Leonardo Blair

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  May 26, 2023

  Most Americans don't like Christian celebrity culture, megachurches: study

  While a majority of Americans have a positive view of Jesus, most, including Christians, also have a negative opinion of celebrity Christian culture, celebrity pastors, Evangelicals, megachurches and famous worship bands, a new study from Barna Group shows.

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  May 25, 2023

  Sean Feucht threatens to sue over adultery rumors with Rep. Lauren Boebert

  Weeks after born-again Christian Congresswoman Lauren Boebert filed for divorce from her husband due to “irreconcilable differences,” missionary and political activist Sean Feucht is shooting down rumors that he was involved in an extramarital relationship with her.

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  May 24, 2023

  Founder of Christian Coalition Family Church charged with child abuse, sexual battery

  A day after the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office in Gainesville, Florida, announced they had arrested and charged Lorenzo L. Crawford, founder of Christian Coalition Family Church, with child abuse, investigators slapped him Wednesday with an additional 11 counts of alleged sexual battery and one count of aggravated battery.

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  May 24, 2023

  Less than half of US adults believe in God without a doubt, but majority still pray: study

  While less than half of adults in the U.S. believe in God without a doubt or attend religious services frequently, the majority, almost 80%, say they still pray, a new study from NORC at the University of Chicago shows.

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  May 23, 2023

  Santa Claus’ home church in Turkey reopens to the public after restoration by gov’t

  The more than 1,500-year-old St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Turkey, named after the beloved St. Nicholas, who inspired the legend of Santa Claus, is now open to the public again for daily visits after an 18-month restoration project funded by the government.

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  May 16, 2023

  Carl Lentz says he was sexually abused as a child; denies abusing nanny Leona Kimes

  Former Hillsong NYC pastor, Carl Lentz, claims he was sexually abused as a child by a family member and denies that he sexually abused his former parishioner and nanny, Leona Kimes, framing the alleged abuse instead as a consensual relationship between two adults.

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  May 15, 2023

  Funeral of Shireta Rogers, wife of Pastor Tim Rogers set for May 20

  Shireta Rogers, the wife of pastor and singer Tim Rogers, whose sudden passing at 46 was announced last Tuesday, will be remembered in a memorial service on Saturday at the Chickasaw Arena in Blytheville, Arkansas.

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  May 15, 2023

  Most never-married Christian men and women are not living lives of sexual chastity: study

  As single Christians, the majority of whom are women, struggle to find ideal marriage partners in the pews, a new study released by Communio, a national nonprofit organization that works with churches to strengthen families and develop stronger faith lives, has found that most of them aren’t living lives of sexual chastity.

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  May 12, 2023

  America under threat from syncretism, George Barna says in study; churches urged to respond

  While the World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a “public health emergency,” America’s embrace of syncretism — the fusion of different religions — and the growing rejection of a biblical worldview remains a threat to general quality of life in a post-pandemic world, especially for children, new research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University suggests.

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  May 11, 2023

  Shireta Rogers, wife of Pastor Tim Rogers, dies after brief condition

  Scores of family members and well-wishers have been grieving openly on social media over the passing of Shireta Rogers, the beloved wife of pastor and singer, Tim Rogers, who publicly dismissed Hell as a “fairytale” in 2018, but said he believes in Heaven and the afterlife. She was 46.