Leonardo Blair

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  May 8, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke’s 20-year-old son, Evan, suffers fatal overdose

  Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, announced Friday that his 20-year-old son, Evan Roberts Locke, has died.

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  May 8, 2026

  Minister who had ties to Assemblies of God’s Chi Alpha gets 30 years for abusing boys

  Daniel Savala, a 70-year-old itinerant minister and a convicted sex offender who once had ties to the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God, was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two boys on Thursday.

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  May 8, 2026

  Mississippi church members sang ‘Amazing Grace’ as tornado hit and everyone escaped unhurt

  Members of Coaltown Baptist Church in Purvis, Mississippi, are thanking God after one of at least 14 tornadoes that swept across the state Wednesday, leaving 17 people injured, ripped the roof off their fellowship hall as they sang “Amazing Grace" and no one was hurt. 

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  May 7, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke recants pedophile claims against prominent televangelists

  More than four years after claiming that he had proof that two of America's most well-known televangelists were pedophiles, Pastor Greg Locke is recanting his statements, claiming he never had any evidence in hand and was being "used as an amplifier."

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  May 7, 2026

  Pastors allegedly misused over $2M from church, dance school: 'personal piggy banks'

  Larry and Sharon Cook, co-founders of the Real Believers Faith Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are facing multiple charges from the Minnesota attorney general for allegedly misusing more than $2 million from their church and another nonprofit.

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  May 6, 2026

  Prayer warriors, faithful Americans, get ready for the National Day of Prayer

  Prayer warriors and other faith-driven Americans are expected to gather at hundreds of sites and online platforms across the country Thursday as the nation marks the 75th annual National Day of Prayer under the theme, “Glorify God Among the Nations — Seeking Him in All Generations.”

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  May 5, 2026

  Rev. George Wright suggests disagreement sparked exit from Shades Mountain Baptist Church

  Former Shades Mountain Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. George Wright, hinted during one of his final sermons for the Alabama megachurch on Sunday that his abrupt decision to part ways with the congregation stemmed from a leadership dispute akin to the one the Apostle Paul and Barnabas had in Acts 15 in the Bible.

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  May 5, 2026

  New York Archdiocese proposes $800M settlement for child sex abuse survivors

  Following months of negotiations, the Archdiocese of New York has offered $800 million to settle legal claims from 1,300 people who allege they were sexually abused as minors by priests and other lay staff.

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  May 4, 2026

  'Prophet' Brian Carn gets 9 months in prison for tax evasion, court filing shows child support payments

  Brian Carn Jr., the founder and pastor of Kingdom City Church, was sentenced last Thursday to nine months in federal prison after pleading guilty to obstructing the IRS’ efforts to collect more than $600,000 in unpaid taxes.

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  May 4, 2026

  More Gen Z adults say life can be fulfilling without marriage, children: study

  Compared with previous generations, more of America’s youngest adults, popularly known as Generation Z, believe that you can have a fulfilling life without children and that marriage is not necessary to provide children with a stable home, new data shows.