Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 22, 2017

  Philando Castile Shooting Verdict 'Feels Dirty, Demonic,' Pastor Matt Chandler Says

  Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, who also serves as president of the Acts 29 Network, said the acquittal last Friday of Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez of all charges in the fatal 2016 shooting of Philando Castile "feels dirty and demonic."

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  Jun 22, 2017

  Diamond Reynolds Begged Jesus for Help in Heartbreaking Aftermath of Philando Castile Shooting

  In the harrowing moments after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, was shot during a routine traffic stop in Minnesota last summer, a distraught Diamond Reynolds begged Jesus to let him live as her frightened 4-year-old daughter encouraged her to stay calm so she wouldn't get shot too.

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  Jun 21, 2017

  Christian School Fires Teacher for Refusing to Give Up Second Job as Porn Star

  An unidentified Christian school that allegedly offered to give a raise and provide housing for one of their preschool teachers to stop her from moonlighting as a porn star was forced to fire her this week when she refused to give up her X-rated lifestyle.

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  Jun 21, 2017

  Evangelical Pastor Suggests SBC Was 'Played' Into Condemning Alt-Right White Supremacy

  Doug Wilson, pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, suggested Monday that the Southern Baptist Convention was "played" into condemning the alt-right white supremacy movement at their recently concluded annual meeting, arguing that the politically correct decision will only serve as more fuel for the extremist group.

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  Jun 21, 2017

  Family Forgives Christian Stockdale Family Band Member for Killing Mother, Brother

  The family of Stockdale Family Band member Jacob T. Stockdale, who fatally shot his brother and mother on their family farm in Stark County, Ohio, last Thursday before shooting himself, say they have forgiven him and are praying for his recovery.

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  Jun 20, 2017

  White Grace College & Seminary Employees Fired for Dressing Like Rappers in Parody

  A number of white employees at Grace College & Seminary in Indiana who dressed as rappers for a parody rap album cover were fired earlier this month after they were accused of being racially insensitive.

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  Jun 20, 2017

  Rev. Henry Lyons, Former Head of Largest Black Baptist Organization, Accused of Fraud Again

  The Rev. Henry J. Lyons, who once headed the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., the largest and oldest black religious convention in the United States before he was convicted of swindling money from the organization in 1999, was recently ousted from a Florida church after being accused of committing similar crimes.

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  Jun 20, 2017

  Court Cannot Decide Who Should Be Rightful Leader of Detroit World Outreach Megachurch, Judge Says

  A circuit judge in Michigan has refused to make a decision in the ongoing dispute between the board of elders of the Detroit World Outreach church in Redford Charter Township, Michigan, and Charisse Gibert, widow of the megachurch's late pastor, Benjamin Gibert, over who should be the church's rightful leader.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  After More Than 20 Years as Conservative Leader, Paul Williams Comes Out as Transwoman

  Paul Williams, who led the conservative church planting organization Orchard Group for 20 years, has publicly come out as a transgender woman named Paula Stone Williams.

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  Jun 19, 2017

  Woman Claims Televangelist Juanita Bynum's Cousin Abandoned Marriage After She Got Cancer

  A woman who said she waited all her life to marry then took the plunge after controversial televangelist Juanita Bynum introduced her first cousin to the woman as her "God sent" husband is now crying foul after the preacher's cousin allegedly abandoned her in January while she was going through treatment for cancer.