Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 25, 2020

  What global churches did when their governments said they couldn’t have large gatherings

  The evidence is anecdotal, but the lesson from the reaction of some of the world’s poorest Christians to hunger and government restrictions on large gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic is a powerful one for their American counterparts, says Janice Rosser Allen, CEO and president of the global church planting ministry ICM.

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  Dec 24, 2020

  Alleged former lover of Pastor Jamal Bryant speaks out after he's accused of ‘egregious sexual conduct’

  A woman who alleges she had a years-long intermittent sexual relationship with Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, is suggesting that he be removed from the pulpit because he is not fit to be a spiritual leader.

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  Dec 23, 2020

  Adam Greenway calls criticisms of seminary council’s statement on CRT emotional misunderstandings

  Adam W. Greenway, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and one of six members of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Council of Seminary Presidents has defended the group’s controversial statement on critical race theory and intersectionality dismissing much of the criticism around it as emotional misunderstandings.

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  Dec 22, 2020

  TD Jakes, black Christians mourn passing of iconic woman preacher Iona Locke

  “If you black and in church you know her,” popular online media personality and former pastor, Larry Reid, declared to his audience as he processed the passing of iconic woman preacher and gospel singer Bishop Iona Locke on Friday. She was 72.

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  Dec 22, 2020

  Hillsong says church took action after claims of ‘inappropriate’ sex between NYC staff and volunteers

  The U.S. branch of the charismatic Hillsong Church, headquartered in Australia, said officials investigated and took action on a 2018 letter of complaint alleging inappropriate sexual relations between staff and volunteers at the Hillsong NYC location but not all the allegations made in the letter were accurate.

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  Dec 21, 2020

  Fred Luter, JD Greear speak out as prominent black pastors flee SBC over CRT dispute

  Fred Luter, the Southern Baptist Convention’s first and only black president, along with current leader J.D. Greear have joined a growing chorus of dissent over a statement from the denomination’s Council of Seminary Presidents denouncing racism and critical race theory.

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  Dec 18, 2020

  Black Texas megachurch pastor cuts ties with SBC over seminary presidents’ statement on CRT

  The Rev. Ralph West, founder and senior pastor of The Church Without Walls in Houston, Texas, says he is cutting ties with the Southern Baptist Convention over a recent statement from the denomination’s Council of Seminary Presidents denouncing critical race theory and intersectionality as incompatible with their beliefs.

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  Dec 18, 2020

  Fake ASLAN Int'l Ministry received $8.4M in PPP funds, federal authorities say

  A family-run religious ministry in Florida that claimed to have 486 employees and received $8.4 million through the federal government’s multibillion dollar coronavirus relief program for small businesses, has been found to be a fake operation, authorities say.

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  Dec 17, 2020

  SBC wants to scrap resolution on critical race theory, Pastor Dwight McKissic says

  Prominent Southern Baptist Convention Pastor Dwight McKissic Sr. has retracted his support of a controversial statement from SBC seminary heads that denounced racism and critical race theory. He believes the denomination could use it to rescind a CRT resolution it had approved earlier.

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  Dec 16, 2020

  Paula White joins Ivanka Trump to distribute hundreds of food boxes at Virginia church

  President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser, Paula White, joined his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, at a Virginia church Monday to hand out hundreds for boxes of food to families in need under the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program.