Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 4, 2023

  More than half the world could be obese or overweight in 12 years, costing trillions annually: report

  More than half the world’s population is on course to be overweight or obese by 2035, resulting in a $4.32 trillion reduction in the global economy annually unless governments take steps to improve treatment and prevention, a new report from the World Obesity Federation shows.

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  Mar 3, 2023

  School district rejects student-teachers from Arizona Christian University due to their biblical values

  Despite allowing student-teachers and practicums from Arizona Christian University for the last 11 years without incident, the five-member governing board of the Washington Elementary School District in Arizona has unanimously voted to stop the practice because of the threat the students’ biblical value system poses to LGBT students.

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  Mar 3, 2023

  Eastview Christian Church pastor resigns after son is fired from Central Christian Church for adultery

  Mike Baker, the longtime senior pastor of Eastview Christian Church in Illinois has resigned from the megachurch weeks after his son, Caleb Baker, was fired from his job as a pastor at Central Christian Church in after he was caught in an extramarital affair with another church staffer.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  Third generation pastor, convicted felon, allegedly sold church for $600K to support drug habit

  James Edward Smith II, “a third generation preacher,” convicted felon and leader of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested by authorities on multiple charges Wednesday connected to his alleged sale of the church for $600,000 to support his drug habit.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University revival: CDC

  An estimated 20,000 people who flocked to Asbury University in Kentucky last month to participate in a two-week-long prayer event could have been exposed to measles by an attendee later found to be infected with the highly contagious virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  Most church leaders see in-person only worship services as a thing of the past: study

  As many churches have now reopened their doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic only a minority of them view in-person worship services as the church model of the future. A majority see a hybrid model utilizing various online technologies as the new normal, according to a new study from Pushpay.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Teen, 21-year-old man indicted for murder of Memphis pastor

  A 15-year-old teen and a 21-year-old man were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday for the daylight murder of the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, who led Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Televangelist Joyce Meyer gets tattoo at 79, says she did it to ‘honor God’

  Televangelist Joyce Meyer announced that she got two tattoos for the first time at 79, to “honor God” and is convinced that the Bible supports her decision despite the belief among some Christians that tattoos are sinful.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Marvin Winans’ Perfecting Church sued by Detroit over stalled church project

  The future home of the famed pastor’s congregation located on a sprawling piece of prime real estate in Michigan remains incomplete after 18 years and the city has filed a lawsuit to get it done.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  NYC Mayor Eric Adams says it was a mistake to take prayer out of public schools

  Just over a year after creating his Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged faith leaders  to boldly exercise their faith in in the public square and argued that it was a mistake for the Supreme Court to ban prayer in public schools.