Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 6, 2023

  Mother of 7 shot dead in murder-suicide at Georgia Chick-fil-A, child asks father for Jesus’ number

  A beloved mother of seven shot dead in her car at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru by her jealous ex-boyfriend, who also fatally shot himself Wednesday, was remembered as “everybody's friend” as her adopted granddaughter asked for Jesus’ number to give her a call in Heaven.

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  Apr 6, 2023

  Hillsong Church paid TD Jakes $150K to speak for a day, Joyce Meyer comes close

  T.D. Jakes received the highest one-day honorarium – nearly $150,000 –  when compared to a long list of celebrity preachers, including Joyce Meyer and Joel Osteen, for preaching at the Hillsong Conference in Sydney over an eight year period according to a trove of financial documents from Hillsong Church first made public on March 9 by Andrew Wilkie, an independent member of the Australian Parliament.

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  Apr 6, 2023

  Court docs suggest Brian Houston was in ‘blackout drunk' stage during DUI arrest

  Court documents from Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston's February 2022 DUI arrest allege that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.20%  or more, which addiction experts classify as the "blackout drunk" stage.

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  Apr 4, 2023

  Missionary, pastor killed in wrong way crash on way to preach

  A beloved missionary and pastor who was driving to preach at a local church in Michigan on Sunday has died after a wrong-way crash that state police say might have been triggered by a drunk driver.

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  Apr 4, 2023

  Brian Houston says wife Bobbie never owned Cartier watch in past 25 years, responds to whistleblower

  Responding to claims that Hillsong Church splurged thousands of dollars on a luxury Cartier watch for his wife, Bobbie, during his reign as global senior pastor, Brian Houston says she has never "bought, owned, or worn a Cartier watch in the past 25 years."

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  Apr 4, 2023

  Accomplished psychiatrist says demons, demonic possession are real

  In a book he says is aimed at the well-educated with an interest in the subject, accomplished psychiatrist and professor, Dr. Richard Gallagher, delivers compelling findings from his decadeslong career to make a compelling case that demons and demonic possession are real phenomena.

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  Mar 30, 2023

  Carl Lentz and wife Laura to spill ‘Secrets of Hillsong’ in new FX docuseries

  Months after vowing to tell their story in the aftermath of a sex and leadership scandal that led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC more than two years ago, Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, are set to give their first public interview in a new docuseries set to premiere on FX in May called “The Secrets of Hillsong.”

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  Mar 29, 2023

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston fighting DUI charge in California

  Less than a month before he resigned as global senior pastor in March 2022 in the wake of revelations that two women had made complaints of misconduct against him in the last 10 years, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in Newport Beach, California.

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  Mar 28, 2023

  Carl Lentz, former Hillsong NYC pastor, joins Transformation Church as ‘strategist’

  More than two years after a sex and leadership scandal led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC, Carl Lentz is now back in ministry as a “strategist” at Transformation Church led by Pastor Michael Todd in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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  Mar 28, 2023

  Here's what's known about the Covenant School trans-identified killer and her 6 victims

  Members of the Nashville, Tennessee, community were still reeling in grief Tuesday as details began emerging about the six victims and the troubled trans-identified shooter killed in a bloody and tragic attack at The Covenant School on Monday.