Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 14, 2021

  Trump joins missionary Sean Feucht in call for 21 days of prayer

  Declaring that “turning to God” is “the ultimate answer to evil” former President Donald Trump joined missionary and political activist Sean Feucht in calling the nation to a period of 21 days of prayer on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 during a prayer event at the National Mall on Saturday.

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  Sep 14, 2021

  David Yonggi Cho, founder of world’s largest church, dies at 85

  Christians mourned publicly across continents Tuesday as news spread of the passing of David Yonggi Cho, the co-founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church, the world’s largest congregation headquartered in Seoul, Korea, which encompasses a network of churches that once claimed more than 800,000 members. He was 85.

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  Sep 14, 2021

  Kodak Black, rapper pardoned by Trump, accepts ‘Jesus as my Lord and Savior’

  Rapper Bill Kahan Kapri, popularly known by his stage name "Kodak Black" who was one of 73 people granted pardons by former President Donald Trump before he left office, personally announced his acceptance of “Jesus as my Lord and Savior” Sunday.

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  Sep 11, 2021

  Congregants accuse elders of forcing out pastor who they say wanted to stay in pulpit ‘until his last breath’

  Congregants at Calvary Chapel Melbourne in Florida are now upset and asking questions after elders at the multi-campus megachurch announced on the weekend that Mark Balmer, their founder and senior pastor for some three decades, would no longer be leading the church. Several church members expressed the belief that they were certain Balmer would have preferred to “stand in the pulpit until his last breath.”

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  Sep 11, 2021

  In trauma of pandemic, 9/11 survivor sees a familiar spirit

  When millions of Americans pause on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead  in 2001, Leslie Haskin, 57, won’t need to watch television broadcasts to remember.

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  Sep 10, 2021

  Most adult US Christians don't believe Holy Spirit is real: study

  Of an estimated 176 million American adults who identify as Christian, just 6% or 15 million of them actually hold a biblical worldview, a new study from Arizona Christian University shows.

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  Sep 9, 2021

  After criticism, Jesse Duplantis says ministry donated $100K in generators to Ida victims

  Louisiana televangelist Jesse Duplantis hit back at critics who charged that he and his ministry weren’t doing enough to help his storm-ravaged community of St. Charles Parish, where Hurricane Ida left most residents without power.

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  Sep 9, 2021

  Christian college continues fight to keep single-sex dorms, showers protected from Biden's LGBT policy

  The College of the Ozarks, a private Christian college in Point Lookout, Missouri, which filed a lawsuit earlier this year challenging government policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as a violation of their First Amendment rights, is continuing its fight after the case was dismissed in June.

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  Sep 8, 2021

  Christian CEO of video game developer steps down amid backlash to support for Texas abortion law

  Two days after publicly announcing his support for Texas’ heartbeat bill banning most abortions in the state after six weeks gestation, John Gibson, the Christian president and co-founder of video game development and publishing company Tripwire Interactive, has stepped down amid fierce public backlash over his position.

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  Sep 8, 2021

  With less economic security, more women with college degrees having babies out of wedlock: study

  Facing diminishing returns from their education and overall economic insecurity, women with college degrees are now six times more likely to give birth to their first child out of wedlock than their counterparts just 25 years ago, a new study from Johns Hopkins University shows.