Leonardo Blair

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  May 4, 2022

  Sen. Raphael Warnock draws ire of conservative Twitter for defending abortion as ‘pro-choice pastor’

  Longtime civil rights activist and abortion advocate, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, who was elected as Georgia’s first black senator in January 2021, drew the ire of conservatives on Twitter Monday night for declaring himself a “pro-choice pastor” and reiterating his support for a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.

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  May 4, 2022

  Journey Church day care workers charged with child abuse: ‘Like something out of a horror story'

  Chief Assistant District Attorney C.J. Robinson of the 19th Judicial Circuit said the abuse suffered by at least seven children under the age of 2 at the hands of three former workers at a day care run by Journey Church of the River Region in Prattville, Alabama, was “like something out of a horror story."

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  May 4, 2022

  More pastors say they have considered quitting, cite stress, loneliness and politics: study

  Driven to despair by stress, loneliness, political divisions and other worries like their church being in decline, more pastors now say they considered quitting their jobs compared to a year ago, new data released by the Barna Group show.

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  May 3, 2022

  Judge refuses to dismiss case against megachurch leader Naason Joaquin Garcia

  Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus refused on Monday to dismiss a case against controversial megachurch leader Naason Joaquin Garcia, who is accused of multiple sex crimes, including making sex videos with minor girls from his flock at La Luz Del Mundo or Light of the World.

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  May 3, 2022

  Running short on money and members, 75-year-old Florida church holds final service

  Running short on money and membership, a 75-year-old Florida congregation that dwindled to just 19 amid the pandemic gathered for its final service a week ago.

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  May 2, 2022

  Christian college accused of banning student for having premarital sex after she reported rape

  Mara Louk, a former student of Visible Music College, has alleged that the small conservative Christian school in Tennessee banned her from campus for having premarital sex after she reported she was choked and raped by another student last November a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday reveals.

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  Apr 29, 2022

  Stronger relationships with God make consumers less likely to buy self-help products, study suggests

  While the $10 billion self-help industry is expected to increase to $14 billion by 2025, a new study from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business suggests that consumers who have a strong relationship with God are less likely to spend money in that market.

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  Apr 28, 2022

  Hours after baptism, Florida teen is shot dead in church clothes protecting friend

  Just hours after he got baptized at The Rock Church of Fort Myers in Florida on Sunday, 16-year-old high school student De’mari Jackson was shot dead in his church clothes as he protected a friend from a fight between two groups of teenage girls.

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  Apr 28, 2022

  Parents of preteens in ‘spiritual state of distress’ as adherence to biblical Christianity fades: study

  Parents of preteens, children younger than 13, “are in a state of spiritual distress” as American adherence to biblical Christianity fades even in churches, and a "tragic crash” is coming as a result of the situation, according to new data from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University and the American Worldview Inventory 2022.

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  Apr 27, 2022

  Jemar Tisby chides Grove City College for calling his invitation to speak in chapel 'a mistake'

  Jemar Tisby, a well-known Christian author and president of The Witness, a multimedia platform about race, religion, politics and culture, chided leaders of Grove City College in Pennsylvania for calling a decision to allow him to speak in the school’s chapel about race in 2020 “a mistake.”