Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 24, 2019

  Internet preachers rise as more worshipers migrate online

  With more than 800,000 followers on Facebook, Marcus Rogers has an audience on social media that's much greater than popular established churches like Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church.

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  Jun 21, 2019

  US missionary accused of pretending to be doctor, causing hundreds of Ugandan children to die

  Renee Bach, an American missionary from Bedford, Virginia, who served in Uganda, has been accused in a lawsuit of illegally operating a medical facility where hundreds of children died. 

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  Jun 21, 2019

  Alabama gov. signs law allowing Briarwood Presbyterian Church to have own police force

  After several years of seeking to establish a private police force to adequately protect its church and school campuses, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation allowing the Briarwood Presbyterian Church to do just that despite objections from critics.

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  Jun 21, 2019

  After harrowing fall, Christian daredevil Nik Wallenda to walk tightrope in faith over Times Square with sister

  Just over two years ago famed Christian high-wire artist and acrobat Nik Wallenda struggled with fear about ...

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  Jun 20, 2019

  Father whose family was in viral encounter with Phoenix police thanks God for life at local church

  A young father whose family is at the center of controversial videos showing him and his fiancée being threatened at gunpoint by Phoenix police in the presence of their young daughters told thousands of mostly black and Hispanic residents Tuesday night that he is thankful to God that his family emerged from the encounter alive.

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  Jun 19, 2019

  Bieber farmer, newly elected lawmaker under fire for supposed Christians-only town hall

  Brian Dahle, a newly elected Republican state senator and farmer from Beiber, California, has come under fire for conducting what critics say is a town hall that was advertised for Christians only.

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  Jun 19, 2019

  Paula White: ‘demonic network’ opposes Trump reelection; 'We secure victory in the name of Jesus'

  Declaring that President Donald Trump believes in worshiping “God and not government,” prosperity preacher and the president’s spiritual adviser, Paula White, unleashed a spirited prayer against a “demonic network” that seeks to block Trump's re-election in 2020.

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  Jun 19, 2019

  105-y-o Rev. Hattie Mae Allen still preaches every week even after 57 years

  At 105-years old, the Rev. Hattie Mae Allen is a great-great-grandmother who still preaches every week even though she has been doing it for 57 years.

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  Jun 18, 2019

  Celebration Church pastor among 3 killed by suspected drunk driver on Father’s Day

  The 10,000-member Celebration Church community in Louisiana is grieving after Claude Williams, pastor of the church’s Westbank campus, was killed with two others Sunday after he stopped to help a stranded motorist.

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  Jun 18, 2019

  Family was with pastor as suspected drunk driver caused fatal crash that killed him on highway

  A South Carolina pastor's wife and three of their four children were inside the family's vehicle as it was hit by a suspected drunken driver who killed their father and his friend as they changed a flat tire Saturday night.