Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 8, 2022

  People uncertain about their relationship with God more likely to suffer mental distress: study

  People who are uncertain about their relationship with God are more likely to experience mental distress than other believers, a new analysis from researchers at Union University and Westmont College suggests. Researchers W. Matthew Henderson and Blake Victor Kent conclude that “anxiety or a lack of certainty about one’s relationship with the divine represents a threat to psychological well-being.”

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  Jan 7, 2022

  2 North Carolina churches merge to survive costly toll of pandemic

  Two North Carolina congregations that have hemorrhaged members and donations during the pandemic will merge this Sunday in a bid to survive the toll of the coronavirus.

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  Jan 7, 2022

  Pregnant women who cause deaths of unborn babies shouldn't be charged with murder, Calif. AG declares

  California Attorney General Rob Bonta advised district attorneys, police chiefs and sheriffs across the state Thursday not to prosecute pregnant women whose actions lead to the miscarriage or stillbirth of a fetus.

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  Jan 6, 2022

  Community turns to prayer as 8 children, 2 mothers among 12 killed in Philadelphia house fire

  A Philadelphia neighborhood sought comfort in prayer and follow-up vigils Wednesday after eight children and two mothers died in a rowhouse fire as helpless neighbors were awakened by “blood-curdling” screams for help early in the morning.

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  Jan 5, 2022

  Ransom paid for all missionaries kidnapped in Haiti but gang was divided on release: family member

  A family member of several of the formerly kidnapped Christian Aid Ministries missionaries in Haiti said a ransom had already been paid for their release but the gang refused to set everyone free before the remaining 12 managed to escape.

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  Jan 5, 2022

  ‘Adored’ Michigan priest dies in crash day after 53rd birthday

  Barely a day after celebrating his 53rd birthday on Sunday, Fr. David Hudgins, judicial vicar of the Diocese of Lansing and pastor of the St. Joseph Shrine in Brooklyn, Michigan, was killed in a car crash Monday, devastating family, friends and parishioners who “absolutely adored him.”

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  Jan 5, 2022

  Sculpture Christians likened to ‘End Times beast’ no longer on display at UN

  Weeks after it was first displayed on the Visitors Plaza outside the United Nations headquarters in November, the controversial “Guardian for International Peace and Security” sculpture many Christians likened to a biblical “End Times beast” is now gone.

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  Jan 4, 2022

  Pastor raises over $160K for 5 children orphaned after dad dies in crash, mom in childbirth

  Thanks to a public appeal from their pastor, more than $160,000 in donations have already poured in to help five children in Des Moine, Iowa, who were made orphans after their Christian refugee father was killed in a car accident Friday, just four months after their mother died in childbirth.

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  Jan 3, 2022

  Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out after suspensions from Twitter and Facebook

  Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called Twitter “an enemy to America” after her personal account on the social media platform was permanently suspended on Sunday for allegedly violating the company’s COVID-19 misleading information policy. She revealed on Monday that she has also been suspended by Facebook for 24 hours for a similar violation.

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  Jan 3, 2022

  Potter’s House of Denver shutters megachurch, goes fully remote as donations decline in pandemic

  Ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and declining donations, the Potter’s House of Denver has decided to sell its $12.2 million, 137,000-square-foot megachurch in Arapahoe County, Colorado, and go completely virtual, Pastor Touré Roberts has revealed.