Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 21, 2023

  Husband of retired children’s ministry director accused of sexually abusing minor in church

  Leaders of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, are calling on individuals whose children have ever participated in the church’s children’s ministry to contact the church or local law enforcement if they have ever experienced abuse in the ministry after an allegation of sexual abuse in the ministry.

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  Feb 21, 2023

  Tributes pour in for Christian Atsu after soccer star is found dead under earthquake rubble in Turkey

  Nearly two weeks after he went missing following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey on Feb. 6, the body of devout Christian soccer star Christian Atsu was recovered from rubble Saturday in Hatay Province in southern Turkey. He was 31.

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  Feb 20, 2023

  Church grieves after pastor trips, gets killed by car while crossing street

  A Brooklyn congregation is grieving after the wife of its senior pastor, who also served as assistant pastor, was fatally struck by a car after she tripped while crossing a local street on Saturday.

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  Feb 20, 2023

  Maranatha Baptist Church prays for Jimmy Carter as former president enters hospice care

  Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, offered prayers for former President Jimmy Carter during their service on Sunday morning after it was announced that their most famous member and Sunday School teacher had started hospice care.

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  Feb 17, 2023

  Rock Church Pastor John Blanchard agreed to psychosexual assessment to dismiss prostitution case

  A defense attorney for Rock Church International Pastor John Blanchard initially struck a deal with Chesterfield County Commonwealth's Attorney Stacey Davenport of Virginia to do a psychosexual evaluation and sex offender-related counseling in exchange for tabling a child prostitution case against him.

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  Feb 16, 2023

  Pastor charged for allegedly texting minor about ‘wanting to smell her underwear’

  Fred McCoy Gammon Jr., an Oklahoma pastor accused of sending several sexually suggestive text messages to a minor, including an alleged desire to “smell her underwear,” has been charged with child sexual abuse but insists he is innocent.

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  Feb 15, 2023

  8 witnesses testified against Hillsong founder Brian Houston in court case, wife Bobbie reveals

  Eight witnesses testified against Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston in court late last year as he faces criminal charges of concealing his father's child abuse. Houston was the only person who testified in his defense, his wife, Bobbie, revealed in a social media post.

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  Feb 15, 2023

  10% of high school students attempted suicide in 2021; more than half of girls sad or hopeless: CDC

  Poor mental health and suicidal ideation and attempts have increased among high school students over the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half of girls struggle with “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.”

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  Feb 14, 2023

  Televangelist Peter Popoff is selling his California mansion for $8.1M

  Controversial televangelist and prosperity preacher Peter Popoff, who amassed millions of dollars through his ministry hawking "debt cancelation" and healing "miracle water" advertised as a "powerful biblical point of contact," is now selling his California mansion for $8.1 million.

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  Feb 13, 2023

  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Christian Super Bowl ad ‘fascism’ and sparks a firestorm of reactions

  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sparked a still raging firestorm of reactions Sunday night when she compared an advertisement about Jesus during the Super Bowl to “fascism.”