Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 28, 2019

  Majority of churches planted by SBC in 2018 had non-white leaders, JD Greear says

  Despite emerging from a painful history dogged by racism, a majority of churches planted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2018 had non-white leaders, the organization’s President J.D. Greear has revealed.

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  Jul 27, 2019

  Bubble Ball danger? Youth pastor sues Walmart for over $2M after breaking neck in game

  An Oregon youth pastor who doctor’s say miraculously survived after breaking his neck at a church camp during a game using a “Bubble Ball” he purchased from Walmart is now, along with his wife, suing the retail giant for more than $3 million.

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  Jul 26, 2019

  Pastor brutally stabbed to death by son battling mental illness, police say

  Family and friends mourned privately at a memorial service for Pastor Glenn Allen Barber Jr. on Friday, just days after police say he was brutally stabbed to death by his son, who is battling mental illness.

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  Jul 26, 2019

  Pastor entering Juanita Bynum’s hotel room uninvited sparks debate on privacy, decorum

  When Pastor John Moore decided to invite renowned televangelist Juanita Bynum to preach at his Experience Church in Chesapeake, Virginia, he said he was warned it could cost him. Perhaps even more than the $3,000 down payment, half the offering collected and other charges she exacted from his church of fewer than 100 members.

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  Jul 25, 2019

  Mike Pence, Pastor Greg Locke among conservatives condemning water attack on NYPD officers

  Vice President Mike Pence and popular internet preacher Greg Locke are among several conservatives condemning viral videos that surfaced Monday showing NYPD officers being doused with water by residents in Harlem and Brooklyn over the weekend as multiple suspects in the cases were arrested.

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  Jul 25, 2019

  The more Americans know about religion, the less they like evangelicals: study

  Americans with a high level of religious knowledge have a warmer view of Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants and Buddhists than they have of evangelical Christians and are least warm to Muslims and atheists, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

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  Jul 24, 2019

  Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell maintains innocence in fraud case as co-defendant pleads guilty

  Prominent Texas megachurch pastor, Kirbyjon Caldwell, who was indicted for defrauding a number of investors including members of his 15,000-member church of more than $1 million last year maintained his innocence Tuesday as his co-defendant Gregory Alan Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud.

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  Jul 24, 2019

  Boz Tchividjian joins legal team of girl sexually assaulted at First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth

  A grandson of the late Billy Graham, former child abuse prosecutor Boz Tchividjian, has joined the legal team of a young girl who was sexually assaulted at First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, Michigan, just over two years ago.

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  Jul 24, 2019

  Congregation walks out in protest of pastor’s ‘America: Love or leave it’ sign

  A Virginia pastor is now facing backlash from his congregation after he publicly promoted a church sign that reads, “America: Love or leave it."

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  Jul 23, 2019

  Texas pastor loses daughter, son-in-law, grandson in Holy Land crash

  A Texas pastor is now grieving after losing his oldest daughter, her 2-month-old son as well as his son-in-law after a tragic crash that occurred as his daughter was feeding her newborn on the side of a road in Gedera, Israel.