Leonardo Blair

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  Apr 6, 2022

  Former Hillsong pastors say Brian Houston bullied them into handing over church assets

  Two former Hillsong pastors who established churches in Ukraine and Russia claim that Hillsong founder Brian Houston and another executive threatened them into handing over cash and real estate to enrich his megachurch network.

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  Apr 5, 2022

  After SBC permanently bans sexual abusers from leadership, deacon is removed by Pastor Willy Rice

  Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Florida, and a candidate to become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has removed a deacon from leadership, citing the denomination’s ban on individuals who have committed sexual abuse from church leadership roles.

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  Apr 3, 2022

  Will the metaverse end the megachurch?

  While many churches are still wrestling with the basics of the constantly evolving wave of online technologies impacting the way people live, major technology companies and a minority of churches are already getting ready for the future of the internet popularly known as the metaverse.

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  Mar 31, 2022

  In some American cities, young women earn more than young men: study

  While the gender pay gap among full-time, year-round workers continues to endure nationally, a new analysis by the Pew Research Center shows that the median earnings for young women in some American cities are the same — or more — than their male counterparts.

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  Mar 30, 2022

  Will Smith’s attack on Chris Rock is teachable moment for 'black-on-black' crime, pastor says

  Faith leaders have reacted to Will Smith's slap of comedian Chris Rock, expressing disappointment in what transpired before a global audience. At least one believes the altercation could be a teachable moment when it comes to the issue of black-on-black crime.

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  Mar 30, 2022

  Evangelical Lutheran Church sues pastor over sale of $2M NYC ‘parsonage’ apartment

  The Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has sued one of their pastors for signing a contract to sell a $2 million Manhattan cooperative apartment he was given to use as a parsonage more than 30 years ago.

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  Mar 29, 2022

  California prosecutors fabricated case against megachurch preacher accused of sex crimes: defense

  Weeks before his trial begins in May, the defense team of controversial megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García, who is accused of multiple sex crimes, including making sex videos with minor girls from his flock at La Luz Del Mundo, has accused prosecutors in California of fabricating evidence in his case.

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  Mar 28, 2022

  73% of US counties had more deaths than births in 2021: Census report

  Driven by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, some 73% of U.S. counties registered more deaths than births in 2021 and states in the Northeast experienced the most widespread natural decrease in population, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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  Mar 28, 2022

  Hillsong Phoenix pastor announces separation from Hillsong Church, calls for investigation of board

  Hillsong Phoenix Lead Pastor Terry Crist announced Sunday that he has formally asked to separate from the global megachurch due to a governance dispute in the wake of the resignation of founder Brian Houston. He also called for an investigation of the global board of the Australia-based church network.

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  Mar 25, 2022

  AME Church will no longer allow ‘one person to count the money’ after nearly $100M goes missing

  A retired minister has filed a class-action lawsuit against the African Methodist Episcopal Church after nearly $100 million has gone missing from the church's retirement fund after "foolish" investments, forcing the denomination to freeze plan funds and distributions as it investigates the matter with the help of federal agencies.