Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 6, 2021

  Popular music minister dies in choir room after Sunday service

  Condolences are still pouring in for the family and friends of Gerald Burnett Sr., a popular educator and music minister who died in the choir room of Mountain View Church of Christ in Dallas, Texas, after a worship service on Sunday. He was 41.

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  Jan 5, 2021

  NC woman says her ‘faith in God has been restored’ after sister survives COVID-19 battle

  A woman in eastern North Carolina who spent several weeks supporting the recovery of her sister who battled COVID-19 alone at a local hospital says she and some members of her family have rekindled their faith in God after her sister recovered. 

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  Jan 5, 2021

  Rapper Mase returns to pulpit as new senior pastor of troubled The Gathering Oasis Church

  Mason Durell Betha, popularly known as rapper Mase who rose to fame in the 1990s before finding faith and developing a rocky record as a church leader, has been named as the new senior pastor of The Gathering Oasis Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  Jan 4, 2021

  Quoting Bible, New York gov. vows not to take COVID-19 vaccine until minorities get it

  Citing Scriptures from Matthew and Galatians in the Bible’s New Testament, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to wary members of one of New York City’s most storied black megachurches that he will not take the coronavirus vaccine until it’s available to “black, Hispanic and poor communities.”

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  Jan 1, 2021

  2 former Alabama Baptist Convention presidents die days apart from COVID-19, dementia

  The Alabama Baptist Convention recently lost two former presidents just days apart to complications from the new coronavirus and dementia.

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  Dec 31, 2020

  Missionary Sean Feucht faces opposition over LA New Year’s events

  Missionary and activist Sean Feucht, who has been at the center of several large health mandate defying Christian gatherings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now at odds with religious and nonprofit leaders in Los Angeles who oppose his two-day New Year’s worship event that kicked off on Skid Row.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  Rickey Smiley Show cast member, comedian Pastor Fred Thomas dead from COVID-19

  Pastor Fred Thomas, a beloved comedian and cast member of the popular Rickey Smiley Morning Show, known for his "Church in 60 Seconds" segment, has died following a two-week battle with the new coronavirus, his family announced.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  New Dietary Guidelines say no to sweets for kids under 2 as overweight, obesity rates soar in US

  New Dietary Guidelines for 2020-2025 released by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services included recommendations for infants and toddlers for the first time since 1985, urging parents to avoid candy, cake and other added sugars for children under age 2 as obesity rates remain problematic.

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  Dec 30, 2020

  #DisruptTexts movement seeking to end racism, bias in teaching clarifies work

  There's a growing movement known as #DisruptTexts, led by educators who are seeking to promote “anti-racist/anti-bias teaching pedagogy and practices” in the classroom by creating a more inclusive language arts curriculum.

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  Dec 29, 2020

  Most never married US adults hope to get married someday, despite culture shift: poll

  Though they are less inclined now than in recent years to see marriage as critical for couples who have children together or plan to spend the rest of their lives together, most adults who have never been married still desire to legally tie the knot someday, results of a new Gallup poll has found.