Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 20, 2022

  Decline of religion in America is a ‘national health concern': researchers

  Should religion, including Christianity, continue to decline as shown in a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center, leading to an increase in the population with no religion, Americans may not just lose their faith but their health, too, according to a father-daughter research team.

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  Sep 20, 2022

  Televangelist Juanita Bynum defends $1,500 prayer course: ‘This is not some cheap-based class’

  Calling herself a “pioneer” in high-level prayer and pointing to her decades of experience as a minister of the Gospel, televangelist and self-proclaimed prophetess, Juanita Bynum, defended her $1,499.99 price tag for a four-week intensive prayer course, and dismissed criticism she has been facing online over it as an “insult.”

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  Sep 19, 2022

  Women disrupt Bishop Lamor Whitehead's sermon months after jewelry heist at pulpit

  Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead was detained by police on Sunday after he forcefully removed a woman who disrupted his sermon and allegedly threatened his family two months after he was robbed at gunpoint.

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  Sep 16, 2022

  Father grieves only child who drowned with 2 siblings as ‘sent by God,’ ex-wife is charged with deaths

  Derrick Merdy mourned his only child, 7-year-old Zachary Merdy, as a “magnificent person sent by God” just hours after his ex-wife was charged with murder for the death of the boy and his two siblings.

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  Sep 15, 2022

  Laura Lentz says husband Carl Lentz has ‘humbled’ himself and taken responsibility after scandal

  Nearly two years after a sex and leadership scandal that led to his firing from Hillsong Church NYC, Carl Lentz has “humbled” himself, taken responsibility and is getting ready to tell his story after a long season of public silence, according to his wife, Laura.

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  Sep 14, 2022

  Christians could lose majority status in America by 2045: study

  Barring any limiting event such as war or economic depression, if the pace at which Christians abandon their faith before the age of 30 were to accelerate beyond its current pace, America could no longer be a majority Christian nation by as early as 2045.

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  Sep 14, 2022

  Megachurch Pastor Matt Carter stepping down at 48, citing advancing heart disease

  Just over two years after becoming the second senior pastor of the 16,000-member Sagemont Church in Houston, Texas, Matt Carter announced his retirement from the role Sunday at the age of 48 citing rapidly advancing buildup of plaque in arteries of his heart.

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  Sep 13, 2022

  Mom struggling with mental health, $10K behind in rent suspected of drowning 3 children

  A Brooklyn mother suspected of drowning her three young children at Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, was struggling with mental health, was locked in a custody dispute with her ex-husband and facing eviction for $10,000 in unpaid rent.

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  Sep 12, 2022

  Chick-fil-A explains use of ‘community’ in tweet that some thought addressed black man’s race

  Chick-fil-A has clarified its use of the term "community," calling it a "poor choice of words" after backlash online over a tweet that some people thought referenced a black man's race during a conversation about adding spicy chicken nuggets to its permanent menu.

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  Sep 12, 2022

  Mormon father, wife and 3 children found fatally shot at Maryland home

  Three years after losing his youngest son to cancer, a father who served as a missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was found fatally shot at his Maryland home along with his wife and their three children Friday in what police are investigating as an apparent murder-suicide.