Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 17, 2018

  9 Church Members Slaughtered During 2015 Emanuel AME Church Bible Study to Get Memorial

  Three years after nine members of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, were violently gunned down by an avowed white racist during a Bible study in June 2015, church officials announced Sunday that they will be honored with a memorial.

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  Jul 16, 2018

  Instagram Censors Meme Saying Planned Parenthood Kills More Blacks Than KKK

  Instagram deleted a meme comparing the number of blacks lynched by the Ku Klux Klan to the number of black fetuses aborted by Planned Parenthood.

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  Jul 16, 2018

  Highpoint Pastor Chris Conlee Has Emotional Farewell; Church Leaders Ask Forgiveness for 'Mistakes'

  Pastor Chris Conlee had an emotional final Sunday at Highpoint Church, just days after he announced his resignation from the church he founded following the sex abuse scandal of former teaching pastor Andy Savage.

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  Jul 15, 2018

  AME Church Launches Partnership With Black Banks to Improve Black Wealth

  The African Methodist Episcopal Church recently announced an innovative economic partnership with Black-owned banks across the country aimed at increasing wealth in the black community through business development and homeownership.

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  Jul 13, 2018

  Le'Andria Johnson's Pastor Asks Church Not to Ostracize Gospel Star for 'Misguided Passion'

  Gospel singer Le'Andria Johnson's pastor, Tim Rogers, says her irreverent criticism of the Church was "misguided passion" and he hopes Christians don't "throw her away altogether" because there is a place for her in the Kingdom.

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  Jul 13, 2018

  LGBT Advocates Demand Resignation of Calif. Vice Mayor Who Declared July 'Straight Pride American Month'

  Ted Hickman, the vice mayor of Dixon, California, is under fire from LGBT advocates who are calling for his resignation after he declared July "Straight Pride American Month" in an op-ed published two weeks ago in a local newspaper and on his personal website.

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  Jul 12, 2018

  Chris Conlee Resigns From Highpoint Church After Andy Savage Scandal; Sex Abuse Victim Rejoices

  Highpoint Church, whose teaching pastor Andy Savage resigned over past sexual abuse, announced on Wednesday that its lead pastor, Chris Conlee, has also resigned.

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  Jul 12, 2018

  Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims Shirtless 'Financial Angel' Visited Him in Hotel Room, Another Wrestled Him at Home

  Fresh Fire USA founder and healing evangelist Todd Bentley claimed during a "Supernatural Debt Forgiveness Jubilee Service" Sunday that he has had live encounters with angels during his ministry similar to those experienced by biblical figures, including a visit from a shirtless "financial angel" in a dingy hotel room and another in his home where the angel wrestled him in his bed.

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  Jul 12, 2018

  If You Don't Doubt the Bible, You're Not Reading It, Pastor Steven Furtick Says

  If you don't have doubts about the Bible, chances are you are not reading it or don't plan on living according to its message, Steven Furtick, pastor of the popular Elevation Church in North Carolina, said.

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  Jul 11, 2018

  SC Baptist Convention Leader Resigns, Charged With Sexual Assault From 20 Years Ago

  Mark Edwin Aderholt, who recently served as the associate executive director and chief strategist for the South Carolina Baptist Convention until his resignation less than a month ago, has been arrested and charged for sexually assaulting a teenager in Arlington, Texas, more than 20 years ago.