Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 2, 2022

  Couples who marry due to family, social pressure 50% more likely to divorce: study

  Couples who get married due to family or social pressure are up to 50% more at risk of having a union that ends in divorce, according to a recent study from the Marriage Foundation 

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  Nov 1, 2022

  Fatal shooting of 81-year-old pastor under investigation, police say

  Despite some reports suggesting he might have been killed in self-defense, the Topeka Police Department in Kansas said they are still investigating the fatal shooting of 81-year-old Arizona Pastor Donald Woolridge during a recent visit with his family.

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  Nov 1, 2022

  Pastor Jamal Bryant slams Herschel Walker as ex-football star takes slight lead in Georgia Senate race

  Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker showed a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a new poll released Monday, just hours after Pastor Jamal Bryant, one of the state’s most influential black megachurch pastors, slammed the former football star as the “lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man” from his pulpit Sunday.

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  Oct 27, 2022

  Mark Driscoll says Mars Hill leaders plotted to accuse him of adultery before resignation

  Years after resigning as leader of the now defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, because God told him a “trap” has been set for him, Mark Driscoll, who now serves as founding senior pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, claimed on Sunday that Mars Hill leaders had planned to accuse him of adultery.

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  Oct 27, 2022

  Matt Chandler hints at return to pulpit ‘soon’ after taking leave over inappropriate messages

  Two months after taking a leave of absence from his role as teaching pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, due to inappropriate messaging with a woman who is not his wife, Matt Chandler hinted that he will likely return to the pulpit "soon" and is "eager to return."

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  Oct 20, 2022

  New study suggests religion is good for youth mental health; Expert reveals how churches can do better

  Results of a new large-scale study by the Springtide Research Institute have seemingly confirmed decades of previous research pointing to a positive relationship between religion, spirituality and mental health.

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  Oct 19, 2022

  Brian Houston announces big night of preaching, praying ahead of court case

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston announced that he and his wife, Bobbie, will have a big night of preaching and fellowship in their home base next month and urged their followers to join them in their return to a local stage.

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  Oct 12, 2022

  15-year-old boys may be tried as adults for murder of Memphis pastor, but family is divided over proposal

  Two 15-year-old boys charged in connection with the daylight murder of, who led Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee, will learn whether they will be tried as adults later this month as the pastor’s family members remain divided over the idea.

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  Oct 11, 2022

  Tulsi Gabbard says she’s leaving Democratic Party, citing ‘cowardly wokeness,’ hostility to people of faith

  Former Democratic presidential candidate and congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, called on “independent-minded Democrats” to join her Tuesday morning as she announced her exit from the Democratic Party, citing a raft of concerns including the party’s “cowardly wokeness,” their stoking of anti-white racism, hostility to people of faith and elitism.

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  Oct 11, 2022

  South Carolina church investigating student pastor who gave teens ‘i heart hot youth pastors’ sticker

  A South Carolina church has launched an investigation and placed its student pastor on administrative leave after outrage erupted online over stickers he gave to minors in his care that say “i ❤ hot youth pastors’ sticker.”