Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 20, 2022

  Colts’ Khari Willis walks away from millions in NFL to advance ‘Gospel of Jesus Christ’

  Indianapolis Colts starting safety Khari Willis announced that he is walking away from the NFL and millions of dollars in earnings to devote the rest of his life "to the further advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

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  Jun 16, 2022

  Megachurch Pastor AR Bernard’s dream to combat Brooklyn gentrification inches close to reality

  The Rev. A. R. Bernard, pastor of New York City’s largest evangelical church, the Christian Cultural Center, inched closer to creating an urban village of hundreds of affordable housing units as a formal review of the development has now started after years of planning.

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  Jun 16, 2022

  Children in faith-based child welfare programs safer than those in secular ones, Baylor study suggests

  Children in the care of faith-based child welfare programs could be safer from sexual abuse and other ills than those in secular ones a new Baylor University study suggests.

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  Jun 15, 2022

  Born-again Congresswoman Lauren Boebert tells wives to chase after God and husbands will follow

  Born-again Christian Congresswoman Lauren Boebert who said she prayed to God for years before her husband Jayson Boebert, joined her in the church told a group of Christian women in a recent sermon that if they chase after God their husbands will chase after them too.

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  Jun 14, 2022

  In outgoing sermon, Ed Litton challenges Southern Baptists to show compassion

  Ed Litton, the outgoing president of the Southern Baptist Convention, challenged members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination Tuesday to show compassion to the diverse communities in which they live to better minister to people who need them the most.

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  Jun 14, 2022

  Megachurch reveals Bruxy Cavey wasn’t only pastor involved in sexual misconduct, cites 38 cases

  The Meeting House, one of Canada's largest megachurches, has revealed that its former teaching pastor, Bruxy Cavey, who was recently arrested and charged with sexual assault of a former parishioner, was not the only pastor to engage in sexual misconduct.

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  Jun 14, 2022

  Voddie Baucham loses bid to become president of SBC Pastor’s Conference by 82 votes

  Voddie Baucham, a fierce opponent of critical race theory and a beloved preacher, particularly among the more conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, lost his bid to become the next president of the Pastor’s Conference to a relatively unknown, first-time North Carolina pastor after a tightly contested voting session during the denomination’s annual meeting Monday.

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  Jun 13, 2022

  Rick Warren’s Saddleback successor triggers ‘shock’ and ‘fear’ amid questions over leadership

  The selection of Andy Wood and his wife Stacie to succeed Rick and Kay Warren as leaders of the California-based Saddleback Church has triggered "shock" and "fear" in some who have worked with Wood over concerns over what they characterize as leadership abuse.

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  Jun 13, 2022

  Pastor thanks God for ‘blessing’ after suspect in son's murder is arrested

  Darrell Boyce, a Texas pastor and anti-violence activist, openly praised God for "such a blessing" Friday after law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a suspect in the March 31 murder of his 19-year-old son in a parking lot.

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  Jun 10, 2022

  Black church calls police after ‘suspicious’ white man visits during service

  On high alert after multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, officials at Fellowship Bible Baptist Church, a predominantly black congregation in Warner Robins, Georgia, called police after a “suspicious” white man visited during a service last week.