Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 7, 2018

  Andy Savage Calls #ChurchToo Movement 'Very Attacking,' Sees #MeToo Movement as 'More Biblical'

  Former Highpoint Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who resigned in March over a 20-year-old sexual assault scandal involving a teenage parishioner while he was her youth pastor, has criticized the #ChurchToo movement as "very attacking" while praising the movement's secular #MeToo counterpart as a "more biblical response" to sexual misconduct in the church.

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  Jun 7, 2018

  Christian-Owned Indiana CrossFit Gym Shuttered for Canceling LGBT Pride Event

  A CrossFit gym in Indiana was shuttered Wednesday after staff and club members revolted against a decision by the gym location's owner to cancel an LGBT Pride event due to his religious convictions.

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  Jun 7, 2018

  SBC Says Women Not Barred From Presidency, Pastor Dwight McKissic Suggests Beth Moore

  The Southern Baptist Convention said Thursday that apart from being a member of a church adhering to denominational standards, there is no barrier to a woman becoming the face of America's largest Protestant denomination.

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  Jun 6, 2018

  'Perfection': Woman Claims to See Jesus on Crab Shell After God Spoke to Her

  A Florida woman says she's now filled with hope after an impression of Jesus resembling famous Dutch artist Rembrandt's 1648 "Head of Christ" painting appeared on the shell of a horseshoe crab after God spoke to her and promised "perfection."

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  Jun 6, 2018

  Quest Church Founder Eugene Cho Resigns, Assures Congregation There Was 'No Moral Failure'

  Eugene Cho, founder and lead pastor of Quest Church, an urban, multicultural and multigenerational church in Seattle, Washington, announced his resignation Sunday after 18 years at the helm of the church. The pastor, whose resignation becomes effective Sept. 30, assured his congregation that his decision is not due to moral failure but the need for a new leader who has a fresh vision for the church.

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  Jun 6, 2018

  Pedophile Who Wants to Legalize Incest, Have Sex With Daughter, Running for Congress in Virginia

  Nathan Larson, a confessed pedophile and prospective congressional candidate in Virginia who once spent 16 months in prison for threatening to kill former President Barack Obama, says he now wants to legalize incest so he can have sex with his young daughter.

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  Jun 5, 2018

  United Pentecostal Church International Icon Tom Fred Tenney Dies

  Tom Fred Tenney, a longtime leader in the United Pentecostal Church International who is credited with increasing the denomination's missionary work and doling out pithy one-liners on how to live right on social media, died peacefully on Friday. He was 84.

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  Jun 5, 2018

  Trump Disinvites Philly Eagles, Super Bowl Champs With Prominent Christians, From White House

  President Donald Trump uninvited the NFL's Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles, a team with a number of outspoken Christians, from a White House visit that was planned for Tuesday.

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  Jun 5, 2018

  Deputy Says God Helped Him Save 3-Y-O Girl From Burning Building

  Cody Downs, a Jasper County Sheriff's Deputy in Texas who ran into a burning house and saved a 3-year-old girl who was trapped inside is thanking God for helping him and the toddler escape the fire alive.

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  Jun 5, 2018

  Supreme Court Vacates Lower Court Ruling That Allowed Immigrant Teen to Get an Abortion

  The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a precedent-setting lower court ruling on Monday that allowed a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant to get an abortion last fall, but rejected a request from the administration of President Donald Trump to continue a policy of prohibiting immigrant minors from accessing abortions while an appeal is pending against that policy.