Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 9, 2026

  Woman claims she aborted megachurch Pastor Bryan Meadows' baby during 13-year affair

  Just over a year after publishing a book on spiritual abuse in which she claims she engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair with her pastor, identified only as “Apostle Fred,” Stephanie D. Prescott says the man's true identity is megachurch leader Bryan Meadows, and she claims to have aborted a pregnancy during their troubled romance.

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  Mar 8, 2026

  Religious ‘nones’ reach record high, only 47% of Americans say religion is ‘very important’

  Americans with no formal religious identity, popularly known as the “nones,” reached a record share of the population in 2025, according to new Gallup data, which shows fewer than 50% of adults also report that religion is “very important” in their lives.

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  Mar 6, 2026

  Assemblies of God church, Pastor Rod Loy ask court to dismiss sex abuse lawsuit

  Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter Rod Loy and the First Assembly of God in North Little Rock, Arkansas, have asked the Circuit Court of Pulaski County to dismiss a recent lawsuit from a former member who claims Loy sexually abused her for 20 years, beginning when she was 16, and continuing after she was married.

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  Mar 6, 2026

  AR Bernard, former Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan sworn in as NYPD co-chief chaplains

  Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder of the Christian Cultural Center megachurch in Brooklyn, and former Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan have both been sworn in as co-chief chaplains of the New York Police Department’s Chaplain’s Unit.

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  Mar 5, 2026

  Pastor Greg Locke denies arrest despite booking record

  Popular Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon denied getting arrested Tuesday for driving on a suspended or revoked license despite a record at the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office showing that he was charged with a criminal misdemeanor.

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  Mar 3, 2026

  Michigan Democrat Karen Whitsett says she’s leaving politics for Jesus

  A day after skewering the platform of the Democratic Party and declaring she’s breaking up with politics for good in favor of her relationship with Jesus, Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett is sticking to her story.

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  Mar 3, 2026

  NY Gov Kathy Hochul thanks God as passengers survive small plane crash on the Hudson

  Calling it “another miracle on the Hudson,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul thanked God on Monday after a small plane crash landed on the icy Hudson River near the Newburgh Beacon Bridge, and both the pilot and the only passenger survived with just “minor injuries.”

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  Mar 2, 2026

  Fmr. Worship with Wonders Church leader sentenced to 25 years for abuse of middle school-aged boy

  Myles and DeLana Rutherford, the senior pastors of Worship with Wonders Church in Powder Springs, Georgia, say Marcus Kendall Turner, a former employee who was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex crimes against a teenage boy, wasn't an employee when he committed the crimes.

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  Mar 2, 2026

  Glow Church founder Joel Cave reveals he suffered mental breakdown

  Some four months after leaders at Glow Church on the Gold Coast in Australia announced that their husband and wife co-founders, Joel and Ellen Cave, had separated and stepped back from ministry, Joel Cave revealed he was hospitalized with a mental breakdown and is still in recovery.

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  Feb 27, 2026

  Pastor Nathan Peternel to step away from pulpit for restoration after AOG review

  Lead pastor of the multicampus Life Church in Pendleton, Indiana, Nathan Peternel, is set to step away from his pulpit Sunday to begin a period of restoration  for violating the Assemblies of God bylaws concerning  “moral transgression involving pornography.”