Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 29, 2023

  Pastor claims church members got killed by gang during Haiti protest because they lost faith

  After at least seven of his members were executed when he led them into what local police have called an ill-advised protest against a powerful gang in Haiti on Saturday, Pastor Marcorel Zidor, leader of the Church of the Pool of Bethesda in Caradeux said they only died because they lost their faith.

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  Aug 28, 2023

  Ron DeSantis calls racist Dollar General shooter ‘major league scumbag’ at prayer vigil

  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the white man who fatally shot three black people at a Dollar General in Jacksonville because of their race, “a major league scumbag” at a prayer vigil for the victims Sunday where he was booed by some as he promised help for the grieving community.

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  Aug 28, 2023

  At least 7 church members executed, others kidnapped, injured for challenging gang in Haiti

  At least seven members of the Evangelical Church of the Pool of Bethesda in Caradeux, Haiti, were executed while several others were injured or kidnapped on Saturday after their pastor convinced them to protest a heavily armed local gang with just sticks, machetes, and the belief that God would protect them from bullets.

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  Aug 10, 2023

  Faith-based global security ministry helped free kidnapped American nurse, daughter in Haiti

  Concilium Inc., a faith-based global security company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, worked with the U.S. State Department and other American law enforcement officials to secure the release of New Hampshire nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter, both of whom were kidnapped from the campus of Christian education ministry, El Roi Haiti, on July 27 near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the ministry said.

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  Aug 10, 2023

  Family mourns after apparent suicide of Texas Pastor Phillip Loveday

  Family of the-late Texas Pastor Phillip Loveday, who was found dead by police from an apparent suicide Tuesday, are now grappling with grief after the tragic end to their six-day search for him.

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  Aug 9, 2023

  Morehouse College’s Christian valedictorian tells church they can call on both ancestors and Jesus for help

  George Pratt, a 2023 history and religion graduate and co-valedictorian at Morehouse College, recently told congregants at Antioch AME Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, that Jesus isn’t the only name they can call on when they need spiritual help from God but they can call on the names of their ancestors to because like Jesus, their ancestors are also manifestations of God.

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  Aug 9, 2023

  Kidnapped American nurse and daughter freed in Haiti, Christian ministry says

  Alix Dorsainvil, a New Hampshire nurse and her daughter, who were kidnapped from the campus of Christian education ministry, El Roi Haiti, on July 27 near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have been released, officials from the organization announced Wednesday.

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  Aug 9, 2023

  Rickey Smiley, pastor, exult after black co-captain is defended from attack by white boaters in Montgomery

  Christian comedian and talk show host Ricky Smiley publicly exulted with many black Americans online after a black cruise ship co-captain was successfully defended by colleagues and bystanders after he was violently attacked by a group of white boaters at the  Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday.

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  Aug 9, 2023

  Missing Texas Pastor Phillip Loveday is found dead in Kinder Morgan truck

  Six days after he went missing after leaving home for his secular job at Kinder Morgan on Aug. 2, Phillip Loveday, senior pastor at Faith Christian Center in Freer, Texas, was found dead inside a company vehicle police announced Tuesday night. He was 47.

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  Aug 8, 2023

  Pastor Jamal Bryant gets new flak for old message claiming Jesus was wrong 85% of His life

  Leader of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, Jamal Bryant, is getting some new flak for an old message in which he claims Jesus was “wrong” for 85% of His life despite being called, anointed, and chosen.