Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Teen, 21-year-old man indicted for murder of Memphis pastor

  A 15-year-old teen and a 21-year-old man were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday for the daylight murder of the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, who led Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Televangelist Joyce Meyer gets tattoo at 79, says she did it to ‘honor God’

  Televangelist Joyce Meyer announced that she got two tattoos for the first time at 79, to “honor God” and is convinced that the Bible supports her decision despite the belief among some Christians that tattoos are sinful.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  Marvin Winans’ Perfecting Church sued by Detroit over stalled church project

  The future home of the famed pastor’s congregation located on a sprawling piece of prime real estate in Michigan remains incomplete after 18 years and the city has filed a lawsuit to get it done.

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  Mar 1, 2023

  NYC Mayor Eric Adams says it was a mistake to take prayer out of public schools

  Just over a year after creating his Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged faith leaders  to boldly exercise their faith in in the public square and argued that it was a mistake for the Supreme Court to ban prayer in public schools.

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  Feb 28, 2023

  Former youth pastor gets 60 years in prison for sex crimes involving boys

  A former Southern Baptist youth pastor was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual assault and child pornography charges involving six different boys.

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  Feb 28, 2023

  Hilarion Heagy, Eastern Catholic monk, renounces Christianity for Islam

  Hilarion Heagy, an Eastern Catholic monk and priest, recently renounced Christianity and embraced Islam triggering multiple headlines in Islamic media and consternation among some who knew him to be a devout Christ follower.

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  Feb 23, 2023

  As vigil continues for Jimmy Carter, many celebrate his legacy of faith

  As former President Jimmy Carter entered at-home hospice over the weekend and the nation prepares for the inevitable, many who know him, including his pastor at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, agree that a big part of his legacy is his exemplary life of faith.

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  Feb 23, 2023

  Journalists mourn as reporter is fatally shot, colleague injured at crime scene in Florida

  Journalists around the country mourned the loss of a Spectrum News 13 reporter who was fatally shot Wednesday while covering a murder scene in Pine Hills, Florida.

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  Feb 22, 2023

  Pastor, congregation stop gunmen in church with prayer

  A gang of armed young men who allegedly entered the All Creation Northview Holiness Family Church in Ferguson, Missouri, to commit a robbery, had their plans thwarted when the pastor and his congregation showered them with prayer.

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  Feb 22, 2023

  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, management firm fined $5M for hiding $32 billion

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its affiliated investment manager, Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc., have been fined a collective $5 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for using shell companies to obscure the size of their investment portfolio, which grew to about $32 billion in 2018.