Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 13 2023

  Congregant fatally shoots man in church parking lot after he allegedly threatened pastor

  Members of the Lake Houston Methodist Church, in Harris County, Texas, were left shaken Sunday morning when a man who allegedly made threats against their pastor was shot dead inside the parking lot by a church member now being hailed a hero.

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  Nov 13 2023

  Most Christians think AI isn't good for the Church: study

  As some pastors experiment with using artificial intelligence to generate a church sermon, a new study released by Barna shows that the majority of Christians don’t believe AI is good for the Church.

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  Nov 10 2023

  Carlton Pearson’s ex-wife asks ‘people of God’ to prepare hearts ‘to release him’

  In an announcement she called a "slow motion update," Gina Gauthier, the ex-wife of former megachurch pastor Carlton Pearson, who is currently battling terminal cancer, called on the "people of God" Thursday to prepare their hearts "to release him."

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  Nov 10 2023

  Albert Tate tells Fellowship Church he's in a ‘daily fight with embarrassment, shame and guilt’

  Just over a month after leaders at Fellowship Church announced that their charismatic founder and leader Albert Tate was placed on a leave of absence over "inappropriate text messages and questionable comments," he apologized to his congregation Sunday and admitted he is in a "daily fight with embarrassment, shame and guilt" over his sin.

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  Nov 09 2023

  This is the main reason a majority of churchgoers changed their church: study

  A new study from Lifeway Research has revealed the main reason most church-going Americans say they left one church for another, and the top reason is not because they didn’t like the pastor’s preaching.

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  Nov 08 2023

  Actor Matt Damon joins fight to save historic NYC church

  Actor Matt Damon has joined the fight to save a historic 12-member church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City from being sold to developers who want to demolish it to make way for a $30 million luxury condominium.

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  Nov 08 2023

  Pastor FL ‘Bubba’ Copeland faced ‘dark days’ before suicide after trans alter ego exposed

  F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, the late mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, faced some “dark days” before fatally shooting himself in the wake of withering backlash over his secret online alter ego known as the "transgender curvy girl” outed by a local publication, friends say.

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  Nov 08 2023

  1 sexual abuse allegation against Mike Bickle has 'some credibility,' ministry says

  A week after announcing that International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle is being investigated for “serious allegations including sexual immorality” made against him by multiple women, leaders of the organization said one decades-old claim has “some credibility” so far, but they have hired an outside law firm to help them make sense of the situation.

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  Nov 07 2023

  Pastor, civil rights leader found not guilty of criminal sexual conduct

  A Michigan pastor and civil right leader charged with criminal sexual conduct and bribery after he was accused of misconduct by in two separate incidents thanked the judge and jury involved in his case after he was found not guilty last Thursday.

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  Nov 07 2023

  Parents outraged pastor lashed children for misbehaving at church school

  A Florida pastor who allegedly lashed students for misbehaving at a private school run by his church is coming under fire from some parents who believe he should be arrested for using old-school disciplinary measures on the decline in the United States.