Leonardo Blair

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  May 6, 2020

  Church grieves as beloved Maine pastor, father of 2 killed in motorcycle crash

  Bill Chadwick, a beloved pastor and father of two from Maine who was well known for his wit, selflessness, and passion for life and Christ, died tragically in a motorcycle accident Saturday morning. He was 64.

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  May 6, 2020

  Federal judge rules Calif. Gov Gavin Newsom had right to ban church services

  A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California Gov. Gavin Newsom had the right to ban churches from assembling during the coronavirus pandemic in the interest of public health after Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi sought a temporary restraining order against the move.

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  May 6, 2020

  Researchers launch clinical study to measure impact of prayer on coronavirus

  An international team of doctors, led by Kansas City cardiologist Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, is currently conducting a clinical study to measure the impact of prayer in the health outcomes of coronavirus patients.

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  May 5, 2020

  TD Jakes says using faith to flout social distancing precautions is ‘foolishness,' 'dumb'

  Senior pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, T.D. Jakes, slammed Christians who flout social distancing guidelines as a demonstration of how their faith with protect them from the coronavirus as “foolishness” and “dumb.”

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  May 5, 2020

  ‘Sometimes prayer is not enough’ to fix relationship problems, Pastor John Gray says

  He leads one of the largest churches in Greenville, South Carolina, but Pastor John Gray said he doesn’t believe prayer is enough to handle all the problems that can emerge in marriages.

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  May 4, 2020

  Some churches restart in-person services across the country with precautions

  At Champion Church in Yuma, Arizona, congregants and leaders donned a variety of face masks as they celebrated being back together inside their sanctuary for the first time in six weeks on Sunday.

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  May 1, 2020

  Most black congregants say faith has grown even as coronavirus ravages community, study shows

  Despite the shuttering of many churches across America and the disproportionate impact the new coronavirus pandemic has been having on the black community, a majority of adults affiliated with historically black churches say their faith has strengthened, a new study shows.

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  Apr 30, 2020

  NY archbishop Dolan tells Trump ‘we need you more than ever,’ then gets slammed by Catholic paper

  The National Catholic Reporter, a progressive “independent voice for Catholics and people of faith,” has slammed Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan for “cravenly” and “inextricably” linking the Catholic Church in the United States to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

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  Apr 30, 2020

  Amid changing norms and economic insecurity, marriage rate falls to historic low

  While marriage has been shown to positively impact society in health outcomes, longevity and economic security, a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows marriage rates have now reached its lowest point in more than 100 years due to changing norms and economic insecurity.

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  Apr 29, 2020

  Coronavirus left pastor’s wife unconscious for weeks but he prayed until she woke up

  The day Pastor Leonard Himes rushed his 63-year-old wife, Claudette, to a local hospital in mid-March, she was feverish, confused and she thought she had the flu.