Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 20, 2019

  After 22 years of marriage, couple reveal what keeps them going

  When Miami couple Lilliane and Rodrigo Farinazo wed as young Christians nearly 22 years ago, they were both sure that they had found the proverbial “one” in each other.

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  Apr 18, 2019

  Harvest Bible Chapel allegedly made James MacDonald a millionaire; ECFA terminates membership

  James MacDonald, founder of Harvest Bible Chapel in greater Chicago, who was recently fired under a cloud of financial abuse, was allegedly being paid nearly a million dollars per year in regular salary, had access to approximately a million more in discretionary spending, and is currently owed $2.6 million in deferred compensation by the debt-ridden church.

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  Apr 18, 2019

  Jentezen Franklin, Abby Johnson urge thousands at Free Chapel Church to not stay silent on abortion

  Jentezen Franklin, senior pastor of the multi-campus Free Chapel Church in Gainesville, Georgia, urged more than 4,000 Christians to speak out against abortion at an event celebrating life with former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson from the hit movie ‘Unplanned’  Saturday.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Pastor dies suddenly from virus; church united in prayer

  James W. Nichols, a Northport, Alabama, pastor whose congregation thought he was just battling allergies in recent weeks, died suddenly from a virus. He was 62.

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  Apr 17, 2019

  Donations for 3 burned historic black churches pour in after Notre Dame fire

  Donations to restore three historically black churches torched in alleged arson attacks in Louisiana are pouring in after high profile figures like Hillary Clinton asked the public to remember them too when more than $700 million was quickly raised to restore the famed Notre Dame cathedral in France.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  In shocking message on Easter, pastor allows kids to hit, spit on and even cut him with steak knife

  A pastor in Pataskala, Ohio, had members of the public reacting with shock and disgust this week after a video of him allowing children in an after school program to hit, spit on and even cut him with a steak knife to illustrate a message about Easter.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  Christian college students, alumni protest Mike Pence invite over Trump admin policies

  Thousands of students, alumni and supporters of Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana, are calling on school officials to disinvite Vice President Mike Pence as their commencement speaker because his politics are “not consistent with the Christian ethic of love we hold dear.”

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  Apr 16, 2019

  France’s richest man, French billionaires pledge more than $500M to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

  The LVMH Group which owns luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy and is led by France’s richest man, Bernard Arnault, pledged €200 million ($226 million) Tuesday to help rebuild the Notre Dame cathedral  hours after a tragic fire ripped through the iconic church.

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  Apr 16, 2019

  Christian mom Glennon Doyle preaches sexuality beyond ‘gay’ and ‘straight’ at conservative megachurch

  Nearly two years after marrying retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach, following her divorce from longtime husband Craig Melton, author Glennon Doyle said society will eventually accept a broader spectrum of human sexuality beyond “gay” and “straight.”

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  Apr 15, 2019

  All-male black college Morehouse to accept transgender men; slammed for 'masculinist gender norms'

  Morehouse College, America’s only all-male historically black college, will begin accepting women who identify as men, a move that upsets some in the LGBT community because it enforces "masculinist gender norms."