Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 25, 2020

  Telling the uncomfortable truth about racial reconciliation and the Church's struggle to achieve it

  In the wake of global protests over inequality and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd, many American Christians and churches are now struggling to strike the right note on racial reconciliation. Some religion scholars and pastors also warn that healing can’t happen without first telling the truth about the Church’s record on race.

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  Aug 24, 2020

  Jerry Falwell denies claim he resigned from Liberty U, says he's on indefinite leave

  In an interview with Politico Monday evening, Jerry Falwell Jr. denied reports that he has resigned as president and chancellor of Liberty University. He clarified that he is on "indefinite leave" after the Associated Press cited a school official earlier in the day to report that Falwell had resigned.

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  Aug 24, 2020

  Jerry Falwell Jr. says he was depressed after wife had affair, man blackmailed family

  Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., who is currently on an “indefinite leave of absence,” revealed Sunday that he had been depressed after his wife, Rebecca, had an affair with a young man who then blackmailed his family.

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  Aug 21, 2020

  Majority of black, Hispanic Americans support universal basic income; most whites oppose: poll

  As support for guaranteed or universal basic income grows across America, a recent survey from the Pew Research Center says a majority of black and Hispanic Americans support monthly $1,000 payments from the federal government for all adult citizens regardless of work status. Most white Americans don’t back it.

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  Aug 21, 2020

  Thousands urge Netflix to pull ‘Cuties’ film that sexualizes young girls after apology

  Thousands of people are now urging popular streaming service Netflix to pull a controversial French film about an 11-year-old girl rebelling against her conservative family to join a dance crew, after the media company apologized for using a sexualized poster to promote the film.

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  Aug 20, 2020

  Santa Fe priests allegedly threatened with suspension for preaching longer than 5 minutes during pandemic

  Priests in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have allegedly been threatened with suspension from preaching during Mass if they presented homilies longer than five minutes during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Aug 20, 2020

  Marilane Carter, pastor’s wife who went missing, likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning: police

  Authorities said that the woman found in a vehicle who is believed to be Marilane Carter, the wife of Pastor Adam Carter who went missing in early August after struggling mentally, died from asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

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  Aug 20, 2020

  2,700 evangelicals warn against politicizing coronavirus, urge Christians to take vaccine

  A coalition of more than 2,700 high profile evangelicals spanning the fields of science and religion have signed unto a statement billed “A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times,” that warns against the politicization of the new coronavirus and urges Christians to take appropriate action against it including taking a vaccine when it’s ready.

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  Aug 19, 2020

  Prominent black NC Bishop Patrick Wooden says Kamala Harris ‘ain’t good for black folk’

  Firebrand North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., of the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh slammed newly minted Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as “ain’t good for black folk” in a politically charged sermon Sunday.

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  Aug 19, 2020

  President Trump offers help, prayers to Iowa after storm devastates swing state

  President Donald Trump offered additional aid and prayers to Iowa Tuesday just over a week after the swing state was battered by a derecho storm that left churches, homes and farms in shambles and three people dead.