Leonardo Blair

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  Sep 11, 2022

  Majority of pastors don’t believe Christians should tithe 10%: study

  While many Christian churches encourage tithing — giving 10% of one's income to the church — as a biblical commandment, only a minority of pastors subscribe to that traditional view, data from a new Barna study show.

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  Sep 8, 2022

  Pastor of family church allegedly loaded gun, threatened to kill wife in home

  New Prospect Baptist Church in Toledo, Ohio, remained tightlipped about the fate of its pastor, the Rev. Charles Ross, Thursday, days after his wife reported to police that he loaded a gun and threatened to kill her inside their home in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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  Sep 7, 2022

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead claims he lost income, members due to defamation by internet personalities: lawsuit

  Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead, who was robbed of some $400,000 or more in jewelry while delivering a sermon at Leaders of Tomorrow International Churches in New York City in July, has slapped two popular online personalities with $20 million defamation lawsuits each following the loss of church members and income after they allegedly painted him as a scammer and drug dealer.

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  Sep 7, 2022

  At Dave Ramsey’s company, oral sex outside marriage wasn't a fireable offense, legal docs show

  At Ramsey Solutions  where employees are expected to adhere to a “righteous living” policy based on Judeo-Christian principles or face discipline, Evangelical CEO Dave Ramsey and his board did not treat one employee's oral sex outside marriage as a fireable offense because it didn’t qualify as “intercourse” court documents show.

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  Sep 6, 2022

  Some parents complain after more than 100 students are baptized at NC school without their consent

  Officials at a private Christian school in North Carolina have received backlash after over 100 students were baptized without the consent of their parents. A spokesperson says the school normally seeks parental consent but the baptisms last Thursday were a "move of God."

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  Aug 31, 2022

  Brian Houston returns to pulpit, says ‘there is so much more in me’

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston insisted in what appeared to be his first pulpit appearance since his resignation in March that God doesn’t write people off as men do and that he still has “so much more” to give at the age of 68.

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  Aug 30, 2022

  Acts 29 joins Village Church in suspending Matt Chandler over Instagram messages as Evangelicals react

  Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has “asked” the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, “to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements” following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram.

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  Aug 30, 2022

  In final sermon at Saddleback Church, Rick Warren drives home the purpose driven life

  In his final sermon as lead pastor of the California-based Saddleback Church on Sunday, Rick Warren returned to the very first message he delivered to a small group of strangers in 1980 to start the church. It was the message of a purpose-driven life that made him a global household name after he immortalized the essence of that message in his bestselling book, "The Purpose Driven Life" in 2002.

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  Aug 29, 2022

  Pastor Matt Chandler takes ‘leave of absence’ over inappropriate Instagram messages with woman

  Matt Chandler, lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, announced he's accepted a decision by his elder board to immediately take a “leave of absence” due to his use of inappropriate language in Instagram messages to a woman who is not his wife.

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  Aug 26, 2022

  Hillsong Church purges global board to make room for diversity, include at least 40% women

  Hillsong Church announced a raft of changes Tuesday meant to improve leadership in the megachurch network, including a purge of several directors from the church’s global board to create a more diverse body that will be at least 40% women.