Leonardo Blair

Latest

• 
  Jun 12, 2020

  Donnie McClurkin calls last 2.5 months ‘harrowing’ after surviving coronavirus, burying loved ones

  Gospel singer and pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, Donnie McClurkin called the last 2 ½ months “harrowing” as the nation continues to reel in civil unrest over racial injustice and the coronavirus pandemic.

• 
  Jun 12, 2020

  Baptisms, miracles taking place in revival at site where George Floyd died, Christian groups say

  A number of Christian groups which have been holding revival services at the site where George Floyd died in Minneapolis say they are seeing many people turn to God in baptisms and miracles happening.

• 
  Jun 12, 2020

  SBC could elect Rolland Slade as first black chair of executive committee

  Eight years after electing Fred Luter Jr. as the denomination’s first black president, the Southern Baptist Convention could soon elect California Pastor Rolland Slade, 62, as the first black chairman of its executive committee.

• 
  Jun 12, 2020

  Barbecue Baptist Church serves Gospel with a side of ribs, chicken and pulled pork

  An outreach ministry of the First Baptist Church in Navasota, Texas called the Barbecue Baptist Church kicked off a weeklong, multi-city mission Thursday to bring the Gospel to first responders and medical professionals along with ample servings of free barbecue meals.

• 
  Jun 11, 2020

  Jeff Sessions says gov't agencies cutting ties with Ala. megachurch is attack on religious liberty

  Former U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions, who is campaigning to return to his seat in the U.S. Senate, slammed decisions by the Birmingham Board of Education and the Birmingham Housing Authority to cut ties with the Church of the Highlands over social media likes made by Pastor Chris Hodges as an attack on free speech and religious freedom.

• 
  Jun 11, 2020

  Mitch McConnell calls out ‘double standard’ in allowing protests, but not church services

  Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called out a “double standard” among Democrats who restricted the First Amendment right of Christians to gather for in-person worship services during the coronavirus pandemic but celebrated throngs of people protesting in the nation’s streets in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

• 
  Jun 10, 2020

  JD Greear endorses black lives matter as gospel issue, denounces organization

  President of the Southern Baptist Convention, J.D. Greear, endorsed the black lives matter movement as a Gospel issue to members of the world's largest Baptist denomination Wednesday, but denounced the Black Lives Matter organization that sparked the movement in 2013.

• 
  Jun 10, 2020

  Ky. megachurch shuts down again after 18 members test positive for coronavirus

  A Kentucky megachurch pastor who clashed with Gov. Andy Beshear over restrictions on in-person services imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, says he's suspended in-person worship services again after 18 members of his church tested positive for the virus since he resumed in-person services a month after closing.

• 
  Jun 10, 2020

  Birmingham's housing authority, schools cut ties with Church of the Highlands over pastor’s social media likes

  The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District and the Birmingham Board of Education cut ties with Church of the Highlands due to controversy surrounding Chris Hodges, the church’s founder and pastor, liking social media posts that have been criticized as racially insensitive.

• 
  Jun 9, 2020

  George Floyd’s family shares memories, grief in emotional farewell service

  George Floyd’s grieving family members remembered him as a “Superman” in life who’s now been transformed into a “ghetto angel” in death at an emotional homegoing service punctuated by spirited praise and worship inside Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday.