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  Sep 27, 2019

  Billionaire Bishop Edir Macedo made daughters skip college so they wouldn’t be smarter than husbands

  Edir Macedo, a billionaire evangelical bishop and founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Brazil, is coming under fire online for saying he made his two daughters skip college because he didn’t want them to be smarter than their husbands, effectively making them the “head” of their households.

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  Sep 27, 2019

  Parishioner ‘hurt’ after church cancels membership over lack of financial support

  A parishioner at the St. Simon and Jude Parish in Pennsylvania is speaking out after he received a letter stating that his membership at the church was being canceled over his lack of financial support and residence outside the area. 

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  Sep 26, 2019

  Conservatives respond to Democrats' Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry

  Conservatives are responding to a controversial whistleblower complaint released Thursday that alleged President Donald Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a telephone call in July to help him interfere in the 2020 election by investigating political rival, Joe Biden “for personal gain.”

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  Sep 25, 2019

  Pastor rebukes NFL star Cam Newton for being ‘dressed like a woman’

  North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden, Sr., founder of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, has rebuked Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton for “dressing like a woman” when  appeared at a recent press conference wearing a headscarf, a silky blue suit and gold shoes.

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  Sep 25, 2019

  At memorial service, Jarrid Wilson’s widow urges church to ‘get serious about mental health’

  Juli Wilson, widow of late Harvest Christian Church Associate Pastor Jarrid Wilson who took his life just over two weeks ago urged the church to “get serious about mental health” at his memorial service Tuesday as she vowed to continue advocating suicide prevention through the Anthem of Hope organization they launched in 2016.

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  Sep 24, 2019

  Steve Austin tried to end his life as a youth pastor but survived and is now talking about it

  Steve Austin considers himself lucky. Seven years ago when he was 29 and served as a youth pastor, the Alabama resident tried to end his life in a hotel room with his Bible in his lap.

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  Sep 24, 2019

  5-Y-O girl survives after dad jumps to death in front of train with her; mom thanks God

  It was a frantic scene in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx in New York City on Monday after a troubled father jumped to his death in front of a local train while clutching to his 5-year-old daughter, who miraculously survived.

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  Sep 24, 2019

  Prosperity gospel draws ire of rappers TI and Killer Mike at Jamal Bryant’s megachurch

  It was the promise of blessings for donations that rapper T.I. said triggered his now viral smirk, as guest preacher Bishop I.V. Hilliard pressed congregants to give sacrificially two Sundays ago at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

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  Sep 23, 2019

  Pastor claims he was denied church permit because it would attract the homeless

  Pastor Melvin Navarro says the City of Lorain, Ohio, where he runs his Healing Wings International Ministries, denied his church a permit because it would attract the homeless, but the mayor disputes the claim.

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  Sep 21, 2019

  Atheists protest ‘unconstitutional’ prayer breakfast at Georgia high school

  The American Humanist Association accused the Griffin-Spalding School Systems in Georgia of hosting “unconstitutional school prayer activity” for student athletes, but the school district insists the students have been leading their own prayer.