Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 9, 2020

  Detroit mom dies from COVID-19 shortly after giving birth despite family’s prayers

  The family of a 33-year-old woman, who died from COVID-19 shortly after giving birth, are now grieving their loss and urging the public to treat the threat of the virus as a “real thing.”

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  Dec 9, 2020

  Ex-Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz to seek treatment for 'depression, anxiety’ after firing

  Former lead pastor Carl Lentz of New York City's Hillsong Church, who was fired last month over “leadership issues” and moral failures, including being unfaithful to his wife, is reportedly now getting treatment for “depression, anxiety, and pastoral burnout."

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  Dec 8, 2020

  Veteran exorcist says Christians can be victims of occult, like evil eye

  Dominican Father François-Marie Dermine, a veteran exorcist, warned that even though praying Christians can be harder to attack, they, too, can become victims of occult practices such as the evil eye.

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  Dec 8, 2020

  Gospel star Le'Andria Johnson says she is ‘now divorced’ again

  Controversial gospel star Le'Andria Johnson has announced she is “divorced” again.

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  Dec 7, 2020

  Pastor who coughed and urged congregants to get COVID-19 says he’s getting threats

  A Michigan pastor who went viral for coughing and telling congregants to get COVID-19 and "get it over with," says he and his family are now being threatened.

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  Dec 6, 2020

  Vanderbloemen predicts high church staff turnover, demand for priestly pastors in 2021

  The demand for more priestly pastors and high staff turnover in churches and ministries is likely to come in 2021 as the world emerges from the coronavirus pandemic predicts Vanderbloemen Search Group CEO and founder William Vanderbloemen.

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  Dec 5, 2020

  Minnesota pastor molested teenage girl after having ‘perverted thought’: criminal complaint

  Pastor Robert McKenzie, leader of Word of Faith Ministries, which he co-founded in Minnesota with his wife, has been charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl.

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  Dec 4, 2020

  Evangelical NIH director Francis Collins says 'most churches' should be remote until public is vaccinated

  Christian geneticist and U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said most churches should postpone in-person services due to COVID-19 until at least summer 2021, when every American is expected to have had the opportunity to get vaccinated.

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  Dec 4, 2020

  With more spiritual reflection and less gifts, most Americans say COVID-19 will change Christmas

  More spiritual reflection, fewer gifts and less in-person church attendance are among several ways in which a majority of Americans say the new coronavirus has changed the way they will celebrate Christmas in 2020, a new study shows.

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  Dec 3, 2020

  Michael Todd’s Transformation Church buys shopping center for $20.5M

  Less than two years after purchasing a building that formerly housed the SpiritBank Event Center in the city of Bixby in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for $10 million to become the new home of his thriving congregation, Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church has bought the entire retail center around it for $20.5 million.