Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Atlanta Hawks’ Adrian Griffin Jr. testifies, prays at Ill. church as questions swirl over nephew's death

  Atlanta Hawks forward Adrian Griffin Jr., 19, testified, prayed and received prayer with his extended family during a worship service Sunday at Midwest Believers Church in Champaign, Illinois, as they mourned the sudden death of his 2.5-year-old nephew, Jayce.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Police investigating firebombing at Texas church

  Police in Texas are investigating the firebombing of Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Americans placing more emphasis on hobbies, money and community, less on religion: study

  As the value Americans place on religion has declined over the last two decades, an increasing share of society now ranks community activities, hobbies or recreational activities, money, friends and health as extremely or very important priorities in their lives, while family maintained its rank as the highest priority of all, the results of a new Gallup survey show.

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  Jul 23, 2023

  Will digital Bibles like the YouVersion Bible App displace paper ones?

  With more than 95 installs per minute, Life.Church’s YouVersion Bible App celebrated its 15-year anniversary this month on more than 575 million unique devices in nearly 2,000 languages and the digital popularity of the Word of God is showing no signs of slowing down.

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  Jul 20, 2023

  Florida family found guilty of selling bleach as COVID-19 cure through fake online church

  A Florida man and three of his sons who duped consumers into purchasing more than $1 million worth of a "Miracle Mineral Solution" through a fake online church to cure ailments including COVID-19 and cancer that was nothing more than a poisonous "powerful bleach" when ingested, were convicted on federal fraud charges Wednesday.

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  Jul 20, 2023

  Stovall Weems sues ARC, Chris Hodges, Dino Rizzo for 'engineering takeover' of Celebration Church

  Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems have filed a lawsuit accusing the Association of Related Churches, one of North America's largest church-planting organizations, and several high-profile members of its executive team, including Church of the Highlands founder and leader, Chris Hodges, of "engineering" a takeover of the church and damaging their reputations.

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  Jul 19, 2023

  Rock Church named in lawsuit over death of former elder's 11-year-old daughter

  The Rock Church in San Diego, California, and one employee have been named among several defendants in a civil lawsuit alleging numerous failures to report and investigate child abuse less than a year after Leticia McCormack, a one-time elder and former volunteer, was charged with the murder of her 11-year-old adopted daughter, Arabella.

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  Jul 18, 2023

  Poorest Americans most likely to have ‘great deal’ of confidence in Church: Gallup

  While confidence in the Church or organized religion remains at historic lows, the poorest Americans, those living in households earning less than $50,000 annually, are more likely to express “a great deal” of confidence in religious institutions, a new survey from Gallup suggests.

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  Jul 17, 2023

  LDS Church could be a $1 trillion denomination by 2044, report suggests

  With an estimated wealth of $236 billion in 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could potentially cover all of its current expenses “forever” with returns from current investments without collecting any additional tithes from congregants. It could also become a $1 trillion denomination as early as 2044, a new report from The Widow’s Mite contends.

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  Jul 15, 2023

  Iraqi Christians fear president’s revocation of decree places them in harm’s way

  Christians in Iraq protested a decision by Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid to withdraw a decade-old decree recognizing Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as the head of the Chaldean Church "in Iraq and the world" and allowing him to legally protect the assets of Christians and the local church.