Leonardo Blair

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  May 29, 2018

  Willow Creek Hires Independent Firm to Help Reconcile With Bill Hybels' Accusers; Women Say They Want Truth First

  Two weeks after Willow Creek Community Church's elder board apologized for initially brushing off several women's sexual misconduct accusations against founder Bill Hybels as lies, some of the pastor's most vocal accusers have rejected an independent conciliation effort offered by the megachurch as an olive branch.

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  May 25, 2018

  Mocking 'Holy Laughter' Is Blasphemous, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne Warns

  Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of Revival International Ministries who was seen praying for President Donald Trump with other ministers in a viral photo he shared on social media last summer, is now warning that those who dismiss the "holy laughter" as ungodly are blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.

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  May 25, 2018

  Pastor Who Had Porn Addiction for 17 Years Finds Healing, Starts Ministry With Wife

  Greg Oliver, an Alabama pastor who lost his job in 2009 after his 17 year addiction to sex and pornography was exposed has found healing and a new ministry with his wife which seeks to help others overcome the devastation of pornography and sexual addiction.

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  May 25, 2018

  Mike Pence, President Trump Praise New NFL Policy, Some Christians See Attack on Free Speech

  When the NFL announced new rules requiring all players to stand for the national anthem, stay in the locker room if they can't or face a fine for breaking them Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump celebrated. Some Christian thinkers and church leaders saw it however as an attack on free speech, an American value conservatives are known to dearly defend.

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  May 24, 2018

  2 Suspects in Murder of Pastor's Wife Amanda Blackburn Now Have Plea Deals

  Two of the three suspects charged with the 2015 murder of Amanda Blackburn, who was a 28-year-old Indiana pastor's wife, have now had the murder charges against them dropped after agreeing to plea deals, while the case for murder against the remaining suspect is still pending.

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  May 24, 2018

  Pastor, US Capitol Police Son and Son-in-Law Charged With Sexually Abusing Teens in Church Program

  A Maryland pastor was arrested and charged along with his U.S. Capitol police officer son and son-in-law Wednesday in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of four at-risk teenagers who were enrolled in a housing program run by his church.

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  May 24, 2018

  Arizona Ed Head Accused of Removing Evolution From Science Standards, Pushing Intelligent Design

  Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction, Diane Douglas, has sparked an outcry among some state science teachers for proposing new draft K-12 science standards that remove the word "evolution" and its explanations which they see as a push to replace the Darwinian theory with the teaching of Intelligent Design.

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  May 23, 2018

  Pastor, Wife, Daughter Sentenced After Dispute Sparked by Affair With Sunday School Teacher

  An Ohio pastor, his wife and daughter who were initially accused of robbing a Sunday school teacher and then fleeing their church minutes before the start of a worship service in February, were all sentenced Monday as it was revealed that the incident was triggered by an affair.

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  May 23, 2018

  High School Forces Christian Valedictorian to Remove References to Jesus, Faith From Speech

  Officials at an Illinois high school who forced their Christian student valedictorian to remove references to Jesus, God and his faith from his speech may soon be facing a lawsuit after First Liberty Institute, one of the nation's top religious liberty law firms, decried the move as a violation of the student's constitutional rights.

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  May 23, 2018

  Alabama Pastor Rick Patrick Apologizes for Mocking #MeToo Movement With 'Gang Rape' Joke

  Rick Patrick, an Alabama pastor, publisher of SBC Today and executive director of the Connect 316 ministry, has apologized for a Facebook post mocking prominent evangelical supporters of women as the #MeToo movement rises in churches.