50th wedding anniversary celebration at Our Lady Help of Christians Church as expected on Sunday were found brutally stabbed and beaten to death along with the wife’s mother inside their home in Newton, Massachusetts.

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  Jun 27, 2023

  Roam Ministry leader Jonathan Frazier fatally shot protecting patron at Orlando banquet hall

  Family and friends of Pastor Jonathan Frazier of Roam Ministry  in Orlando, Florida, are now in mourning after police say he became the second person to die in the aftermath of a shooting during an event held at a banquet hall operated by him and his wife on Saturday.