Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 5, 2022

  Sculpture Christians likened to ‘End Times beast’ no longer on display at UN

  Weeks after it was first displayed on the Visitors Plaza outside the United Nations headquarters in November, the controversial “Guardian for International Peace and Security” sculpture many Christians likened to a biblical “End Times beast” is now gone.

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  Jan 4, 2022

  Pastor raises over $160K for 5 children orphaned after dad dies in crash, mom in childbirth

  Thanks to a public appeal from their pastor, more than $160,000 in donations have already poured in to help five children in Des Moine, Iowa, who were made orphans after their Christian refugee father was killed in a car accident Friday, just four months after their mother died in childbirth.

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  Jan 3, 2022

  Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out after suspensions from Twitter and Facebook

  Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called Twitter “an enemy to America” after her personal account on the social media platform was permanently suspended on Sunday for allegedly violating the company’s COVID-19 misleading information policy. She revealed on Monday that she has also been suspended by Facebook for 24 hours for a similar violation.

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  Jan 3, 2022

  Potter’s House of Denver shutters megachurch, goes fully remote as donations decline in pandemic

  Ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic and declining donations, the Potter’s House of Denver has decided to sell its $12.2 million, 137,000-square-foot megachurch in Arapahoe County, Colorado, and go completely virtual, Pastor Touré Roberts has revealed.

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  Dec 28, 2021

  221-year-old Pennsylvania church permanently closes due to declining membership

  After hosting generations of worshipers beginning in 1800 when there were only 16 states, a 221-year-old church in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, permanently closed its doors on Christmas Eve due to declining membership and attendance.

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  Dec 27, 2021

  More than 30K churches using big data from tech firm Gloo to target new members

  More than 30,000 churches have signed up for the services of Gloo, a small company that uses people’s personal data and online activities to target individuals who may be more receptive to their message and become new members as they seek to sure up dwindling numbers in their pews made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Dec 27, 2021

  Televangelist Perry Stone slams secular media after report alleges sexual misconduct

  Longtime Tennessee-based televangelist and Bible teacher Perry Stone warned his followers against trusting secular media Monday, days after a local publication accused him of sexual misconduct.

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  Dec 23, 2021

  Staffers quit Venue Church after confronting pastor with allegations of affair, misconduct

  At least eight employees of Venue Church, a fast-growing congregation based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have reportedly quit their jobs over alleged misconduct by the lead pastor, Tavner Smith.

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  Dec 23, 2021

  After 8 months of marriage Christian Congressman Madison Cawthorn is getting a divorce

  Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, announced Wednesday that he and his wife of eight months have mutually decided to get a divorce.

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  Dec 22, 2021

  Christian Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls higher education a ‘scam,’ urges conservatives to ‘drop out’

  Partially paralyzed Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, who attended a Christian college for one semester before dropping out, urged conservative youth on Tuesday to drop out of college if they aren’t studying medicine, law or engineering because higher education is “a scam.”