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  May 8, 2017

  Fresh Fire Founder Todd Bentley Asks Followers to 'Bless' Wife in PayPal Account on Her Birthday

  Healing evangelist and founder of Fresh Fire USA Todd Bentley asked thousands of his followers on social media to bless his wife Jessa with birthday wishes and money to her PayPal account so she could do little things she loves like getting "her nails done and her hair done, and makeup."

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  May 5, 2017

  Detroit World Outreach's Late Pastor Did Not Want Widow to Succeed Him, Church Says

  The ongoing feud between the board of elders of the Detroit World Outreach Christian Center Church and Charisse Gibert, widow of the megachurch's late Pastor, Benjamin Gibert, took a shocking turn Tuesday when the church claimed the pastor did not want his wife to succeed him.

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  May 5, 2017

  Christian Apologist Nabeel Qureshi Praying for Miracle After Cancer Worsens

  New York Times best-selling author and Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi is praying for a miracle from God after recent tests revealed that his stage IV stomach cancer has gotten worse, leaving him with nearly a 0 percent chance of recovering from the disease.

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  May 5, 2017

  Aaron Hernandez Committed Suicide Naked, Scrawled John 3:16 in Blood on Wall, Report Says

  New details on the tragic suicide of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez show he was found naked with the Bible verse John 3:16 scrawled on his forehead with ink and written in blood on the wall of his cell on April 19.

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  May 4, 2017

  Pastor Sued for Defaming Members in Fight Between Church Pianist, Music Director

  A pastor who unsuccessfully mediated a feud between his longtime pianist and music director will now have to face a lawsuit for defamation after the North Carolina Court of Appeals reinstated a previously dismissed case brought against him by his now one-time pianist.

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  May 4, 2017

  Troubled Boston Pastor Charged With Drug Trafficking After Crack, Other Drugs Found at Church

  Willie Wilkerson, 58, a troubled pastor in Boston, Massachusetts, with a long criminal record, was arrested and charged with drug trafficking Tuesday after police found a stash of crack cocaine, cash and other drugs inside a church where he once preached.

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  May 4, 2017

  Convicted Evangelist Tony Alamo Dies in Prison; Church Insists He Did Not Molest Young Girls

  Controversial evangelist Tony Alamo of the California-based Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, who was sentenced to 175 years in prison in 2009 for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, has died. He was 82.

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  May 3, 2017

  UNESCO Declares Israel's Sovereignty Over Jerusalem 'Null and Void'

  UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has declared Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem to be "null and void" and acknowledged the Jewish state's presence in the city as an "occupying Power."

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  May 3, 2017

  Fistfight Erupts as Church Members Seek to Fire Georgia Pastor Accused of Adultery

  A tense meeting among congregants over whether the Rev. David F. Stephens Sr. of Greater Bellevue Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia, should be fired for alleged infidelity erupted into a violent brawl Monday night.

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  May 2, 2017

  Tearful Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Newborn Son's Heart Disease That Led Atheists to Pray for Him

  In a tearful monologue in which he revealed the harrowing moment he learned his newborn son William had a heart defect, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel thanked his family, friends, medical staff and even the atheists who prayed as he weathered through his son's successful heart surgery at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles last week.