Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 4, 2026

  Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir wins Grammy Award for ‘I Will Not Be Moved – Live’

  The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir won their seventh Grammy Award Sunday night as their 32nd album, “I Will Not Be Moved - Live,” was selected as the best roots gospel album of 2025 by the Recording Academy's voting members.

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  Feb 4, 2026

  Kanakuk Kamps threaten defamation lawsuit against Shawn Ryan over magnitude of sexual abuse

  The embattled Kanakuk Kamps in Branson, Missouri, has threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against popular podcaster Shawn Ryan for having a guest on who claimed that “thousands” of children were sexually abused in their global network of Christian sports camps. Ryan has refused to back down from the claim.

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  Feb 4, 2026

  Oakwood Baptist Church leaders knew pastor’s son was abusing minors, lawsuits claim

  Despite stating he was shocked after Zachary Radcliff was charged in 2024 with sexually abusing minors, two lawsuits now allege that Frank Radcliff, the lead pastor of Oakwood Baptist Church in Saline, Michigan, and others were aware of the abuse years before the allegations became public.

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  Feb 4, 2026

  Faith-based organizations can now get funding for addiction recovery programs, HHS announces

  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says faith-based organizations that meet evidence-based addiction recovery standards will now be able to access federal funding under the Trump administration’s new policy on tackling drug addiction and homelessness nationwide.

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  Feb 3, 2026

  Truett McConnell University names Larry Lyon as new president

  Larry Lyon, the senior vice president for business administration at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, has been selected as the new president of Truett McConnell University.

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  Feb 2, 2026

  ‘Any Christian who votes Democrat again is a fool,’ rapper Nicki Minaj declares

  Nicki Minaj, who Billboard recently ranked as the best female rapper of all time and is considered the most successful female rapper in the world, has declared that any Christian who votes for the Democratic Party again "is a fool."

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  Feb 1, 2026

  Fewer pastors now feel like quitting, study finds

  The share of pastors who feel like quitting their jobs is showing a significant decline since the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Barna Research.

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  Jan 30, 2026

  Conservative denomination excommunicates pastor for supporting kinism, white supremacy

  The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, a small conservative denomination with just over 7,000 members, has excommunicated one of its ministers for advocating kinism, which teaches that God ordained racial segregation and that people should live, marry and worship only within their own racial or ethnic groups.

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  Jan 30, 2026

  Pastor Chris Reed accused of addiction to kratom by former church members

  Former MorningStar Ministries leader Chris Reed, who now leads the Friends of the Bridegroom Church in Lancaster, South Carolina, has downplayed allegations from former members that he is an out-of-control, manipulative drug addict who shouldn't be in ministry.

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  Jan 29, 2026

  Third ex-leader in televangelist Mark Barclay’s church convicted of child sex abuse

  A third minister with Living Word International Church in Midland, Michigan, founded by televangelist Mark Barclay of Mark Barclay Ministries, has been convicted of child sex abuse charges in the last two years.