Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 2, 2023

  Christian groom and bride ‘dead inside’ after wedding blaze kills more than 100

  A Christian groom and his bride who lost more than 100 of their friends and family members after a fire broke out during their wedding celebration at a banquet hall in Iraq’s biggest Christian town in northern Nineveh province on Sept. 26, say even though they survived the blaze, they feel “dead inside.”

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  Oct 2, 2023

  Pastor allegedly tried to kill his family because they were being evicted

  A Kansas pastor who attempted to murder his wife and their 5 children on Sept. 16, allegedly told police the family was scheduled to be evicted from their home that day and he thought it would have been better if they all died than find out they would become homeless.

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  Oct 2, 2023

  Savannah mourns Rev. Clarence Williams after death in crash

  The congregation of Pilgrim Baptist Church of Savannah and leaders in the city continued mourning the late Rev. Clarence Williams on Monday, days after he was killed in a tragic car accident on Thursday. He was 64.

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  Oct 1, 2023

  Nonprofits with Christian values will never get donations from some adults: study

  Across all generations, less than half of respondents in a recent Barna survey said a nonprofit organization having Christian values would make them more likely to support that organization financially, while significant minorities also stated having “Christian values” would make them less interested in financially supporting a nonprofit organization.

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  Sep 29, 2023

  Assemblies of God pastors say denomination’s leaders should resign over Chi Alpha scandal

  At least three Assemblies of God pastors have called on denominational leaders to repent and, where appropriate, resign after organizers of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries were accused of allowing Daniel Savala, a 67-year-old itinerant minister and convicted sex offender, to prey on scores of young males for more than two decades.

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  Sep 29, 2023

  Married pastor accused of producing child porn tells FBI: ‘I’m sorry that I cannot stop’

  A married pastor and father of three who was arrested and charged with producing child pornography after the FBI raided his Brentwood home has allegedly confessed to collecting videos from minors engaged in sex acts and told investigators, “I’m sorry that I cannot stop.”

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  Sep 28, 2023

  Evangelist and wife had big plans to spread the Gospel, now both are charged in child rape case

  Sword of the Lord Publishers, a Christian publishing ministry in Tennessee that rented a building to the ministry of evangelist and father of six, Benjamin Garlick, who was recently arrested and charged with several counts of child rape, said they were “shocked” by the allegations against the preacher who has been saved since age 5, and had big plans to spread the Gospel in the Hispanic community.

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  Sep 28, 2023

  Practicing Christians more likely to be 'spiritually open' than non-Christians, study finds

  As America's religious landscape grows more syncretic and the population's connection to Christianity continues to weaken, data from a recent Barna study shows that practicing Christians are more spiritually "open" or interested in exploring other spiritual traditions than non-Christians or Christians who don't practice their faith.

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  Sep 27, 2023

  Christian teen fatally shoots self in front of police at party parents warned her not to attend

  Jaylee Chillson, a 14-year-old Kansas teen whose parents say she was in therapy for relentless bullying at her school, fatally shot herself in front of a police officer after her family reported that she left their home to attend a party she was told she was not allowed to go to.

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  Sep 27, 2023

  Wedding inferno kills at least 100 in Iraq’s biggest Christian town; bride and groom survive

  Family members of a Christian bride and groom confirmed Wednesday that they survived a massive fire that erupted during their wedding celebration killing at least 100 and injuring more than 150 of their guests in Iraq’s biggest Christian town in northern Nineveh province Tuesday.