Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 27, 2020

  Jentezen Franklin, pro-life groups praise confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

  Conservative leaders and prominent evangelical pastors praised the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening, describing her as a fair and highly qualified voice to join the bench.

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  Oct 26, 2020

  Black church leaders urge congregants to vote in ‘Souls to the Polls’ movement nationwide

  After rallying congregants to go directly from church to the voting booth in “Souls to the Polls” programs during the 2008 presidential election, many black church leaders are now ringing the alarm again in 2020 to mobilize their parishioners to vote in droves before Election Day.

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  Oct 26, 2020

  Ron Carpenter says legal disputes with Pastor John Gray over church ‘are finished’

  After nearly a year of public legal disputes over church property, megachurch pastors John Gray and Ron Carpenter Jr. have settled their differences after a successful mediation process, Carpenter said.

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  Oct 25, 2020

  World Overcomers Christian Church announces no in-person services until vaccine is developed

  Responding to new report showing a growing number of coronavirus cases connected to clusters in religious gatherings, World Overcomers Christian Church, one of North Carolina’s largest churches, announced it will not hold in-person services until a vaccine is developed.

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  Oct 23, 2020

  A vote for Trump is a vote for 'biblical truth,' says pastor of Cowboy Church

  The real choice in the 2020 presidential election is not between Democrats and Republicans but a choice between good and evil, warned Derek Rogers, the outspoken pastor of Cowboy Church in Corsicana, Texas. And a vote for President Donald Trump, he insisted, is a vote for “biblical truth.”

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  Oct 23, 2020

  3 coronavirus cases confirmed at John MacArthur’s megachurch

  Public health officials in Los Angeles said Thursday that they have confirmed at least three cases of COVID-19 connected to Pastor John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. 

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  Oct 22, 2020

  Tennessee pastor declares ‘COVID is real’ after disease forced him into coma

  After spending weeks fighting off the deadly coronavirus at a local hospital, a Tennessee pastor is thanking God for helping him survive the disease and is now warning others to take the virus seriously.

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  Oct 22, 2020

  Churches push online giving as donations drop due to reduced numbers in pews: study

  Churches across all denominations are now increasingly turning to online giving as a majority of them report reduced giving in the pews amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Ministry Brands.

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  Oct 21, 2020

  Oregon sued for shuttering religious schools while allowing public schools to reopen in-person

  A small Christian school in Oregon has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Gov. Kate Brown and several other high-ranking officials for restricting in-person instruction in private, religious schools during the coronavirus pandemic while allowing public schools to reopen.

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  Oct 21, 2020

  Pope Francis endorses civil unions for same-sex couples

  Pope Francis has called for the creation of civil union laws that would help same-sex couples create families as “children of God,” challenging a previous conclusion by the Catholic Church that endorsing such unions would be an “approval of deviant behavior.”