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  Dec 24, 2023

  TD Jakes: ‘If everything was true, all I got to do is repent sincerely from my heart ... but I ain’t got to repent about this’

  Days after denouncing an unverified report casting innuendo about his sexuality and accusing him of being a frequent participant at sex parties hosted by producer and music mogul Sean Combs, popularly known as Diddy, televangelist T.D. Jakes called his accusers “liars” on Sunday and noted that even “if everything was true, all I got to do is repent sincerely from my heart.”

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  Dec 22, 2023

  TD Jakes' camp calls trending unverified report ‘false,’ addresses Diddy’s party

  A representative for popular televangelist T.D. Jakes, who leads The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas, Texas, has dismissed as "unequivocally false and baseless" an unverified report casting innuendo about his sexuality and accusing him of being a frequent participant at sex parties hosted by producer and music mogul Sean Combs, known by his stage name, Diddy.

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  Dec 22, 2023

  Church fires lead pastor after ‘shock’ arrest for patronizing minor for sex

  Board members of the Mount Hope Christian Church in Fayette County, West Virginia, say they have fired their lead pastor, Elbert Eugene Goins, popularly known as "Buddy Goins," a day after he was arrested for allegedly patronizing a minor victimized by sexual servitude. They said the incident has left them "shocked."

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  Dec 20, 2023

  Satanic Temple’s ‘After School Satan Club’ teaches there is no Hell and ‘Satan is not an evil guy’

  In a move school officials say is a bid to “cancel all faith-based organizations” working with public schools, the Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple caused a stir by announcing its first “After School Satan Club” chapter in Tennessee, where they will teach children things like there is no Hell and “Satan is not an evil guy.”

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  Dec 20, 2023

  Severe obesity growing in American children under 5 is ‘nearly irreversible’: study

  Bombarded by food insecurity, poor sleep habits, fast food and too much screen time, more American children between the ages of 2 and 4 are being diagnosed with severe obesity, which "is strongly associated with high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, prediabetes, and early mortality," a new study finds. 

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  Dec 19, 2023

  Christians worry they'll be wiped out of Gaza after mother, daughter shot dead at church

  A church leader is worried that Gaza's Christian community will be wiped out in Israel's war with Hamas after Israeli soldiers were accused of fatally shooting two Christian women on the grounds of Gaza City's only Catholic church on Saturday.

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  Dec 19, 2023

  As rents soar, homelessness hit record high: HUD

  As rents soared and programs focused on preventing evictions and housing loss ended, homelessness hit a record high in 2023, with roughly 20 out of every 10,000 people in the United States found to be experiencing homelessness on a single night, a new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows.

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  Dec 18, 2023

  Pastor Steven Smith says he’s willing to step down over handling of abuse case

  Pastor of  Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, Steven Smith, told his congregation Sunday that he is willing to step down for failing to inform them that a former church official charged with guiding children had been credibly accused of abusing minors at the church.

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  Dec 18, 2023

  Tennessee mom praises God after baby boy swept up by tornado is found alive in tree

  A young Tennessee mother who nearly lost her two children as a massive tornado swept her family out of their home earlier this month is thanking God for keeping her 4-month-old son alive. He was found in a tree after the tornado separated him from the family.

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  Dec 15, 2023

  Arkansas pastor apologizes for not telling congregation ex-church employee accused of child abuse

  Steven W. Smith, pastor of the more than century-old Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, apologized to his congregation Sunday for not disclosing that a former church official charged with guiding children had been credibly accused of abusing minors at the church while their parents were busy with worship.