Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 2, 2019

  You can't understand black folks without understanding LGBT community, Pastor Barber says

  Pastor William J. Barber II said a “rift” between the black and gay communities is a “false narrative” created by the National Organization for Marriage, but the conservative nonprofit insists it is Barber’s narrative that’s a lie.

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  Nov 29, 2019

  Megachurch pastor resigns over allegations of sex with 18-year-old members of youth group 17 years ago

  The Rev. Wes Feltner, lead pastor of preaching and vision at the multi-campus Berean Baptist Church in Burnsville, Minnesota, has resigned from his post amid an investigation into allegations from two 35-year-old women who say he manipulated them into sexual relationships while they were teenagers 17 years ago.

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  Nov 29, 2019

  Televangelist Joseph Prince's New Creation megachurch buys mall for nearly $217M

  CapitaLand Limited, one of Asia’s largest diversified real estate groups, recently announced that it has agreed to sell The Star Vista, one of Singapore’s iconic shopping malls, for nearly $217 million to Rock Productions, the business arm of the 33,000-member New Creation Church led by charismatic televangelist Joseph Prince.

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  Nov 27, 2019

  Pastor William Barber II says his church is open to all 2020 candidates including President Trump

  Influential social justice advocate and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, William J. Barber II, says his church is open to every 2020 presidential candidate — including President Donald Trump — for worship and they don’t need his permission to attend.

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  Nov 27, 2019

  Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald signals ‘early 2020’ return to ministry

  Disgraced Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald who recently repented for the circumstances that led to his unceremonious ouster from the greater Chicago megachurch he founded more than 30 years ago has signaled he could likely return to the pulpit in “early 2020.”

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  Nov 26, 2019

  Men praise God after being released from prison 36 years after wrongful murder conviction

  Three Baltimore men who each served 36 years in prison after they were wrongfully convicted of murder as teenagers, praised God with their family and friends after they were exonerated and released Monday.

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  Nov 26, 2019

  Maxine Waters attacks Dr. Ben Carson, claims he doesn’t have ‘intelligence’ to be HUD Secretary

  Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters lashed out at Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson on Sunday, claiming he lacks the experience and “intelligence” required for his job amid policy debates about affordable housing, homelessness and housing discrimination.

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  Nov 25, 2019

  Newlywed pastor, domestic abuse survivor found shot dead in bed with church elder husband

  For just over a year, newlywed assistant pastor at RIM City Church in Connecticut, LaRhonda Jones and her husband Eric, an elder, had been telling the world how grateful they were for each other on social media.

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  Nov 25, 2019

  Majority of Americans favor religious freedom, even if views are ‘discriminatory,’ new study says

  A majority of Americans strongly support religious freedom even if the views expressed are deemed “discriminatory,” according to a new study from the Becket Fund for Religious Freedom.

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  Nov 22, 2019

  Beloved megachurch pastor Dimitri Bradley killed in crash, church mourns

  Thousands of members from City Church in Richmond, Virginia, are now in mourning after Dimitri Bradley, their lead pastor and founder was killed in a crash on Interstate 195 Wednesday.