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  Jun 1, 2016

  Pastor Dragged to Death in Hit-And-Run After Preaching 'Great Message'

  Friends and family of 57-year-old Pennsylvania Pastor Eliezer Leon are in mourning after he was dragged to his death in a shocking hit-and-run accident shortly after he preached at a local church.

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  Jun 1, 2016

  Trey Pearson, Lead Singer of Christian Rock Band, Comes Out as Gay; Will Headline Columbus Pride Parade

  Trey Pearson, 35, a married father of two and Christian lead singer of alternative rock band Everyday Sunday, came out to the world as gay Tuesday, and says his band will headline the Columbus Pride Parade in Ohio this month.

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  May 31, 2016

  Pastor Jamal Bryant Says He Was Shocked by Ambush, Verbal Assault From Activist PFK Boom

  Pastor Jamal Bryant of Baltimore's 12,000-member Empowerment Temple Church said he was caught off-guard and without his usual entourage when he was ambushed and told to get out of Baltimore by activist PFK Boom during a community rally last Wednesday.

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  May 31, 2016

  In Aftermath of Rape Scandal, Baylor University to Refocus on Christian Identity

  A repentant Baylor University administration signaled an intention to refocus on the school's Christian identity among other things Thursday when they announced the demotion of rock star president, Ken Starr, amid the fallout from an explosive rape scandal at the world's largest Baptist university.

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  May 27, 2016

  Husband and Wife New Orleans Megachurch Preachers Face Arrest for Alleged Tax Fraud

  Owen McManus Jr., a third-generation minister and his wife, Tammy, who lead the 4,000-member City Church of New Orleans and its affiliated grammar school, Bishop McManus Academy in Louisiana, are now likely to be arrested for tax fraud, according to documents from the New Orleans Police Department.

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  May 27, 2016

  Pastor Jamal Bryant Ordered Off Block, Told to 'Get Out of Baltimore,' by Activist PFK Boom

  Embattled megachurch pastor and social activist Jamal Bryant was dismissed as disgraceful, opportunistic and ultimately browbeaten into taking flight from a Baltimore street rally Wednesday after an ugly confrontation with grassroots activist PFK Boom.

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  May 26, 2016

  Police Investigate Stabbing of Bible Inside Nebraska Church

  Just two weeks after residents in Nebraska reported the mystery of meat-wrapped knives found stabbed into trees, police are now investigating the stabbing of a Bible inside a church in Lincoln.

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  May 26, 2016

  Mother Sues Church for Not Reporting 6-Y-O Daughter's Claim Father Raped Her

  An Oregon church is now facing a $5.2 million lawsuit from a heartbroken mother alleging officials there failed to report her 6-year-old daughter's confession that her biological father repeatedly raped her during visitation that resulted in her eventual contraction of oral and genital herpes.

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  May 25, 2016

  University of Miami Establishes Chair for Study of Atheism With $2.2M Gift From Wealthy Atheist

  After years of discussion, the University of Miami has accepted a $2.2 million gift from a wealthy atheist to endow what it says is America's first academic chair "for the study of atheism, humanism and secular ethics."

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  May 25, 2016

  This New Religion Is Causing an Existential Crisis at American Colleges and Universities, NYU Prof Says

  There's a new religion exploding on the campuses of American universities and colleges, says Thomas Cooley professor of ethical leadership at New York University, Jonathan Haidt. And if it isn't stopped, it might just be better to shut them all down in the next 10 or 20 years.