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  Apr 1, 2019

  Hope Carpenter defends Pastor John Gray and wife Aventer, tells critics ‘I cut people’

  Pastor Hope Carpenter, co-founder of Redemption World Outreach Center in Greenville, South Carolina, which was rebranded Relentless Church last year, defended celebrity pastors, John and Aventer Gray from critics Sunday with a public threat to critics that “I cut people.”

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  Apr 1, 2019

  Sen. Tim Scott says TD Jakes program doing better job than gov’t in keeping people out of prison

  In a message on second chances Sunday at the T.D. Jakes-led Potter’s House in Dallas, Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott praised the work of the church’s Texas Offenders Reentry Initiative for doing a better job of keeping people out of prison than government efforts nationwide.

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  Mar 31, 2019

  Tithes, offerings dip 40 percent, membership down by 3,500 after scandal at Harvest Bible Chapel

  Officials at the multicampus Harvest Bible Chapel in greater Chicago urged faithful supporters to give to the ministry after reporting a drop in membership of 3,500 as well as a 40 percent dip in tithes and offering a month after the firing of founding pastor James MacDonald.

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  Mar 30, 2019

  Paula White says President Trump’s opposition to late-term abortion is personal conviction

  Pastor Paula White says President Donald Trump’s opposition to late-term abortion is not just about politics, but is his personal conviction.

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  Mar 29, 2019

  Abortionist who believes he's doing ‘God’s work’ denies allegations of sexual misconduct

  Dr. Willie Parker, a prominent Christian abortionists who believes he's doing God’s work by helping women who want to end their pregnancies denied sexual misconduct allegations this week from a Texas-based reproductive rights activist, Candice Russell.

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  Mar 27, 2019

  BET’s 'Sunday Best' winner, gospel star Le’Andria Johnson, doesn’t want to sing gospel anymore

  Nine years after winning BET’s gospel singing competition "Sunday Best" which catapulted her to stardom, popular gospel singer Le'Andria Johnson says she doesn’t want to sing gospel anymore.

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  Mar 27, 2019

  Singer Tweet is done with organized religion, says she suffered ‘culture shock’

  Popular R&B singer Charlene Keys, known by her stage name Tweet, is calling it quits with organized religion after suffering “culture shock” from what she describes as an abusive business driven culture in many churches

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  Mar 26, 2019

  Celebrated Ohio pastor Charles Booth dies of cancer

  The Rev. Charles E. Booth, a celebrated Ohio pastor and civil rights activist who preached the power of prayer, died Saturday after a protracted battle with cancer. He was 72.

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  Mar 26, 2019

  Grandmother’s prayer closet survives powerful tornado that flattened home, killed many

  An Alabama grandmother who emerged from the rubble of her home praising God after it was flattened by a powerful tornado earlier this month, wasn’t the only thing that survived. The brick walls around 72-year-old Earnestine Reese’s prayer closet survived too.

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  Mar 26, 2019

  Strangers flock to church to honor 9-y-o girl found dead in duffel bag

  Scores of strangers were among hundreds who flocked to the St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights, California, on Monday to honor the life of Trinity Love Jones, a 9-year-old girl whose lifeless body was found stuffed inside a duffel bag earlier this month.