Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 7, 2023

  Pastor, Al Sharpton’s brother gets 30 months for drug trafficking, tax evasion

  Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, the troubled younger half-brother of civil rights activist Al Sharpton and founder of felon voting rights advocacy organization, The Ordinary People Society in Dothan, Alabama,  was sentenced to 30 months in prison Thursday for drug trafficking, income tax evasion, and lying to obtain Social Security disability benefits.

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  Jul 7, 2023

  Record share of 40-year-olds in America have never been married: study

  A record number of 40-year-olds in America have never been married, and they are more likely to be men, African Americans and those who possess a level of education equivalent to a high school diploma or less, a new analysis by the Pew Research Center shows.

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  Jul 6, 2023

  Youth pastor who filmed underaged girls in church bathroom now facing 46 counts

  Daniel Kellan Mayfield, the former youth pastor at First Baptist Gowensville in Landrum, South Carolina, who was arrested last month for allegedly recording girls, many of whom were underage, inside the church’s bathroom, is now facing 46 charges of criminal sexual conduct, court records show.

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  Jul 5, 2023

  Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, wife separate so they can see other people

  While they have no plans to divorce or stop living together in the same house, failed 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, have announced they have formally separated so they can see other people.

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  Jul 5, 2023

  Pope Francis launches effort to honor modern-day Christian martyrs from all denominations

  Pope Francis has commissioned a new working group in the Vatican's department of saint-making, known as the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, to identify Christians from all denominations worldwide who have been killed for their faith since 2000.

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  Jul 4, 2023

  Houston megachurch exorcises ‘demonic’ statue found on property with burning

  Members of a Houston megachurch exorcised the "demonic" influence of a miniature Grim Reaper found hidden on their property Sunday evening, destroying it in a blazing fire and prayers just a week after thieves were captured on video stealing a safe containing money and important documents from their church building.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  TD Jakes appoints daughter, son-in-law as assistant pastors of The Potter’s House

  In a move that perhaps many would not have predicted years ago due to the dramatic twists and turns she has had in her life, including getting pregnant at age 13, televangelist T.D. Jakes installed his daughter Sarah Jakes Roberts, and her husband Touré Roberts, as the first ever assistant pastors of The Potter's House in the church’s 27- year history.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  Northview Church defends hiring pastor accused of leadership abuse

  Northview Church in Indiana is defending the hiring of CJ Johnson to serve as their senior pastor in 2021 despite former members of the now defunct Southland City Church in Minnesota, where he served in a similar role accusing him of leadership abuse in an environment that also lacked financial transparency.

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  Jul 3, 2023

  Bill Hybels’ mentee Pastor David Ashcraft named new CEO of Global Leadership Network

  David Ashcraft, pastor emeritus and teaching pastor at the multi-campus LCBC Church in Pennsylvania, has been named president and CEO of the Global Leadership Network, formerly known as the Willow Creek Association, founded by his friend and disgraced pastor Bill Hybels.

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  Jul 2, 2023

  Religion has become enclave for highly educated, married, middle-class families: Ryan Burge

  America's churches have become enclaves for highly educated, married, middle-class families with children, and that's troubling for democracy, according to political scientist and lay preacher with the American Baptist Church Ryan Burge.