Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 23, 2022

  So. Baptist group nominates Voddie Baucham for president of SBC Pastor’s Conference

  Voddie Baucham, the dean of theology at African Christian University in Zambia, will be formally nominated as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor’s Conference at the denomination’s annual meeting in Anaheim, California, in June.

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  Mar 23, 2022

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston resigns after revelation of misconduct

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has formally resigned from his post as global senior pastor in the wake of recent revelations that two women made serious complaints of misconduct against him in the last 10 years, officials announced Wednesday.

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  Mar 23, 2022

  Most Christians see their spiritual lives as private, but outlook clashes with their role as disciples: study

  While Christians by definition are disciples of Jesus who accept and help with the spreading of the Gospel, a majority see their spiritual lives as private which is counterproductive to their mission in society, a new report from Barna Research shows.

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  Mar 22, 2022

  2 charged with hate crime after murdering young black youth pastor, father

  Two people were charged last Friday with the murder of Justin Peoples, a black 30-year-old Navy veteran, youth pastor and father of two, who was fatally shot and stabbed at a California gas station last Tuesday in what authorities have called an “unprovoked” hate crime.

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  Mar 22, 2022

  Celebration Church Pastor Tim Timberlake says he isn't going anywhere despite founder's lawsuit

  Tim Timberlake, the current lead pastor of the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, assured his congregation Sunday that the church is “OK” and he and his wife, Jen, “aren’t going anywhere” despite a lawsuit from founding pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, over who controls the church.

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  Mar 22, 2022

  Most US adults think country is moving in wrong direction morally, turning to family for guidance: study

  A majority of Americans, including Christians and non-Christians, are concerned that America’s moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction and they're turning to family for guidance, according to a survey released by Deseret News. 

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  Mar 21, 2022

  Hillsong Church not built on ‘any one person,’ leader says amid Brian Houston scandal

  Through tears, Hillsong Church’s Interim Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley reminded congregants on Sunday that their church is “built on Jesus, not just on any one person” in the wake of new allegations of misconduct against founding pastor Brian Houston.

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  Mar 18, 2022

  Working-class Christian boys with strong faith in God do better in school than less religious peers: study

  Teenage Christian boys from working class families who regularly participate in their church and demonstrate strong faith in God are twice as likely to earn bachelor’s degrees as their moderately religious or nonreligious peers new research shows.

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  Mar 18, 2022

  Hillsong founder Brian Houston was drunk inside a woman’s hotel room for 40 minutes, church reveals

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston violated the church's code of conduct by entering the hotel room of an unidentified woman for 40 minutes while under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs during the church’s annual conference in 2019, officials revealed Friday.

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  Mar 18, 2022

  Stovall Weems files lawsuit against Celebration Church amid dueling claims of financial fraud

  Founders of the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, Stovall Weems and his wife Kerri, have filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction that would force the megachurch to recognize Weems as their chief executive officer and settle dueling claims of financial fraud involving hundreds of thousands of dollars.