Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 25, 2022

  Pastor Robert Morris offers money-back guarantee if congregants tithe for a year and nothing happens

  Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor David Dummitt has offered his congregants a money-back guarantee if they tithe 10% of their income for a year and nothing happens. He made the offer Sunday after guest preacher Pastor Robert Morris revealed he has been offering the same guarantee to his nearly 40,000-member Gateway Church in Texas, for 22 years without a claim.

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  Feb 24, 2022

  Alabama gov. demands answers after high school basketball team forced to forfeit game on sabbath

  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has demanded answers from the Alabama High School Athletic Association after the boys' basketball team of Oakwood Adventist Academy was forced to forfeit a semifinal game in the state tournament that impinged on their observance of sabbath.

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  Feb 24, 2022

  Black Americans more certain than any other racial group that they’re going to Heaven: study

  An increasing number of Christians say faith in God is not required to go to Heaven, and Christianity is not the only way to get there. Now, a new study has revealed that a majority of Americans need to be certain they’ll make it to Heaven, and African Americans are more certain than any other racial group that they “will be with God in Heaven” in the afterlife.

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  Feb 23, 2022

  SBC leaders apologize for mishandling Jennifer Lyell's sex abuse case

  After initially refusing to apologize, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee expressed regret for its response to the sexual abuse of Jennifer Lyell, which the SBC’s once highest-paid female executive suffered at the hands of a former Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor.

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  Feb 22, 2022

  Hundreds of Catholic baptisms may be invalidated in Michigan over incorrect 'formula'

  Nearly two years before thousands of Catholics, learned earlier this month that their baptisms were invalidated because their priest in Phoenix Arizona used an incorrect baptism formula, hundreds of Catholics baptized at the St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church in Michigan learned their baptisms were invalidated because of another errant priest too.

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  Feb 22, 2022

  SBC must deal with 'stains' of racism, sex abuse to regain ‘moral credibility,' Ed Litton says

  Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton called racism and sexual abuse the “most outstanding” stains on the denomination on Monday, adding that the convention must take steps to cleanse itself.

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  Feb 22, 2022

  Credibility of pastors waning as influence of Christianity loses cultural dominance: study

  Fewer than half of American adults see pastors as “very reliable,” when it comes to handling spiritual matters, and the share of pastors who believes the general public sees them that way is even lower. And findings from newly published data from Barna Research also raise questions about the general trustworthiness of pastors and their general credibility.

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  Feb 21, 2022

  Tennessee church seeks justice after elderly member is robbed during prayer

  When Pastor Larry D. Robertson got up to address his congregants at a Wednesday evening prayer and Bible study meeting nearly two weeks ago, he was mad.

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  Feb 18, 2022

  Marriage offers significant benefits for men and women but eludes many, study finds

  In Genesis 2:18, “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone,'” and gave him Eve as a suitable helper. And God perhaps wedded Adam and Eve because of all the benefits a new study suggests that married men experience over men who are single.

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  Feb 18, 2022

  Americans increasingly ditching religious marriages for secular, interfaith relationships: study

  Fifty years ago, religious marriage ceremonies were the norm. Most people got married to someone who shared their faith, and just a small fraction of husbands and wives were in relationships where no one practiced a religion. That trend is now on the decline, a new study says.