Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 20, 2020

  Alfred Street Baptist Church donates more than $1M in surplus tithes to help others in need

  One of America’s oldest and largest African-American churches, Alfred Street Baptist Church, in Alexandria, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has donated more than $1 million in surplus tithes to help a variety of community-based organizations since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Oct 19, 2020

  Federal judge strikes down gov’t rule that would have cut food stamps for 700,000

  Agreeing that it could have resulted in dire consequences for vulnerable groups, a federal judge on Saturday struck down a final rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that would have kept nearly 700,000 unemployed able-bodied adults without dependents from accessing food stamp benefits.

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  Oct 19, 2020

  Evangelical Swiss missionary executed after terrorists held her hostage for 4 years

  Beatrice Stockli, an evangelical missionary from Switzerland who was held captive by Islamist extremists in Mali since January 2016, has reportedly been killed, Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced. She was 59.

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  Oct 18, 2020

  Pastor of Jacob Blake’s mother launches 40 days of humility, prayer, fasting for racial healing

  Insight Church Pastor James E. Ward Jr. says he is on a mission to bring racial healing to the nation and “God’s blessing to black America” through 40 Days of Humility, Prayer, and Fasting. And he’s hoping America will join him.

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  Oct 16, 2020

  James MacDonald wants his name cleared after more than $1.45M settlement with Harvest Bible Chapel

  James MacDonald, founder of Harvest Bible Chapel, called on the megachurch Thursday to end its “false narrative in financial matters” against him, a day after elders disclosed details of an arbitration settlement awarding him at least $1.45 million in cash, an undisclosed amount in deferred compensation, and assets of his Walk in the Word broadcast ministry, including real estate.

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  Oct 15, 2020

  People with blood type O less susceptible to COVID-19, new studies suggest

  People with blood type O are less likely to become infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that causes the deadly COVID-19 and are more likely to recover from the disease than any other blood group, according to two new studies published in the medical journal Blood Advances.

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  Oct 15, 2020

  Christians can abstain from voting because ‘voting lesser of two evils is still evil,’ Fred Price Jr. says

  While encouraging Christians to “vote your conscience” in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3, prominent California megachurch pastor Fred Price Jr. said that a conscientious decision can include abstention because voting “for the lesser of two evils is still evil.”

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  Oct 15, 2020

  Chris Rice, well-known CCM singer faces ‘credible’ allegations of sexual assault

  Well-known contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Chris Rice is now facing “credible” allegations of sexually assaulting a former male student, Tates Creek Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, announced Thursday.

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  Oct 15, 2020

  Despite pandemic, teens faring better with more sleep and family time: study

  While the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in declining mental health for many adults, teenagers, particularly those in two parent households, have been faring better due spending more time sleeping and with their family according to a new report from the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institution.

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  Oct 14, 2020

  Kamala Harris’ Baptist pastor wants Trump to apologize for calling her a ‘monster’

  The Rev. Amos C. Brown, pastor of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has called on President Donald Trump to apologize for calling his parishioner a “monster” in the wake of her recent debate with Vice President Mike Pence.