Leonardo Blair

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  May 13, 2020

  Church begs God to end pandemic after pastor and son die from coronavirus

  Members of the New St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church of Detroit are begging God for a miraculous end to the coronavirus pandemic after their pastor, the Rev. Nathaniel Slappey Sr. and his son, Nathaniel Slappey Jr., died just days from the disease.

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  May 13, 2020

  American missionary pilot Joyce Lin dies in crash while transporting COVID-19 supplies

  Joyce Lin, an American missionary pilot, died in a crash Tuesday just minutes after her plane took off to deliver COVID-19 supplies to remote villages in Indonesia. She was 40.

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  May 13, 2020

  Among churches, Catholics appear to have highest approval rating for stimulus loans, early data show

  While the loan process is still yet to be completed, preliminary data on the beneficiaries of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program show that among churches, Catholics appear to have the highest approval rate.

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  May 12, 2020

  Judge rules strip clubs, other ‘disfavored’ businesses entitled to Paycheck Protection loans

  A federal judge in Michigan ruled Monday that strip clubs that present live performances or sell products of a "prurient sexual nature" and other “disfavored” businesses, cannot be barred from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

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  May 12, 2020

  24 churches to serve as COVID-19 testing sites in NY amid signs of racial disparity

  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a partnership with the state’s largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, to establish 24 temporary coronavirus testing sites at churches in predominantly minority communities.

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  May 12, 2020

  Samaritan’s Purse doctor describes time at NYC field hospital: 'It was hard'

  As the debate over reopening the economy in the wake of the coronavirus continues to divide the nation, Dr. K. Elliott Tenpenny, a doctor who led the recently shuttered field hospital in Central Park for Samaritan's Purse, urged Christians to stand in the gap of that divide and pray.

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  May 11, 2020

  Ohio schools agree to keep yoga out of class instruction after over 100 pastors object

  Several Ohio public schools have agreed to keep yoga outside their classrooms after more than 100 local pastors argued to state officials that coercing children to practice a form of Eastern religion is a violation of the First Amendment.

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  May 9, 2020

  At least 39 dead, scores more infected as COVID-19 devastates Latino parishes in NY Lutheran Church

  Since late March, Pastor Fabián Árias​ of Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Midtown Manhattan has been busy making announcements of the dead, the sick, and comforting the bereaved because of the new coronavirus.

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  May 8, 2020

  How the coronavirus is changing the way we do church

  Since the explosion of the coronavirus pandemic, many pastors have been abruptly forced to change the way they do church and plan for life in the wake of a virus whose trajectory still remains uncertain.

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  May 6, 2020

  Pastor Jamal Bryant to give free coronavirus tests at Mother’s Day event Sunday

  Just over a month after offering coronavirus tests to minorities for $150 each at an event he was forced to cancel, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Jamal Bryant is now offering the tests for free to anyone who needs it if they show up at his church on Mother’s Day.