Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 16, 2020

  Televangelist Candice Smithyman says coronavirus is ‘demonic force’ from ancient Egypt

  Televangelist Candice Smithyman who also serves a pastor at Freedom Destiny Church in Orange Park, Florida, where her husband Adam is senior pastor, says the new coronavirus is a “demonic force” from ancient Egypt that will require repentance and unity in the church to be defeated.

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  Apr 16, 2020

  Willow Creek selects megachurch pastor Dave Dummitt as new senior leader

  Two years after the tumultuous resignation of their longtime pastor and founder Bill Hybels under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations, Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago announced Wednesday that they have selected Michigan megachurch pastor David Dummitt to replace him at the helm.

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  Apr 16, 2020

  Black pastors call on Trump admin. to address impact of coronavirus on minority communities

  A group and black pastors and researchers called on the Trump administration Wednesday to address the disproportionate impact of the new coronavirus on minority communities.

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  Apr 15, 2020

  LDS church suspends production of religious clothing to create masks, gowns for healthcare workers

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that they are suspending the production of religious clothing at their Beehive Clothing facilities in the United States and around the world to help create millions of clinical face masks and gowns to donate to healthcare workers.

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  Apr 15, 2020

  Pastor dies shortly after confessing in Easter sermon he wanted to die alongside late wife

  Rev. Earl W. “Buddy” Duggins, a longtime Texas pastor still grieving the death of his wife just two months ago died from a heart attack on Easter Sunday shortly after delivering an impassioned sermon in which he confessed he questioned God about why he wasn’t allowed to die together with the love of his life. He was 81.

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  Apr 14, 2020

  Woman says she survived tornadoes that killed 9 in SC by ‘calling on Jesus’

  A woman who escaped unhurt after a series of powerful tornadoes swept across South Carolina Monday morning, leaving at least nine people dead, says she survived by “calling on Jesus.”

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  Apr 14, 2020

  DOJ intervenes after Miss. church members ticketed $500 each for attending drive-in service

  Days after Mississippi Pastor Arthur Scott filed a lawsuit against the City of Greenville for issuing multiple members of his congregation $500 tickets for attending a drive-in service, the Justice Department intervened Tuesday in support of the church.

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  Apr 14, 2020

  Pastor dies from coronavirus after defying state's social distancing order; wife, family infected

  Weeks after he defied a social distancing order with a crowded church service, Bishop Gerald O. Glenn of New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Virginia, died from complications of the coronavirus while other infected members of his family, including his widow, are fighting to recover. Glenn was 66.

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  Apr 14, 2020

  Pastor who took time off from pulpit because he felt far from God returns ‘refreshed,’ ‘renewed’

  A megachurch pastor who made headlines last fall when he stepped away from his pulpit after telling his congregation that he was tired and felt far from God, says he is now feeling “refreshed” and “renewed” after a months-long sabbatical that has energized him sufficiently to now lead his congregation through the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Apr 13, 2020

  Coronavirus kept millions of churches from gathering for first time in 2,000 years, Rick Warren says

  While some churches defied government orders to gather for Easter on Sunday, Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, says the coronavirus pandemic prevented millions of churches around the world from physically gathering for Easter Sunday for the first time in 2,000 years.