Leonardo Blair

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  May 17, 2018

  Josh Holt, American Missionary Imprisoned in Venezuela, Cries for Help as Inmates Seize Prison

  Josh Holt, a former Mormon missionary who's been imprisoned in Venezuela since June 2016, begged the U.S. government for help Wednesday, saying his life was under threat as riots erupted and inmates took over the Helicoide detention center where he's being held in Caracas.

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  May 16, 2018

  Christian Parents Die in Crash, Oldest Child Becomes Guardian of 6 Siblings Who Survived

  A 23-year-old Texas man who was orphaned when his devout Christian parents died after they were involved in a crash along with his six younger siblings is still trying to come to terms with his new role as guardian, as hundreds of people pour in donations to help his family.

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  May 16, 2018

  Texas Pastor Urges Southern Baptists to Denounce 'Evil' Social Justice Ideology

  Warning against the "evil" and "anti-biblical" stance of social justice activism, Pastor Grady Arnold of Calvary Baptist Church in Cuero, Texas, has submitted a proposal to the Southern Baptist Convention's resolutions committee calling on the denomination to denounce the movement at their annual meeting, scheduled for June 12-13 in Dallas.

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  May 16, 2018

  California's Assisted Suicide Law Overturned as Christian Mom Once Offered Lethal Drugs Celebrates

  A Christian mother who was offered a lethal dose of suicide pills as alternative treatment for her terminal cancer a week after California's physician-assisted suicide law went into effect almost two years ago, celebrated on Tuesday when a state judge overturned the law calling it unconstitutional.

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  May 15, 2018

  Birmingham Pastor Slams Local Megachurch as Racist, Tells Blacks to Get Out of White Churches

  A controversial longtime Alabama pastor, the Rev. Michael R. Jordan, of New Era Baptist Church in Birmingham, slammed the Church of the Highlands, the state's largest church, on Thursday as racist and "hypocritical" while alleging that their motives behind a planned church plant in the city to help fight crime are not "pure."

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  May 15, 2018

  Rhode Island Church Leader Takes Sabbatical to Transition From Man to Woman

  The Rhode Island State Council of Churches announced Friday that beginning next month, the organization's executive minister, the Rev. Don Anderson, 70, will begin a three-month sabbatical during which he will transition into a woman named Donnie.

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  May 14, 2018

  Is This an Angel? Pastor, Michigan Neighbors Say 'Yes'

  A Michigan pastor and some of his followers insist this now viral photo caught by a security camera outside the home of one of his parishioners in East Jordan depicts an angel hovering over a truck. But one expert suggests it could possibly be something else.

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  May 14, 2018

  North Korea Invites World to Watch Closure of Nuclear Testing Site Ahead of Trump Meeting

  North Korean officials announced plans to dismantle their nuclear testing site and let the world watch, just over two weeks after South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an official end to the Korean War and agreed to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

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  May 14, 2018

  Republican Gov. Phil Scott Signs Vermont Gender-Neutral Bathroom Bill Into Law

  Calling it "important for kids in school," Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill, H.333, into law on Friday requiring all public single occupancy restrooms in that state to be gender-neutral.

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  May 11, 2018

  LDS Church Celebrates Moms in Viral Video as 'Creators of Heaven on Earth;' Some Yearn for Day Off

  In homage to motherhood three days ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a one-minute video celebrating mothers as partners with God in creating "heaven on earth" Thursday and now it's gone viral.