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  Apr 19, 2022

  Pastor Stovall Weems steps down from Celebration Church after filing lawsuit

  Nearly two months after filing a lawsuit over who controls the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, founding pastor Stovall Weems announced Monday that he has resigned from every role he had with the church but will continue to pursue legal action against the church’s board of trustees and officers.

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  Apr 19, 2022

  Former Hillsong Boston Pastor Josh Kimes allegedly admitted to writing racist text to colleagues

  Just months after taking the helm of Hillsong Boston in 2020, Pastor Josh Kimes, who recently resigned from the church with his wife, Leona, without stating a reason, admitted in a deposition summarized by lawyers hired by Hillsong Church that he once wrote a racist text to church colleagues but later apologized.

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  Apr 14, 2022

  Parents of 5-y-o girl sexually assaulted on Palm Sunday at Sunday school settle with church

  The parents of a young girl who was sexually assaulted on Palm Sunday 2017 during a Sunday school session at the First Presbyterian Church of Plymouth in Michigan when she was 5 say they have reached a confidential settlement with the church.

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  Apr 13, 2022

  NYC subway shooter still on the run as Mayor Eric Adams blames nation’s gun laws for ‘cult of death’

  A gunman who opened fire causing multiple injuries and mayhem on a packed Manhattan-bound train in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning was still on the run Wednesday as New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed to capture him while describing the attack as part of a national “cult of death.”  

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  Apr 11, 2022

  US suffers fall in life expectancy not seen since World War II

  Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other country in the world, the life expectancy of Americans has fallen by more than two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Apr 11, 2022

  16 missing children recovered in US Marshals’ operation that uncovers sex trafficking allegations

  Some 16 missing children have been recovered in an operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force which also uncovered allegations of sex trafficking in some of the cases the agency announced.

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  Apr 11, 2022

  Carl Lentz allegedly ‘caused’ mental illness in multiple staff, volunteers; opens up about affairs: report

  As he wooed celebrities like Justin Bieber to cultivate an image of success and help elevate the global Hillsong Church brand in the United States, Carl Lentz ruled the Hillsong NYC church he started in Manhattan in 2010 with a degree of manipulation so ruthless multiple staff and volunteers allege that he caused them to suffer mental illness, according to depositions in a report obtained by The Christian Post.

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  Apr 9, 2022

  Pastor grieves murder of his only biological child, urges alleged killer to turn himself in

  A Texas pastor and community activist against violence says he’s being kept strong by God’s peace days after his 19-year-old son was fatally gunned down in a parking lot after an argument with a 56-year-old gang member.

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  Apr 8, 2022

  Pastor Bart Barber joins stable of SBC presidential candidates after Willy Rice withdraws

  Just over two months before messengers vote at the denomination’s annual meeting in Anaheim, California, Pastor Bart Barber of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, has joined the stable of pastors jockeying to become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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  Apr 7, 2022

  Millionaires more outgoing, emotionally stable: German study claims

  If you want to be rich, it helps if you're outgoing, conscientious, emotionally stable and not averse to taking risks, according to data from a new study that analyzed trends among adults living in Germany.