Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 17, 2022

  Christians who oppose face masks have ‘spirit of antichrist:’ AME elder, Columbia prof. claims

  Obery M. Hendricks Jr., an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and an adjunct professor of religion at Columbia University in New York City slammed Christians who opposed masking amid the COVID-19 pandemic as having the “spirit of antichrist.”

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  Feb 16, 2022

  America divided on whether greater acceptance of trans-identified individuals is good for society

  A newly released Pew Research Center study shows that Americans, in general, are divided on whether greater acceptance of trans-identified people is good for society.

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  Feb 16, 2022

  Pastor Greg Locke says devil revealed identity of 6 witches in his church during exorcism

  Popular internet preacher and leader of the Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, Greg Locke, swore by the hand of God and the name of Jesus during his sermon on Sunday that a demon told him the identity of six witches in his congregation. Then, he asked them to “get out.”

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  Feb 16, 2022

  Majority of pastors say they want racially diverse congregations, but few are finding it in reality: study

  While a majority of Protestant pastors say churches should be racially diverse, most of their churches continue to be made up of predominantly one racial or ethnic group, according to newly released data from a Lifeway Research study.

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  Feb 15, 2022

  As churches embrace technology, many see strategic importance of social media fading in future: study

  A majority of American churches now embrace technology as an important tool in achieving their mission and agree that the digital church is here to stay. But less than half of them believe social media will be as “strategically important” as other online tools in the future, according to a new study.

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  Feb 14, 2022

  Thousands of baptisms conducted by Phoenix priest deemed invalid by Catholic Church

  Thousands of Catholics baptized into the faith by the Rev. Andres Arango, the former priest of St. Gregory Catholic Church in Phoenix, Arizona, will now have to redo their baptisms after Arango was found to have used an incorrect formula to carry out the sacrament.

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  Feb 9, 2022

  Venue Church Pastor Tavner Smith apologizes for ‘inappropriate relationship’ in return to pulpit

  Pastor Tavner Smith of Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, confessed Sunday that he was involved in an “inappropriate relationship” and asked for his congregation's forgiveness as he returned to the pulpit after a brief sabbatical.

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  Feb 6, 2022

  When your faith makes you an enemy of the state

  It was July 20, 1999. Michael Yu, an accountant and Falun Gong practitioner remembers what happened in China well. Then Chinese President Jiang Zemin had declared millions of Yu’s fellow Falun Gong practitioners a threat to the government. A warrant was also issued for the arrest of Li Hongzhi who had founded the spiritual movement only seven years earlier in 1992.

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  Feb 4, 2022

  How big business is driving the Uyghur genocide in China

  Silence and ignorance from corporations have become "an emblematic problem" as governments push back on human rights abuses committed by the Chinese government amid the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

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  Feb 3, 2022

  Texas pastor allegedly killed by daughter during prayer session

  Pastor Gloria Jordan, the former leader of First Pentecostal Church in Wichita Falls, Texas, whose death authorities initially ruled to be natural causes, is now believed to have been killed by her daughter during a prayer session.