Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 7, 2018

  Pregnant Woman in Labor Dies With Unborn Child, 3 Other Family Members in Crash En Route to Hospital

  A pregnant South Carolina woman died in labor in a crash with her unborn child and three other family members Friday as she was being rushed to a local hospital to give birth.

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  Feb 7, 2018

  Devout Christian Family With 13 Sons Hopes 14th Child Due in April Will Be a Girl

  A Christian Michigan couple who has 13 sons are hoping to welcome a daughter to their family when their 14th child arrives in April. But they aren't getting their hopes up too high because of their history with children.

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  Feb 7, 2018

  Rachael Denhollander Stands by Statements Against Sovereign Grace, CJ Mahaney After Church Rejects Them as False

  Former gymnast and Larry Nassar accuser Rachael Denhollander stood by recent statements she made calling Sovereign Grace Ministries "one of the worst, if not the worst, instances of evangelical cover-up of sexual abuse" as the church said her characterization of a dismissed 2012 sexual abuse case against the church is "not true."

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  Feb 6, 2018

  College of the Holy Cross Will Keep 'Crusader' Moniker Amid Concerns It Would Offend Muslims

  The Jesuit College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced over the weekend that the school will keep its century-old sports moniker "Crusader" despite concerns that Muslims could find it offensive.

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  Feb 6, 2018

  Calif. Court Rules Christian Baker Cannot Be Forced to Make Cake for Same-Sex Wedding

  In a decision being celebrated as a win for religious freedom advocates, a California judge ruled late Monday that a Christian baker who faced losing her business because she refuses to bake cakes for same-sex weddings cannot be compelled by the state to do so.

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  Feb 5, 2018

  Kentucky Congregation Votes Unanimously to Dismiss Pastor Accused of Financial Abuse

  After months of internal squabbling and court battles, members of the Southern Acres Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, unanimously voted to remove their leader, Pastor Cameron McDonald, who has been accused of financial impropriety and abuse of power.

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  Feb 5, 2018

  Woman Accuses Pastor, Professor of Making Her Have Sex With Him 'Hundreds of Times' to Heal Her of PTSD

  Amy McClanahan, a 23-year-old woman who alleged that John Wright, a highly rated theology professor and a pastor in California, coerced her into sex to heal her of post-traumatic stress disorder, said he made her have sex with him "hundreds of times" mostly in the church.

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  Feb 5, 2018

  Ronnie Gorton, Pastor of The Awakening Church, Becomes Suicidal After Rape Accusations

  Ronnie Gorton, a married father and lead pastor of The Awakening Church in Atoka, Tennessee, has been taken in for a psychiatric evaluation after he allegedly threatened to take his life over accusations that he raped two underage boys.

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  Feb 2, 2018

  Pastor, Christian College Prof. Allegedly Told Congregant Sex With Him Would Heal Her From Sexual Abuse

  John Wright, a highly rated theology professor at Point Loma Nazarene University and pastor of the English Congregation at the Mid City Church of the Nazarene in San Diego, California, has been accused of rape and sexual harassment by a young woman who says he convinced her to have sex with him so she could be healed of past sexual abuse.

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  Feb 2, 2018

  After Faith-Filled Career, Eagles Quarterback Nick Foles Says He Wants to Be a Pastor

  On Twitter, the bespectacled Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles places his faith in Jesus before everything else that defines him in his tagline. "Believer in Jesus Christ, husband, father, son, brother," he writes. It's no surprise then that at the end of his football career, Foles plans to become a pastor.