Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 31, 2017

  Sudan Sentences Christian Missionary to 20 Years in Prison for Disseminating Reports of Christian Persecution

  Petr Jasek, a respected Czech missionary who is also a journalist, was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Sudanese court on Sunday for taking video footage showing the persecution of Christians by government authorities.

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  Jan 31, 2017

  Kirk Franklin, Daughter Embroiled in Fiery Twitter Debate Over Trump's Refugee Ban

  Gospel music star Kirk Franklin and his youngest daughter Kennedy got embroiled in a war of words with a Twitter user Sunday over President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on refugees. The musician issued a stern warning to the user after he felt his daughter was threatened.

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  Jan 30, 2017

  ISIS Praises Trump Travel Ban for Showing US as Anti-Islamic

  Jihadist groups said Sunday that President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration is proof that the United States is at war with Islam.

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  Jan 30, 2017

  Average Age of Pastors Now Much Closer to Retirement: Barna Study

  The average age of Protestant pastors in the U.S. has increased by a decade over the last 25 years, putting it just six years below the current Minimum Retirement Age of 62, according to a recent study by the Barna Group.

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  Jan 27, 2017

  Pastor Caught in Bed With Parishioner's Wife Won't Resign Because God Has Already Forgiven Him

  A Tallahassee, Florida, pastor who was forced to flee naked after he was caught having an affair with a parishioner's wife says he will not step down from his position because God has already forgiven him and his wife is standing by him.

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  Jan 27, 2017

  Eddie Long's Family Defends Him as Man Who Loved Unconditionally, Says Church Will Go On

  Led by their quiet matriarch, Vanessa Long, the family of the late Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, defended his legacy as a man who loved unconditionally and rallied members of the megachurch he founded to "get back to the business of ministry."

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  Jan 26, 2017

  Philippines President Says He Was Abused by Catholic Priests, Church Is Full of Feces

  Sharp-tongued Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who once called former president Barack Obama the son of a whore, ripped into the Catholic Church Tuesday and dismissed its officials as corrupt and full of feces.

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  Jan 26, 2017

  Pew-Making Business Swindles Churches in 6 States of More Than $250K

  Custom Church Interiors, an Arizona company that boasts a more than 50-year-old reputation of providing "superior worship furnishings for churches, synagogues, funeral homes and courtrooms," is now under fire from churches in at least six states that say the company fleeced them of more than $250,000 then disappeared.

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  Jan 25, 2017

  Eddie Long Funeral: Thousands Celebrate Life of New Birth Pastor (Video)

  Thousands of mourners, including dignitaries such as former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders and Bernice King, the youngest child of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., gathered in Georgia Wednesday to celebrate the life of late megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long.

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  Jan 25, 2017

  After Controversies, Eddie Long Regretted Becoming a Celebrity Pastor

  With more than 25,000 members attending his church at the height of his career, the late Bishop Eddie Long became a "Christian celebrity." And it was the trappings of this celebrity status he said that triggered his downfall.