Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 24, 2020

  Defiant Florida church members vote to fire 'bullying' pastor but board disputes decision

  After more than a year of contentious disagreements, nearly 150 members of the historic First Baptist Fort Lauderdale church in Florida say they have voted to fire their “bullying” lead pastor, James Welch, their nine-member board of trustees, and half the church’s deacons. But leaders say the vote has no standing.

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  Nov 23, 2020

  2 dead, 3 injured after ‘horrific’ stabbing at Grace Baptist Church in California

  Two people are now dead and three others left injured after a stabbing at Grace Baptist Church in San Jose, California, that the city’s mayor has called “horrific.”

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  Nov 15, 2020

  Is gender equality shortchanging boys in churches, schools and other American institutions?

  While parents in general believe institutions serve their children well, many are worried the majority, like churches and schools, have been serving their daughters better than their sons under norms of gender equality, new research suggests. And the only institutions where at least white parents believe boys are served slightly better are sports and other clubs.

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  Oct 29, 2020

  For nearly 20 years this Christian summer camp has been experimenting with racial reconciliation

  A Christian summer camp in Kentucky that seeks to promote racial reconciliation by bringing families together from diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds  for fun-filled vacations has been drawing high praise as a “safe space” to learn from some who have experienced it.

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  Oct 28, 2020

  Citing Scripture, Joe Biden tells voters it’s time to become one nation under God again

  Citing Scripture from Ecclesiastes 3, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told voters Tuesday that God is calling the nation to heal from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, racial unrest and political division and he wants to make America one nation under God again.

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  Oct 28, 2020

  Pastor Bernard C Yates, former National Primitive Baptist Convention president, dies at 64

  Bernard C. Yates, longtime leader of the Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, who was also a two-term national president for the Primitive Baptist Convention USA, has died, his family announced.

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  Oct 28, 2020

  Many workers battle depressive symptoms amid pandemic, but few seek professional help: study

  As much as 35% of U.S. workers have battled depressive symptoms amid the coronavirus pandemic but few have been seeking professional help, a recent study published by the Society for Human Resource Management has found.

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  Oct 27, 2020

  Jehovah’s Witnesses opt not to vote, believe it's what Jesus would do

  While a number of Christian leaders have openly debated whether abstaining from voting in the upcoming presidential election is a valid option, for 1.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses in America, choosing not to vote is what they believe Jesus would do.

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  Oct 27, 2020

  Jentezen Franklin, pro-life groups praise confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

  Conservative leaders and prominent evangelical pastors praised the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening, describing her as a fair and highly qualified voice to join the bench.

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  Oct 26, 2020

  Black church leaders urge congregants to vote in ‘Souls to the Polls’ movement nationwide

  After rallying congregants to go directly from church to the voting booth in “Souls to the Polls” programs during the 2008 presidential election, many black church leaders are now ringing the alarm again in 2020 to mobilize their parishioners to vote in droves before Election Day.