Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 9, 2026

  Megachurch Pastor Delman Coates claims lawyer scammed him out of millions

  The Rev. Delman Coates, senior pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland, has sued the estate of a Rhode Island attorney and others, alleging he was defrauded of millions of dollars in a real estate lending scheme.

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  Sep 8, 2026

  Beloved pastor dies after suffering injury on cruise ship at son's wedding

  Weeks after suffering a cervical spinal cord injury and nearly drowning during his son’s wedding celebration aboard a cruise ship in Italy, Pastor Steve Junker of Chippewa Lutheran Church in Brandon, Minnesota, has died. He was 58.

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  Sep 7, 2026

  Nicki Minaj declares faith as SBA names her as judge in Million Dollar Pitch Competition

  Outspoken rapper-turned-religious-freedom advocate Nicki Minaj continued the public reaffirmation of her Christian faith, sharing Scripture and declaring that she wants to “see my Jesus someday” in a recent nod to the gospel song "I've Got My Mind Made Up."

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  Sep 7, 2026

  Registered sex offender remains pastor of St. Louis Church as denomination stops elevation

  A planned elevation of Timothy D. Price, III, the senior pastor of First Baptist Church City of St. Louis in Missouri, to the role of Missouri State Overseer in the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship has been scuttled by International Presiding Bishop Joseph Warren Walker, III, after outcry over his status as a registered sex offender.

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  Sep 7, 2026

  Missionary claims his group was kicked out of Burning Man after sharing Jesus with hundreds, accused of violating rules

  John Calvin Hinerman, a Navy veteran who describes himself as a “front-lines revivalist” and member of Philip Renner Ministries, claims he and his Christian group were kicked out of the temporary Burning Man community in Nevada after sharing about Jesus with hundreds. Organizers say the evangelists broke privacy rules.

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  Sep 6, 2026

  Majority of pastors worried about AI misinterpreting Scripture: Barna

  Nearly all pastors, along with a majority of practicing Christians and U.S. adults in general, say they are concerned about artificial intelligence misinterpreting Scripture, but they are divided on the best response to the problem, according to new research from Barna.

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  Sep 4, 2026

  Huntsville Hospital ICU nurses help patient get baptized a week before death

  Creative thinking from three nurses at the medical intensive care unit at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama helped a terminally ill patient fulfill her wish to get baptized earlier this summer just a week before she died.

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  Sep 3, 2026

  Pastor speaks out after Haitian student, Pierre Damas Bel, takes life after losing TPS status

  An Ohio has blamed U.S. immigration policy for the death of Haitian Wright State University student Pierre Damas Bel, after he took his own life Monday after the loss of his Temporary Protected Status, which allowed him to live and work in the country.

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  Sep 2, 2026

  Al Sharpton vows to keep advocating for Nolan Wells’ family despite defamation lawsuit threat

  Lawyers for civil rights leader and National Action Network founder, the Rev. Al Sharpton, have rejected a threatened defamation lawsuit from attorneys representing three friends of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who was found dead near Horn Island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast on July 6 after traveling there by boat with a group of friends on July 4.

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  Sep 2, 2026

  Trump names Pastor Darrell Scott as tobacco health adviser at CDC

  President Donald Trump has named his longtime friend and ally Pastor Darrell Scott as a tobacco health adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though he has no recorded experience in public health or tobacco control policy.