Leonardo Blair

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  May 30, 2019

  At God’s Garage, former pastor blesses women who struggle with car trouble

  A former pastor who struggled with lack and car trouble promised God he would help others that found themselves in his situation once he was in a better place. He's now helping vulnerable women with free auto repair services and cars.

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  May 29, 2019

  North Carolina preacher claims bottle of odor spray can chase demons away

  A North Carolina preacher and musician is claiming that an air freshener can chase away unwanted spirits after he was mocked online for spritzing it during a fiery worship service.

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  May 29, 2019

  New York Theological Seminary names female megachurch leader as president, a first in 119 years

  The Rev. LaKeesha Walrond, executive pastor of the 10,000-member First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, has been named as the first female president of the 119-year-old New York Theological Seminary. She will also be the 12th president of the seminary when she steps into the role on June 3.

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  May 28, 2019

  ‘I'm a very wealthy man,’ says Kenneth Copeland; he couldn’t help but buy jet from Tyler Perry

  Texas-based prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, who some reports estimate has a net worth upward of $300 million, recently declared himself “a very wealthy man,” but said his wealth doesn’t come from the offerings of his supporters alone.

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  May 25, 2019

  Father of Tennessee church shooter said he begged police to take guns, urged son to pray demons away

  Vanansio Samson, the father of 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson who fatally shot a beloved mother and wounded six others at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee in 2017, said he begged police to take  his son’s guns before the tragedy.

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  May 24, 2019

  Texas Baptist church to allow ministers to perform same-sex weddings

  After months of praying, leaders at the University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, announced Sunday that they have decided to allow their ministers to perform same-sex weddings inside their church building even though it goes against the official policy of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

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  May 24, 2019

  Vision Church of Atlanta adds psychic medium to ministerial staff

  The Vision Church of Atlanta, a progressive congregation, has added a psychic medium who claims to commune with the dead to their staff.

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  May 24, 2019

  ‘I’ve always loved you,’ Pastor James MacDonald tells ex son-in-law he allegedly tried to kill

  Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald shot back at recent allegations he tried to hire a hitman to kill his former son-in-law, Tony Groves Jr., with an excerpt from Psalm 37 and a video in which he declares to Groves, ‘I’ve always loved you.”

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  May 23, 2019

  James MacDonald threatened worker with gun, practiced shooting at HBC’s camp: police report

  Embattled Harvest Bible Chapel founder James MacDonald, who allegedly sought to hire a hitman to commit murder, is also alleged to be a gun-toting bully who practiced his shooting at the church’s camp.

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  May 23, 2019

  SBTC ousts church because pastor committed sex offense before conversion; pastor calls it unbiblical

  A Texas pastor whose church was disfellowshipped from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention over an inappropriate relationship with a teen prior to his conversion is contesting the decision as unbiblical.