Leonardo Blair

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  Dec 20, 2022

  Brooklyn bishop robbed of jewelry during service is arrested for fraud, extortion and lying to FBI

  Controversial Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries was arrested and charged Monday for fraud, extortion and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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  Dec 19, 2022

  Married pastor, father of 3 faces up to 35 years in prison for sex with teenage intern during counseling

  A married Minnesota pastor and father of three is facing up to 35 years in prison and $90,000 in fines for allegedly having felonious sex multiple times with a teenage intern during counseling sessions at his former church.

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  Dec 15, 2022

  In Turkey, a wealth of early church remains beckons the Christian traveler

  If you didn't pay attention in history class, chances are, you might not connect modern-day Turkey with Christianity. A recent trip to this secular republic where 99% of the population is Muslim, however, revealed an impressive collection of sites from the early Church that could turn you into a church history buff and give you an even deeper connection to the Gospel.

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  Dec 1, 2022

  Most pastors say they often preach about unity among church members, but Christians disagree

  While nearly half of pastors and Christians say the term unity speaks to “agreement” and a majority of pastors say they often preach about unity between members of their church, less than half of Christians say their pastors preach often about unity between church members, a new report from Barna shows.

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  Nov 29, 2022

  Christians are now a minority in England and Wales: census

  For the first time since 1801 when the United Kingdom took its first census, less than half of the population identify as “Christian,” while the share of individuals who say they have no religion has swelled by millions, the latest data from their census show.

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  Nov 28, 2022

  Mother charged with murder of toddler, infant sons she thought were possessed by demons

  A 22-year-old New York City mother has been charged with the murder of her sons, a toddler and an infant, she allegedly thought were possessed by the devil after police say they were found submerged in a bathtub inside her apartment at a homeless shelter with multiple stab wounds on Saturday.

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  Nov 28, 2022

  2 injured in drive-by shooting outside Nashville church during funeral

  Family members and friends of a 19-year-old woman shot dead in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month were forced to run for their lives after a church where the woman’s funeral was being held was sprayed with bullets in a drive-by attack on Saturday.

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  Nov 26, 2022

  43% of Brits think metaverse will drive them toward the matrix as celebrities embrace virtual worlds

  Some 43% of British people believe the metaverse will eventually lead them toward the matrix, “a simulated reality created by sentient machines to pacify and subdue the human population” as heat and electrical activity from their bodies are used as an energy source, data from a new study show.

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  Nov 22, 2022

  Parody ‘Jesus Christ’ account gets verified on Twitter and lots of prayer requests

  Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk announced Monday that the company has suspended the relaunch of their $8 a month Blue Verified subscription program until they have a strong system in place to prevent the verification of impersonators such as a parody account of Jesus Christ with nearly 900,000 followers.

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  Nov 22, 2022

  Yale president calls report on university’s treatment of suicidal students disturbing ‘misinformation’

  Yale University President Peter Salovey called a recent report by The Washington Post alleging that the school pressures suicidal students to withdraw and then reapply to get back into one of the world's most prestigious institutions of higher education "deeply disturbing for the misinformation it contains."