Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 29 2023

  Christian university fires renowned theologian for inappropriate behavior

  Crandall University,  a Baptist Christian liberal arts school located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, has fired renowned religion scholar John G. Stackhouse Jr., following a six-month investigation that found he engaged in inappropriate behavior with colleagues and students.

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  Nov 28 2023

  Pastor and wife hold on to faith as both are struck with deadly cancers

  After spending years trying to fight Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Cory Schibler, the worship pastor at Beacon Baptist Church in Bryan, Texas, is now facing a deadly mutation of the cancer as his wife, Crystal, now grapples with a grave cancer diagnosis of her own.

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  Nov 24 2023

  Baptist pastor, Christian college president apologizes for allowing male speaker with long hair

  Pastor John Wilkerson of First Baptist Church of Hammond in Indiana, who also serves as president of Hyles-Anderson College apologized to church members after he was criticized for allowing a man from a local creationist group to address the church and school while sporting hair they considered too long and quoting Scripture from the NIV translation of the Bible.

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  Nov 22 2023

  Investigative firm GRACE says IHOPKC never contacted them about Mike Bickle allegations

  The Virginia-based organization GRACE, founded by attorney Boz Tchividjian, has shot down claims made by leaders of the International House of Prayer Kansas City that they made multiple attempts to contact the organization about investigating sexual abuse allegations against their founder Mike Bickle.

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  Nov 22 2023

  Michael Voris, founder and president of Church Militant, resigns after breaking ‘morality clause’

  Michael Voris, president and founder of Saint Michael's Media, which operates as a news website in Michigan under the officially registered name of Church Militant, has resigned for breaching the organization’s “morality clause.”

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  Nov 21 2023

  E. Scott Martin, Chi Alpha’s national director, resigns in aftermath of abuse scandal

  The national of the Assemblies of God-affiliated campus ministry Chi Alpha has resigned months after the ministry was accused of enabling an itinerant minister and convicted sex offender to prey on scores of young males for more than two decades.

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  Nov 20 2023

  Former SBC President Steve Gaines announces cancer diagnosis

  Former Southern Baptist Convention President Steven Gaines, the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, told his congregation Sunday that he has been diagnosed with kidney cancer.

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  Nov 20 2023

  Carlton Pearson, former megachurch pastor who denounced Hell, dies at 70

  Former megachurch pastor Bishop Carlton Pearson, who was once one of the most sought-after preachers in America until he stopped believing in the traditional concept of Hell, died peacefully on Sunday night after a brief battle with cancer, his family has announced. He was 70.

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  Nov 20 2023

  Nearly 90% of parents believe their child is performing at grade level but reality is much worse

  Nearly 90% of parents, the majority of whom say their child gets Bs or higher grades in school, believe their children are also performing at or above grade level in reading and math. However, data from standardized tests suggests the reality is much worse than what they think.

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  Nov 18 2023

  International House of Prayer report says Mike Bickle abuse allegations lack evidence

  Amid claims by a founding member and two former leaders of International House of Prayer Kansas City that founder Mike Bickle engaged in clergy sexual abuse, citing allegations involving eight women, a report released by the Missouri-based ministry Wednesday states it wasn't presented with “any actual evidence.”