Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 21, 2020

  After battle with addiction, ‘That’s So Raven’ star Orlando Brown is finding hope in Christian fellowship

  After a tumultuous last few years, actor and rapper Orlando Brown, best known for his role as Eddie Thomas on the Disney Channel series “That's So Raven,” is getting ready to graduate from a faith-based treatment center in Texas and he's singing high praises about the power of prayer and Christian fellowship.

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  Sep 18, 2020

  People deficient in vitamin D 54% more likely to get COVID-19: study

  People with a vitamin D deficiency are 54% more likely to test positive for the new coronavirus. Members of predominantly black and Hispanic communities have been found to be most at risk, according to a new study.

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  Sep 18, 2020

  Pastor Matt Chandler explains why the term ‘white privilege’ can be ‘stunningly offensive’

  As someone who grew up as “poor white trash” in a blue collar neighborhood in Texas, Matt Chandler, lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth area says he understands why some white people would find  “white privilege” a  “stunningly offensive” term.

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  Sep 18, 2020

  How much you believe in God could be wired to your brain, study suggests

  In Hebrews 11:1 in the Bible, faith is described as the “substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Now, according to a new study by Georgetown University neuroscientists, the strength of one's faith in God is likely linked to the brain.

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  Sep 17, 2020

  Evangelicals for Social Action drops ‘evangelical,’ calls term too 'political’

  Lamenting that the term “evangelical” is now too “largely political” and has not been helpful in conveying the character of their organization, Evangelicals for Social Action, a Christian scholar-activist group started in 1973 announced Monday that they have changed their name to Christians for Social Action.

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  Sep 16, 2020

  Pastor’s wife known as ‘saint’ drowns while rafting with church group on Nolichucky River

  Louvella Arrowood, the beloved wife of a North Carolina pastor, considered by some who knew her to be “a saint,” drowned Saturday while rafting with a church group along the Nolichucky River. She was 63.

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  Sep 16, 2020

  BLM co-founder claims organization isn’t trying to 'destroy Christianity,' slams Pat Robertson

  A co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network has denied “dangerous” claims made by popular televangelist and television host Pat Robertson, who alleged last week that the activist group is trying to destroy Christianity.

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  Sep 16, 2020

  Salvation Army pushes to ‘Rescue Christmas’ early as millions reel in pandemic

  Facing a possible drop of up to 50% in fundraising from its iconic Red Kettle Campaign and a 155% increase in demand for its social services, The Salvation Army is launching its annual holiday fundraising campaign early for the first time in 130 years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Sep 15, 2020

  More So. Baptists embracing alternate ‘Great Commission Baptists’ name in wake of racial unrest

  Southern Baptist Convention churches are being encouraged to use an alternate name, “Great Commission Baptists,” in another step by the world’s largest Baptist denomination to distance itself from its racist past amid ongoing racial unrest.

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  Sep 14, 2020

  Church, family grieve after beloved pastor is killed in crossfire at Miami flea market

  Family members and churchgoers are reeling after Pastor Gregory Boyd, leader of New Birth Harvest Outreach Ministries Churches of Deliverance in Miami, Florida, was shot and killed while getting a bite to eat at a local flea market last Thursday. He was 54.