Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 20, 2023

  Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps dies after collapsing at memorial service

  Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps died Tuesday after collapsing during a memorial service on the campus of the public research university in Philadelphia, the university announced. She was 72.

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  Sep 20, 2023

  Pastor sues for $1.5M after he's defrocked for infidelity he confessed to colleague

  Anthony Stephens, a married former pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Croton-on-Hudson who is also a licensed mental health counselor and attorney, has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America after he was defrocked following what he argues is a protected confession of infidelity to a colleague minister.

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  Sep 19, 2023

  Divided church in Alaskan city with bitter winters nixes cold weather shelter for the homeless

  After opening their doors for two years to help a growing population of homeless people find emergency shelter during dangerously cold periods of the year, the small congregation of Resurrection Lutheran Church in Alaska’s capital, Juneau, voted not once but twice against using their property to help keep the homeless warm.

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  Sep 19, 2023

  Pastor charged with attempted murder of wife and kids lost triplets in 2008

  On the 15th anniversary of their wedding on Aug. 9, 2018, former Crossroads Christian Church Children’s Pastor Matthew Lee Richards thanked God for his wife, Stephanie, and the five children they share together.

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  Sep 18, 2023

  Children’s pastor charged with attempting to murder wife and 4 of his children

  A Kansas pastor who allegedly tried and failed to murder his wife and four of their five children and then attempted to burn their house to the ground with their bodies inside has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder.

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  Sep 16, 2023

  5 reasons Coco Gauff’s US Open win is a triumph for faith and family values

  When 19-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff delivered a comeback win over new world No. 1 women’s tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the 2023 U.S. Open women’s final on Sept. 9, she also delivered a big win for Christian faith and family values on the national stage.

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  Sep 15, 2023

  Excessive scrolling on TikTok, apps can lead to sleep problems but Americans are addicted: study

  Even though health experts have long warned that the practice can cause insomnia, nearly 40% of Americans admit to scrolling through apps like TikTok before bedtime, and more than half say they do it to help themselves wind down, a new survey shows.

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  Sep 15, 2023

  Criticism of slave memorial at Southern Seminary illustrates complexities surrounding issues of racial reconciliation

  A commemorative plaque placed in the lobby of the Broadus Chapel at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary that the school’s president, Al Mohler, says is meant to serve as a “prominent” acknowledgment of the contributions enslaved people made in building the Louisville, Kentucky, institution is being challenged as a disappointing celebration by two outspoken black Southern Baptist ministers.

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  Sep 14, 2023

  Missouri pastor who called autism a ‘demon’ resigns from school board after backlash

  A Missouri pastor who recently told his congregation that autism is a demon that can be cast out by Christians  and pointed to many examples of this recorded online, has resigned as a member of the board of the Stoutland School District after backlash over his comments.

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  Sep 14, 2023

  Christians protest plans to censure Spokane mayor for appearance at Sean Feucht prayer event

  Several Christian residents in Spokane, Washington, protested plans by the city council Monday to censure or formally rebuke Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward for attending a worship event hosted by conservative activist missionary Sean Feucht and receiving prayer from former state legislator-turned-pastor, Matt Shea last month.