Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 24, 2019

  Black men who attend church frequently more likely to be obese, study finds

  Black men who attend church services frequently are nearly twice as likely to be obese than those that never attend services, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

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  Aug 23, 2019

  Joe Biden hires pastor as new faith outreach director to help woo Christian voters in SC

  Michael McClain, the longtime pastor of the historic Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Catawba, South Carolina, has been hired by former Vice President Joe Biden’s local campaign to help woo the powerful bloc of churchgoing voters ahead of that state’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

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  Aug 23, 2019

  Beloved Pa. pastor committed suicide by jumping to his death, coroner rules

  After a four-month probe into what officials initially thought was a hit-and-run murder, authorities now say a beloved Pennsylvania pastor and husband made a “significant jump” to his death from a building after decades of passionately serving the Lord.

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  Aug 22, 2019

  Priscilla Shirer warns against putting people on pedestals in light of Christian leaders falling away

  "War Room" actor and evangelist Priscilla Shirer is warning believers against putting people on pedestals in light of a number of high-profile Christian leaders who have renounced or expressed doubts about their faith.

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  Aug 22, 2019

  LDS leader arrested on charges of taking photos of woman in H&M dressing room, church suspends him

  A prominent volunteer and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah has been suspended from his role after he was charged with photographing a woman inside a dressing room at an H&M store.

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  Aug 21, 2019

  Amazon, top companies announce plan to help American workers, but Dem candidates aren’t convinced

  After more than two decades of maximizing profits mainly for the benefit of shareholders, some 181 of America’s leading corporations including Amazon, Target, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & Co., announced a new purpose for the corporation to improve the lives of workers and all other stakeholders but not everyone is buying it.

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  Aug 21, 2019

  Pastor warns of ‘demonic sacrifice’ to make Trump ‘bloodiest president in American history’

  Francis Myles, leader of the Lovefest Church in Tempe, Arizona, claimed Tuesday that enemies of President Donald Trump have made a “demonic sacrifice” to make him the “bloodiest president in American history” in the battle for the White House in 2020.

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  Aug 21, 2019

  Bishop Stephen Davis says corrupt leaders caused him to resign from New Birth megachurch

  During an altar call at his New Birth Birmingham — a church which was planted under the spiritual guidance of the late Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Stephen Davis revealed he left his spiritual father’s congregation because of the politics of corrupt leaders he described as “fools.”

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  Aug 20, 2019

  Church investigates bias after black cleaning woman told priest's dog 'kinda racist'

  The Catholic Diocese of Memphis has dismissed claims of racism against one of their priests as “unfounded” after two local house cleaners alleged he used his dog to keep a black woman from doing her job.

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  Aug 19, 2019

  Pastor charged with sexually assaulting teen to free her from ‘dark place’

  An Ohio pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teenage parishioner who was also sexually abused as a child told authorities that he had sex with her “to fix her fears.”