Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 24, 2021

  SBC pastor in NYC calls for ‘repudiation’ of report finding ERLC a threat to funding

  Stephen Stallard, leader of the Mosaic Church, a small multicultural Southern Baptist congregation in Brooklyn, called on the SBC’s Executive Committee Tuesday to “repudiate” a new report from a task force which found that the Russell Moore-led Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is a major threat to the funding of the $15 billion Protestant Christian organization’s Cooperative Program.

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  Feb 24, 2021

  Florida pastor loses home in fire after church; neighbors save baby goat and cat

  A Florida pastor and his family lost their home to a fire that took most of their belongings Sunday but remained thankful as neighbors saved their pet cat and a goat from perishing.

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  Feb 23, 2021

  Family of 11-y-o boy who died trying to stay warm during Texas freeze sues power company for $100M

  The family of a Texas boy who died while trying to stay warm inside their home after they lost power during a snowstorm a week ago is now suing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and Entergy Corporation for $100 million, accusing them of gross negligence.

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  Feb 23, 2021

  SBC's JD Greear rebukes pastors who allow racists to feel more at home in churches than people of color

  In an impassioned address at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee meeting Monday, the denomination’s President, J.D. Greear, called out leaders that he said have allowed racists to feel more at home in their churches than people of color while passionately attacking critical race theory.

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  Feb 23, 2021

  Texas man charged $16,752 for electric bill as Gov. Abbott seeks solutions after snow storm

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sunday that he is working with members of the state legislature to address “skyrocketing energy bills” that have hit customers like a tsunami in the wake of a wild winter storm that left millions of residents without power last week.

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  Feb 22, 2021

  Private memorial and public viewing planned for Frederick KC Price after COVID-19 death

  A private memorial will be held for late televangelist and Crenshaw Christian Center founder Frederick K.C. Price in the wake of his recent death from COVID-19. Supporters and other members of the public will be allowed digital access to the event, Price’s family announced Friday.

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  Feb 22, 2021

  Voddie Baucham reveals he was ‘within an hour or so of death’ in heart failure battle

  Beloved Southern Baptist preacher Voddie Baucham Jr. said a series of setbacks to his treatment for heart failure, including multiple weather delays, left him “within an hour or so of death.”

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  Feb 21, 2021

  Majority of black Americans remain highly religious even if they don't go to church

  Even if they don’t go to church or subscribe to a particular religion, a majority of black Americans still pray and believe in God or a higher power, a new study shows.

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  Feb 20, 2021

  Herschel Walker says reparations is ‘outside teaching of Jesus’

  Former professional football player Herschel Walker told the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on reparations for black Americans that white America should not be asked to pay for the sins of their forefathers because it is outside the teachings of Jesus.

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  Feb 19, 2021

  SBC seminary helps Dwight McKissic after home suffers damage in Texas winter storm

  Despite his criticism of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Council of Seminary Presidents’ statement on critical race theory, outspoken SBC Pastor Dwight McKissic was blessed by one of the council's six members after water damaged his Texas home amid wild winter weather this week.