Leonardo Blair

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  May 12, 2026

  Mississippi church seeks help rebuilding after devastation by tornado

  The congregation at Coaltown Baptist Church in Purvis, Mississippi, is seeking to raise $50,000 to help repair their church building after a tornado ripped the roof off their sanctuary, destroyed their fellowship hall, and Sunday School rooms last Wednesday night.

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  May 11, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke: ‘I don't know that there is a grief deeper than losing a child’

  Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church told his congregation Sunday that he plans to hold public and private memorials for his 20-year-old son, Evan, who died from a drug overdose, declaring through tears that there is no grief “deeper than losing a child.”

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  May 10, 2026

  Growing share of pastors don’t find job deeply fulfilling: Barna

  While pastors have registered improvements in their mental health and feel more equipped for ministry than they were a decade ago, a growing share are reporting less satisfaction with their jobs, according to new research from Barna.

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  May 8, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke’s 20-year-old son, Evan, suffers fatal overdose

  Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, announced Friday that his 20-year-old son, Evan Roberts Locke, has died.

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  May 8, 2026

  Minister who had ties to Assemblies of God’s Chi Alpha gets 30 years for abusing boys

  Daniel Savala, a 70-year-old itinerant minister and a convicted sex offender who once had ties to the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God, was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two boys on Thursday.

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  May 8, 2026

  Mississippi church members sang ‘Amazing Grace’ as tornado hit and everyone escaped unhurt

  Members of Coaltown Baptist Church in Purvis, Mississippi, are thanking God after one of at least 14 tornadoes that swept across the state Wednesday, leaving 17 people injured, ripped the roof off their fellowship hall as they sang “Amazing Grace" and no one was hurt. 

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  May 7, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke recants pedophile claims against prominent televangelists

  More than four years after claiming that he had proof that two of America's most well-known televangelists were pedophiles, Pastor Greg Locke is recanting his statements, claiming he never had any evidence in hand and was being "used as an amplifier."

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  May 7, 2026

  Pastors allegedly misused over $2M from church, dance school: 'personal piggy banks'

  Larry and Sharon Cook, co-founders of the Real Believers Faith Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are facing multiple charges from the Minnesota attorney general for allegedly misusing more than $2 million from their church and another nonprofit.

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  May 6, 2026

  Prayer warriors, faithful Americans, get ready for the National Day of Prayer

  Prayer warriors and other faith-driven Americans are expected to gather at hundreds of sites and online platforms across the country Thursday as the nation marks the 75th annual National Day of Prayer under the theme, “Glorify God Among the Nations — Seeking Him in All Generations.”

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  May 5, 2026

  Rev. George Wright suggests disagreement sparked exit from Shades Mountain Baptist Church

  Former Shades Mountain Baptist Church pastor, the Rev. George Wright, hinted during one of his final sermons for the Alabama megachurch on Sunday that his abrupt decision to part ways with the congregation stemmed from a leadership dispute akin to the one the Apostle Paul and Barnabas had in Acts 15 in the Bible.