Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 26, 2026

  Church usher, former NYPD sergeant dies while shoveling snow for congregation

  Family and friends of retired New York Police Department Sergeant Roger McGovern are in mourning after he died Sunday while shoveling snow at the Our Lady of Victory church in Floral Park, New York, where he served as an usher. He was 60.

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  Jan 26, 2026

  Apologia Church pastors sue ex-congregants, independent journalist for defamation

  Apologia Church in Tempe, Arizona, along with two of its three pastors, Luke Pierson and Jeff Durbin, remain locked in a defamation lawsuit they filed against two former members who allege they leaked private information about their marital struggles.

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  Jan 23, 2026

  Christian game creator TruPlay accuses Google, TikTok of censorship

  TruPlay Games, a Christian digital media company that creates educational Bible-based video games and entertainment, has accused American technology company Google and popular social media platform TikTok of systematically censoring Christian content and has asked Congress to intervene.

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  Jan 22, 2026

  Historian Yuval Harari warns AI will take over religion, law and jobs

  It could happen in the next two years or the next decade but artificial intelligence is already so advanced and deeply entrenched in society, renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari believes anything made of words such as religions like Christianity and Judaism will be taken over by AI.

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  Jan 21, 2026

  Donnie McClurkin says he’s praying for man who accused him of rape, sexual assault

  Grammy-winning gospel star and pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, New York, Donnie McClurkin, says he is praying for a man who accused him of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting him in a lawsuit earlier this month.

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  Jan 21, 2026

  Pastor Rick Olmstead resigns after past incident of taking unsolicited photos of young women at Trader Joe's resurfaces

  Rick Olmstead, senior pastor of Arise Vineyard Church in San Luis Obispo, California, has resigned following the resurfacing of allegations that he inappropriately photographed young women outside a local Trader Joe’s in 2020.

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  Jan 21, 2026

  Pastor Sam Collier restored to ministry after allegations of extortion by trans-identified male prostitute

  Just over three months after re-ordaining and restoring Sam Collier, the lead pastor of Christian Cultural Center's Atlanta campus, A.R. Bernard and his son, Jamaal, the new senior pastor of CCC New York City, said the megachurch is standing by him after his ex-wife claimed he was extorted by a trans-identified male prostitute during their marriage.

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  Jan 20, 2026

  Pastor Michael Todd dismisses Druski skit as weapon of ‘mass distraction,’ says viral image is AI-generated

  Lead pastor of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Todd, has dismissed a viral video skit mocking prosperity preachers created by comedian Drew Desbordes, popularly known as Druski, as a weapon of “mass distraction.”

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  Jan 19, 2026

  NY Gov. Kathy Hochul says ICE is making people afraid to attend church in MLK Day speech

  Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday during a worship service honoring the life of slain American civil rights activist and Baptist Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., claiming the agency is making people afraid to go to church.

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  Jan 18, 2026

  More Protestant churches closing than opening in America as older congregations struggle: study

  More Protestant churches are being closed in America than are being planted, and older congregations appear to be bearing the brunt of the contraction, according to data from a new Lifeway Research study.