Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 25, 2017

  San Antonio Mayor Criticized for Saying Poverty Caused by Broken Relationship With God

  Unabashed Christian Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Ivy Taylor, who is the current front runner in her race for reelection next month, has come under fire for blaming poverty on humankind's broken relationship to their creator.

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  Apr 25, 2017

  Potter's House Denver Pastor Chris Hill Resigns Over Alleged Affair, Separates From Wife

  After a torrid month battling the exposure of their senior pastor's alleged love affair with a married parishioner identified as his goddaughter, The Potter's House Church of Denver announced last weekend that Chris Hill, mentee of megachurch preacher Bishop T. D. Jakes, has resigned.

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  Apr 24, 2017

  Americans Attend Church Most for the Sermons

  A new Gallup poll suggests that it's not the personality of pastors or the size of their churches that attract worshipers the most. It's the content of their sermons.

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  Apr 24, 2017

  19-Y-O Wheaton Student Studying to Be Minister Killed in Hammer Throw Accident at Track Meet

  Members of the Christian liberal arts Wheaton College community are grieving over the death of Ethan Roser, a freshman at the Illinois school, who was accidentally killed after being struck by a hammer during the hammer throw event at a track and field competition Saturday.

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  Apr 21, 2017

  Russia Bans 'Extremist' Jehovah's Witnesses, Will Confiscate Religious Sect's Property

  Russia's Supreme Court decided Thursday to ban Jehovah's Witnesses as an "extremist" organization and strip them of all property a month after the Russian Justice Ministry filed a formal petition with the court to outlaw the religious sect.

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Paraplegic Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Reveals How Faith Helped Him Recover After Accident

  When a 75-foot oak tree fell on top of 26-year-old Greg Abbott in a freak accident in the summer of 1984, it crushed his spine and took the use of his legs. It could have also crushed the dreams he had for the rest of his life but thanks to God, it didn't, says the man who is now governor of Texas.

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Husband of Deceased New York Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam Says Wife Didn't Kill Herself

  Gregory A. Jacobs, canon to the Ordinary and chief-of-staff at The Episcopal Diocese of Newark, shot down suggestions that his late wife, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman to sit as an associate judge on the bench of New York State's highest court, committed suicide.

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Aaron Hernandez's Suicide Message on Forehead: John 3:16

  While Massachusetts Department of Corrections officials said former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left behind no suicide note after he was found hanging in his prison cell Monday, sources say he did leave a message — one of the most quoted Scriptures of the Bible, John 3:16.

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  Apr 19, 2017

  $1 Million Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Driver Who Caused Church Bus Crash That Claimed 13

  A son of one of the 13 members of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels in Texas killed in a bus crash on their way home from a church trip on March 29 has filed a lawsuit against Jack Dillon Young, the driver officials say caused the crash, seeking more than $1 million in damages.

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  Apr 19, 2017

  Christian Man Gets 10 to 20 Years for Killing Worshiper Inside Church After Argument Over Seats

  Mark T. Storms, a member of the Keystone Fellowship Church in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, who fatally shot a troubled worshiper inside the church following a fight over seats last spring was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison and two years probation Tuesday.