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  Mar 17, 2023

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead allegedly faked bank records to finance NJ mansion

  Just over two months after he was charged with fraud, extortion and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries has been accused of faking bank records in order to buy his mansion in Paramus, New Jersey.

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  Mar 17, 2023

  Calling himself a ‘miracle of God,’ Mayor Eric Adams wants New York City to be a place of faith

  Boldly declaring himself an unapologetic “man of God” and lamenting that Americans have lost their faith, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a call to local faith leaders to work with him to make the city a place of faith and healing and help “introduce faith back into our families.”

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  Mar 17, 2023

  Hillsong Church lost $2.6M on defunct Dallas, Atlanta campuses: report

  Hillsong Church invested $2.6 million in two campuses it was forced to abandon in Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, in 2021 and 2022, data from a whistleblower's report on the global network reviewed by The Christian Post shows.

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  Mar 16, 2023

  Hillsong Church announces changes in financial stewardship following whistleblower’s report

  Hillsong Church announced a raft of changes in how it manages its finances on Sunday, following a whistleblower’s report alleging that the church’s founder Brian Houston and other leaders, including the newly appointed Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley, engaged in money laundering, tax evasion and shopping sprees that would "embarrass a Kardashian."

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  Mar 16, 2023

  Hillsong Church operated lucrative honorarium scheme for celebrity preachers: report

  Hillsong Church operated an honorarium scheme that could net upwards of $1 million in additional and sometimes tax-free income annually for celebrity preachers worldwide, including founders Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, and famous author and evangelist Christine Caine, a new whistleblowers report alleges.

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  Mar 14, 2023

  Hillsong Church charged Compassion International $1M annually for promotion: report

  Hillsong Church has been charging child sponsorship and Christian humanitarian aid organization Compassion International $1 million annually to do God's work in helping young children through a partnership a new whistleblower's report has called “disgusting.”

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  Mar 11, 2023

  Most Americans view ‘wokeness’ as a positive term even though many conservatives don’t: study

  While many prominent conservatives have dismissed the term "wokeness" as a threat to the Gospel, a new USA Today/Ipsos poll shows that most Americans view it as simply an awareness of social injustices instead of a term demanding that people be "overly politically correct" or a policing of language.

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  Mar 10, 2023

  Pastor of First Baptist Fort Lauderdale abruptly quits ‘to pursue other interests’

  Four years into his reign at the historic First Baptist Fort Lauderdale church in Florida, which was marred by public disputes over his leadership style and financial management, Lead Pastor James Welch abruptly quit this week “to pursue other interests.”

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  Mar 10, 2023

  Arizona Christian University sues school district for banning student teachers over religious beliefs

  Arizona Christian University filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Elementary School District in Arizona alleging religious discrimination after the district's five-member governing board, which includes three members of the LGBT community, voted to ban its student teachers from public school classrooms for practicing biblical Christianity.

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  Mar 10, 2023

  6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia classroom won’t face charges but adults may

  A troubled 6-year-old boy who shot a teacher in the chest as she taught his class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, in January will not face criminal charges, Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn has revealed.