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  Jan 31, 2023

  Pro-life church 'heartbroken' after young child found alive in dumpster

  Members of a small pro-life church in Ardmore, Oklahoma, were left “heartbroken” Saturday after local police discovered a baby in their dumpster. The parents and baby have no known affiliation with the church where the child found. "Our hearts have gone out to the dad, the mom, the baby. We are absolutely heartbroken," Associate Pastor Ed Skidmore told The Christian Post.

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  Jan 31, 2023

  School where first grader shot teacher reopens with tighter security, principal replaced

  Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, reopened Monday under the watchful eyes of local police with a new safety protocol and principal weeks after a troubled 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in the chest as she taught his class.

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  Jan 31, 2023

  Celebration Church founder Stovall Weems launches website to clear family name

  Florida megachurch founder Stovall Weems has launched a new website to counter the narrative from current leaders of Celebration Church in Jacksonville that he and his wife engaged in abuse, including financial fraud.

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  Jan 30, 2023

  Tensions flare at open mic event over First Baptist’s document on gender, sexuality

  Tensions erupted at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville in Florida on Sunday over the church's statement on “biblical sexuality” as an LGBT advocate slammed it as "disgusting" and urged members to leave.

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  Jan 30, 2023

  Diet high in fat, calories could reduce the brain’s ability to regulate how much people eat

  New research from Penn State College of Medicine suggests it could be the high fat or calorie count in these popular junk foods that could reduce their brain's ability to say no more.

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  Jan 27, 2023

  Beloved Washington pastor, grandfather charged with drug-trafficking, money laundering

  Just over a year ago as he was pictured on Facebook officiating a wedding, Washington pastor and grandfather, Steve Parker, was praised as “amazing man of God.” Earlier this month however detectives in Skagit County arrested Parker with a stockpile of guns and drugs after getting a tip that he was on his way to becoming “a high level drug dealer,” and his clean-cut family knew nothing about his double life.

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  Jan 27, 2023

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston and wife Bobbie selling clothes, furniture online

  Shortly after selling their $4.5 million home in Australia, Hillsong Church founders Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, are now hosting a fire sale of their used designer clothes, furniture and other home goods described as “pre-loved” online.

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  Jan 26, 2023

  Just 29% of white parents see college degree as important, while most minority parents still do

  In June 2021, comedian and political commentator Bill Maher slammed college as a “racket” on his political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO.

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  Jan 26, 2023

  Pastor Stovall Weems claims Celebration Church backed out of deal to pay $48M to his nonprofit

  Celebration Church founder Stovall Weems alleged in a local news interview this week that his former church reneged on a deal to pay his nonprofit $48 million over 15 years and then cut him out of the church’s power structure.

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  Jan 26, 2023

  Spirited North Carolina preacher goes skydiving for his 98th birthday

  At 98 years old, longtime North Carolina preacher Roy Jernigan doesn’t have a doctor, hasn’t had a physical exam in 15 years and is on no medication “but the good lord and black coffee.” And to celebrate his longevity on Tuesday, he went skydiving with his family for his birthday and plans to do it again when he turns 100.