Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 26, 2022

  Celebration Church report paints founders Stovall and Kerri Weems as abusive, mentally troubled

  An internal report recently released by the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, paints founding Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, as abusive, mentally troubled divas who constantly exploited church staff and finances until they were forced to resign from all their positions in the church earlier this month.

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  Apr 25, 2022

  Youth pastor arrested for sending nude pictures to underage girl

  Christopher Jaime Reyes, a former youth pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church on Marco Island, Florida, has been arrested for sending nudes pictures and lewd messages to an underage girl on social media.

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  Apr 25, 2022

  Pastor David E. Taylor’s church buys $8.3 million mansion from Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner

  The Kingdom of God Global Church in Michigan run by Pastor David E. Taylor of Joshua Media Ministries International  who was once deposed for corruption has purchased an $8.3 million mansion in Tampa, Florida, from Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz and her husband.

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  Apr 23, 2022

  ‘The pandemic killed us': Church running since 1848 to hold final service Sunday

  After declining for years, the First Presbyterian Church of Des Moines in Iowa, which has been in operation since 1848, will gather for its final collective hallelujah on Sunday, unable to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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  Apr 22, 2022

  Hillsong exec. called Brian Houston’s explanation after visiting woman’s hotel room ‘dribble’: report

  A high-level Hillsong Church executive has criticized the global church network's handling of the founder Brian Houston's misconduct that eventually led to his resignation, saying the explanation for him visiting a woman's hotel room in 2019 was “dribble."

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  Apr 22, 2022

  Former Christian school teacher will serve no jail time for sexual relationship with female student

  A former teacher at Richmond Christian School in Chesterfield, Virginia, who was convicted of having a sexual relationship with a female student will serve no jail time thanks to a plea agreement that suspended four consecutive 12-month terms for her crime.

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  Apr 22, 2022

  Most pastors believe all Christians should make disciples, but majority disagree: study

  While a majority of pastors agree that every disciple of Jesus Christ is mandated in Scripture to “go and make disciples” as part of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19–20, most Christians believe this mandate only applies to some disciples, not all, a new study from Barna shows.

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  Apr 21, 2022

  Canada’s first national indigenous Anglican archbishop resigns over sexual misconduct

  Mark MacDonald, Canada’s first national indigenous Anglican archbishop, resigned from his post over “acknowledged sexual misconduct,” the church announced Wednesday.

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  Apr 21, 2022

  Cost of Guidepost report on SBC leaders’ alleged mishandling of sexual abuse exceeds $1.7M

  A Guidepost Solutions report on an investigation of the alleged mishandling of a “crisis of sexual abuse” by leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention set to be released before the annual meeting of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination in Anaheim, California, in June, has already exceeded more than $1.7 million in costs.

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  Apr 20, 2022

  Pastor’s wife pleads guilty to asking lover to murder husband, explains why

  Kristie Evans, the 48-year-old widow of David Charles Evans who led the Harmony Freewill Baptist Church in Oklahoma before he was found dead in his home in March 2021, has pleaded guilty to asking her lover to murder him and now wants the public to know why.