Leonardo Blair

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  Aug 1, 2022

  Digital religion makes faith experience richer for millennial believers, study finds

  For religious millennials — a generation with one of the lowest rates of participation in organized in-person religious activities in North America — engaging with digital religion has made their faith experience richer, while some who don't go to church have found religion in digital spaces, a new study suggests. 

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  Jul 29, 2022

  Brooklyn pastor robbed of jewelry being sued for allegedly scamming parishioner of life savings

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead of  Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Brooklyn, who claims he and his congregation lost jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars during a livestreamed robbery at his church on Sunday, allegedly scammed one of his parishioners of her life savings, which he's accused of using to purchase a $4.4 million mansion in New Jersey, according to a lawsuit filed in the Brooklyn Supreme Court.

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  Jul 28, 2022

  15-year-old boy fatally shoots self, 3 siblings in Alaska; parents not home at the time

  A 15-year-old boy fatally shot himself and three of his multiple siblings after they were left at home alone Alaska State Troopers reported Wednesday.

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  Jul 27, 2022

  Pastor Ted Haggard accused of inappropriate male touching and drug use in new ministry

  Former National Association of Evangelicals President Ted Haggard, who faced a sex scandal in 2006, has been accused of inappropriately touching at least two young men and illicit drug use during his new ministry.

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  Jul 27, 2022

  Fellowship Baptist Church removes JD Hall from membership, says wife did not want abuse reported

  Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana removed its former pastor, Jordan Daniel "J.D." Hall, from membership due to a failure to show repentance amid allegations of drug addiction and physical abuse.

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  Jul 26, 2022

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead explodes after jewelry heist is compared to Tyler Perry movie

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead defended himself and his church from jokes and criticism after hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry were stolen by gunmen during a worship service Sunday.

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  Jul 25, 2022

  Gunmen rob pastor, congregants of over $1M in jewelry during service, leaving them ‘traumatized’

  Bishop Lamor Whitehead says his family and congregation were left “traumatized” Sunday after masked gunmen entered their Brooklyn church and stripped them of more than $1 million worth of jewelry.

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  Jul 22, 2022

  House of Prayer schools allegedly bilked over $7 million from veterans for Bible study classes

  A nonprofit organization called the House of Prayer, a chain of schools that students branded as a cult, has been accused of recruiting veterans and active service members and then bilking them out of more than $7 million in GI Bill benefits and disability checks to pay for Bible classes that were not accredited. 

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  Jul 20, 2022

  Pastor, youth advocate shot dead in driveway; 15-year-old charged with her murder

  A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, the pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee, was gunned down during what police believe was a carjacking in the driveway of her Whitehaven home on Monday evening. She was 52.

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  Jul 20, 2022

  Pastor John Gray praises God as he leaves hospital after health scare

  Relentless Church Pastor John Gray praised God, his wife, his congregation and others who prayed for his recovery after being released from a Georgia hospital Tuesday where he was treated for a life-threatening pulmonary embolism.