Leonardo Blair

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  May 9, 2023

  Man delivers 2 ‘pipe bomb type devices’ to church after leaders ask him to stop attending

  Four months after leaders of MarketPlace Church in Hickory, North Carolina, asked him to stop attending their services because he was scaring other churchgoers with his erratic behavior, Joshua Wayne Hawley was arrested by police on Sunday after he delivered two “pipe bomb type devices” to the church meant for the pastor and treasurer.

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  Apr 28, 2023

  Majority of pastors love to preach but few like counseling and discipling believers more: study

  A majority of Protestant senior pastors overwhelmingly rank preaching and teaching from the pulpit as the favorite part of their job, but they are less likely to enjoy other critical responsibilities of the role as much, like discipling, counseling and evangelizing, data from the Barna Group suggests.

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  Apr 27, 2023

  School board: Teacher shot by 1st grader in class suffered ‘workplace injury,’ wants $40M claim tossed

  The Newport News School Board in Virginia, has claimed in a recent court filing that Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old boy as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School suffered a “workplace injury” and should file a worker’s compensation claim for her injuries instead of a pending $40 million lawsuit.

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  Apr 27, 2023

  Former megachurch youth pastor Christopher Burns now on FBI’s most wanted list

  Christopher Burns, a former youth pastor at Perimeter Church in Georgia turned financial advisor, is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for allegedly defrauding dozens of investors of millions of dollars which he splurged on a lavish lifestyle and an obsession with Disney World.

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  Apr 26, 2023

  Pastor fatally shot trying to be good Samaritan; suspect who escaped from jail on the run

  The Simpson County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi is urging residents in the Braxton, Harrisville and Old Pearl areas to "keep their house and vehicle doors locked" after a local pastor was fatally shot and carjacked while trying to be a good Samaritan as his suspected killer remains on the run.

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  Apr 26, 2023

  Missionary Sean Feucht insists that Christians should rule nation and write laws

  While Christian leaders such as Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber have warned against the idea of Christian nationalism, activist missionary Sean Feucht has doubled-down on his support for the movement and insists that Christians should be ruling the nation and writing laws.

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  Apr 25, 2023

  Al Sharpton ‘appalled’ after former officer Kim Potter is release after 16 months for death of Daunte Wright

  Civil rights activist, founder and President of the National Action Network, the Rev. Al Sharpton, called the release of former police officer Kim Potter, who had been sentenced to 16 months in prison after she was found guilty of the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, “an insult to all Americans who believe in justice."

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  Apr 25, 2023

  After a lifetime of working, 91-year-old cashier gets to retire after raising more than $72K on GoFundMe

  A 91-year-old great-grandmother and cashier at WinCo Foods in Medford, Oregon, will finally get to retire from a lifetime of working next month when she turns 92, thanks to the generosity of thousands of strangers who donated more than $72,000 to her GoFundMe campaign as of Tuesday.

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  Apr 24, 2023

  Oklahoma pastor gets death threats for blackface impression of Ray Charles, dressing like Pocahontas

  An Oklahoma pastor had to preach with security guards at his church Sunday because he received multiple death threats after photographs of him wearing blackface mimicking legendary singer Ray Charles and Native American figure Pocahontas went viral online.

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  Apr 23, 2023

  Less than half of born-again Christians believe Jesus lived sinless life on Earth: study

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, fewer born-again Christians now say that Jesus lived a sinless life during his time on earth and church attendance in general has dropped by some 15 million people weekly, a new study from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.