Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 26, 2021

  More fathers satisfied with time spent with their kids in pandemic: Pew

  While the coronavirus has disrupted family life dynamics in ways that aren’t always positive, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows that an increased share of fathers are satisfied with the amount of time they spend with their children compared to three years ago.

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  Jan 26, 2021

  Biggest churches push 'superficial Christianity,' 'phonies' now being exposed: John MacArthur

  Some of America's biggest churches support a culture of corrupt, “superficial Christianity” and made a lot of money doing it but the internet is now making it harder for “phonies” to survive, Pastor John MacArthur recently said.

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  Jan 25, 2021

  Fred Luter backs Pastor Ed Litton for SBC president, setting up clash with Al Mohler

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s first and only black president, Fred Luter, has nominated Alabama Pastor Ed Litton to become the denomination’s next president setting up a brewing ideological clash on race with prominent candidate Rev. Albert Mohler, who heads the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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  Jan 25, 2021

  Discrimination cost black farmers at least $250B in property, law scholar says

  Property law scholar Thomas W. Mitchell, who was a 2020 recipient of a MacArthur "genius" fellowship for his work looking at how black and other disadvantaged Americans have been deprived of their real estate wealth, says black farmers alone have lost millions of acres of land and at least $250 billion in wealth over the last century due to “historic discrimination.”

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  Jan 23, 2021

  Most white evangelicals favored Trump until the end: poll

  Despite leaving with his lowest favorability ratings since the summer of 2016, former President Donald Trump remained popular among white evangelicals well into his final days in office a new survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute shows.

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  Jan 22, 2021

  God ‘didn’t give us this land,’ Jen Hatmaker says in apology for controversial inaugural prayer

  Christian author Jen Hatmaker, who on Thursday joined a progressive group of interfaith leaders for the National Prayer Service in honor of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has apologized for the first line of a prayer she delivered at the event.

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  Jan 22, 2021

  Christopher Rufo vows to fight as Biden reverses ban on critical race theory in government

  Christopher F. Rufo, a director at the Discovery Institute, who said his research inspired former President Donald Trump’s decision to abolish critical race theory training at federal agencies last year, announced a legal coalition to fight back after President Joe Biden reversed the move.

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  Jan 21, 2021

  JD Greear's Summit Church to review hiring pastor accused of mishandling past sex crime allegations

  The Summit Church in North Carolina, led by Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear, said they have contracted global investigating firm Guidepost Solutions to independently review their recent hiring of Pastor Bryan Loritts who has been accused of mishandling past sex crime allegations at a previous church.

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  Jan 20, 2021

  Relentless Church files motion against Redemption Church in ongoing real estate dispute

  An ongoing dispute between the Ron Carpenter-led Redemption Church and John Gray’s Relentless Church in South Carolina over real estate has escalated after Relentless Church filed a motion in court last week seeking to enforce a settlement reached with Redemption Church last October.

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  Jan 20, 2021

  LeeBeth Young, firstborn child of megachurch Pastor Ed Young, passes

  Founding pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, Ed Young, is mourning the death of his firstborn child, daughter Leebeth Young. She was 34.