Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 11, 2019

  Church raises money to help furloughed federal workers during gov't shutdown

  As the partial federal government shutdown moves toward a fourth week, a historic church in Memphis, Tennessee, has stepped in to help their affected members weather an uncertain period of missed paychecks.

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  Jan 11, 2019

  Controversial Baptist pastor Donnie Romero resigns due to adultery, says ‘I’ve been a terrible husband and father’

  Donnie Romero, an adherent of the New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Movement and controversial founder of Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, resigned due to sex with prostitutes, gambling and marijuana use.

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  Jan 9, 2019

  Former Potter’s House pastor Chris Hill confirms New Year’s Eve arrest, opens up about ‘horrible’ divorce

  Former senior pastor of The Potter's House Church of Denver Chris Hill, who resigned in 2017 over an alleged affair with a married parishioner, confirmed Tuesday that he was arrested on New Year’s Eve and jailed for just over a week in Atlanta in a harrowing experience he said left him feeling dehumanized.

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  Jan 8, 2019

  Months after being left partially blind in church van crash, Christian man loses wife to brain aneurysm

  Five months after he was left partially blind and seriously injured while on a church trip last summer, a Christian man and his family from Kansas were devastated again when his wife suffered a brain aneurysm and died.

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  Jan 8, 2019

  Foster care agency leader would rather lose government funding than change Christian only foster care policy

  The leader of a Christian-only foster care agency in South Carolina said he is willing to give up state and federal funding if government officials insist they go against their religious convictions in order to access funds.

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  Jan 8, 2019

  Father of 4 experiences ‘miracle’ recovery after hospital unplugs life support, family starts planning funeral

  Scott Marr, a former Nebraska sports announcer who was so close to death his family started making plans to cremate his body after doctors pulled the plug on his life support, is now thanking God for the "miracle" that led to his stunning recovery.

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  Jan 7, 2019

  5 children killed in fiery church van crash on way to Disney World; church mourns

  A United Pentecostal Church International congregation in Marksville, Louisiana, remained in the throes of mourning Monday after five children from their congregation were killed in a fiery crash on their way to what was supposed to be a fun trip to Disney World in Florida.

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  Jan 7, 2019

  John Gray reveals he wanted to commit suicide; TD Jakes rebukes spirit

  Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, rebuked a spirit of suicide from fellow megachurch Pastor John Gray on Saturday, just days after Gray revealed he had been contemplating suicide.

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  Jan 5, 2019

  At Cross19 Conference JD Greear tells young Christians small dreams, visions don’t honor Jesus

  In a rousing presentation at the Cross19 Conference in Kentucky on Friday, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear told young Christians gathered for the event that the Holy Spirit has already equipped them with the power to be witnesses to the world and urged them to dream big because small dreams and visions don’t honor Jesus.

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  Jan 4, 2019

  After being on brink of divorce, Pastor John Gray and wife to host relationship conference

  Months after megachurch pastor John Gray revealed that he and his wife were on the verge of getting a divorce, the couple announced that they will be hosting a relationship conference, billed “Align," at their South Carolina church next month.