Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 6, 2023

  Family, church celebrate after pastor wrongly declared brain-dead returns home

  Ryan Marlow, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was celebrated on Saturday as he returned home months after doctors wrongfully declared him brain-dead and almost harvested his organs.

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  Mar 6, 2023

  Arizona Christian University pledges action after school district bans student-teachers due to faith

  Days after the five-member governing board of the Washington Elementary School District in Arizona voted to ban student-teachers from Arizona Christian University from the district due to their commitment to traditional Christian values, the university’s president has slammed the decision as “wrong” and “unlawful” and pledged to fight back.

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  Mar 6, 2023

  NYC Mayor Eric Adams maintains that ‘you cannot separate your faith’ from who you are

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams maintained Sunday that he cannot separate his Christian faith from who he is as a person nearly a week after making waves with a similar statement in which he declared it was a mistake to remove prayer from public schools.

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  Mar 5, 2023

  After 52 years of ministry, skydiving 98-year-old preacher wants people to see Jesus in his life

  At 98, North Carolina preacher Roy Jernigan is still excited about sharing the Gospel. Even after serving as a missionary on Indian reservations across the country for 52 years, Jernigan won’t stop preaching because his life is his ministry, and he wants people to see Jesus when they see him.

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  Mar 4, 2023

  More than half the world could be obese or overweight in 12 years, costing trillions annually: report

  More than half the world’s population is on course to be overweight or obese by 2035, resulting in a $4.32 trillion reduction in the global economy annually unless governments take steps to improve treatment and prevention, a new report from the World Obesity Federation shows.

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  Mar 3, 2023

  School district rejects student-teachers from Arizona Christian University due to their biblical values

  Despite allowing student-teachers and practicums from Arizona Christian University for the last 11 years without incident, the five-member governing board of the Washington Elementary School District in Arizona has unanimously voted to stop the practice because of the threat the students’ biblical value system poses to LGBT students.

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  Mar 3, 2023

  Eastview Christian Church pastor resigns after son is fired from Central Christian Church for adultery

  Mike Baker, the longtime senior pastor of Eastview Christian Church in Illinois has resigned from the megachurch weeks after his son, Caleb Baker, was fired from his job as a pastor at Central Christian Church in after he was caught in an extramarital affair with another church staffer.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  Third generation pastor, convicted felon, allegedly sold church for $600K to support drug habit

  James Edward Smith II, “a third generation preacher,” convicted felon and leader of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested by authorities on multiple charges Wednesday connected to his alleged sale of the church for $600,000 to support his drug habit.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University revival: CDC

  An estimated 20,000 people who flocked to Asbury University in Kentucky last month to participate in a two-week-long prayer event could have been exposed to measles by an attendee later found to be infected with the highly contagious virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned.

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  Mar 2, 2023

  Most church leaders see in-person only worship services as a thing of the past: study

  As many churches have now reopened their doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic only a minority of them view in-person worship services as the church model of the future. A majority see a hybrid model utilizing various online technologies as the new normal, according to a new study from Pushpay.