Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 12, 2023

  Uncommitted Christians causing ‘catastrophic decline in biblical worldview in America’: Barna

  Millions of uncommitted Christians are causing a "catastrophic decline in biblical worldview in America" because they have been poorly discipled in their faith and often don't know how to pass on biblical values to their children, research in a new book from veteran Christian researcher George Barna shows.

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  Sep 11, 2023

  5 Christian reactions to Coco Gauff’s prayer after winning 1st Grand Slam title at US Open

  Many Christians who saw Coco Gauff’s prayer after winning the U.S. Open and know how vocal she has been about her faith responded when ESPN’s flagship program noted in a post on X that she had merely taken a moment to “soak it all in" after winning her first Grand Slam title.

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  Sep 9, 2023

  Whistleblower alleges Boy Scouts of America blocked child protection measure due to fear of Mormons

  The former youth protection director at the Boy Scouts of America says the embattled youth organization blocked his efforts to institute child protection measures due to fear of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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  Sep 8, 2023

  Married pastor accused of robbing 5 women, sexually assaulting 2

  The wife of a longtime Illinois preacher reeled in shocked Wednesday as she learned that her husband of 11 years has been accused of robbing five women and sexually assaulting two of them.

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  Sep 7, 2023

  Carlton Pearson, former megachurch pastor who says there is no Hell, brought to 'death's door' battling cancer

  Bishop Carlton Pearson, an affiliate minister at All Souls Unitarian Church, who was once one of the most sought-after Pentecostal speakers in America before he lost his megachurch in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 20 years ago for declaring there is no Hell, says he was recently brought to “death’s door,” battling illnesses related to cancer.

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  Sep 7, 2023

  Church faces financial ruin as court orders repayment of $500K in ill-gotten donations

  A 120-year-old Illinois church could be forced to shutter and sell off their assets if they fail to raise $300,000 in the next month to pay off a $487,000 federal court judgement against them to recover “long gone” donations a businessman convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, poured into their coffers over 10 years.

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  Sep 6, 2023

  Ebenezer Baptist Pastor Sen. Raphael Warnock may have violated disclosure laws, watchdog suggests

  The leader of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, might have violated federal disclosure laws or Senate ethics rules when he accepted $125,000 in deferred compensation from his church in 2022, according to conservative watchdog group the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust.

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  Sep 6, 2023

  Beloved Chicago pastor found fatally battered as man she helped is charged with murder

  Family and friends of beloved Chicago pastor and food pantry volunteer Marisol Berrios are struggling to cope after she was found battered to death inside her home Saturday, allegedly by a man she once helped. Berrios was 53.

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  Sep 6, 2023

  NJ challenges Ocean Grove Christian group’s limit on private beach access on Sundays

  Ocean Grove, a New Jersey community in Neptune Township founded by Methodist ministers in 1869 as a “Christian seaside resort” has been warned by state officials that their longstanding tradition of limiting access to their privately owned beach before noon on Sundays during the summer months to accommodate church services and maintain the character of their community is a violation of state law.

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  Sep 5, 2023

  Church of Haitian pastor who led members into deadly clash with gang is shut down: gov't official

  Haitian authorities have reportedly temporarily suspended the operating license of the Church of the Pool of Bethesda in Caradeux after the congregation’s pastor, Marcorel Zidor, recently led hundreds of his members into a deadly confrontation with a violent gang then blamed the deaths of  at least seven of them on their lack of faith.