Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 7, 2017

  Marvin Sapp: Christians Should Support Gospel Artists Even If Their Private Lives Are 'Questionable'

  Popular gospel singer Marvin Sapp, who's also founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, stirred controversy online Thursday when he suggested that Christians should buy the music of gospel artistes even if their private lives are "questionable."

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  Jul 7, 2017

  12-Y-O Boy Found Drowned in 3 Feet of Water at Indiana Church Pool

  A 12-year-old Chicago, Illinois, boy who attended church "every Sunday" with his mother, died tragically on the Fourth of July holiday after he was found drowned in three feet of water in an Indiana church swimming pool.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Late Megachurch Bishop Frank Summerfield's Life to Be Honored With 2-Day Celebration

  As condolences continue to pour in over the death of Bishop Frank Summerfield of Word of God Fellowship Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, the megachurch said Wednesday that they will be celebrating the life of their late pastor over two days beginning exactly one week after his death on Sunday.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Congressman Steve Scalise Readmitted to Intensive Care in 'Serious' Condition

  House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, 51, was readmitted to the Intensive Care Unit in "serious" condition at MedStar Washington Hospital Center where he has been recovering three weeks since a gunman shot and critically wounded him at a Congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.

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  Jul 6, 2017

  Hobby Lobby to Pay $3M Fine, Forfeit Biblical Artifacts Smuggled From Iraq

  Christian-owned Hobby Lobby, the world's largest private arts-and-crafts retailer, agreed to pay $3 million and forfeit thousands of biblical cuneiform tablets and clay bullae to settle a civil complaint the U.S. government filed against the company Wednesday.

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  Jul 5, 2017

  Facebook Snubs Crucifix Emoji Celebrating Christian Pride After Complaints About Rainbow Emoji

  Despite an ongoing social media campaign by evangelical Christians pushing for Facebook to add a crucifix emoji to celebrate Christian pride like the new rainbow emoji celebrating gay pride, the company said it has no plans to do so.

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  Jul 5, 2017

  Pastor Donates Life-Saving Kidney to Ailing Congregant After He Spent Years Praying for Miracle

  A Christian man who had been praying for relief from end stage renal disease since 2015 recently got a life-saving answer from his pastor who turned out to be a matching kidney donor after God told him to give his ailing congregant one of his own organs.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  Megachurch Founder Frank Summerfield Dies Months After Wife Suffered Grave Illness

  Bishop Frank Summerfield, founder of the Word of God Fellowship Church and Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, has died. He was 67.

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  Jul 3, 2017

  Nashville Megachurch Replaces Pete Wilson With 12Stone Church's Kevin Queen

  The multi-campus Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee, announced Sunday that Kevin Queen, pastor of 12Stone Church's Hamilton Mill campus in Georgia, will replace their founding pastor, Pete Wilson, who abruptly resigned from his post last September.

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  Jun 30, 2017

  Tennessee Church Bus Driver Accused of Raping 10-Y-O Girl in Church's Basement

  A member of a small church in Covington, Tennessee, who was also reported to be the driver of the church's bus, was arrested and charged with raping a 10-year-old girl inside the church's basement.