Leonardo Blair

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  Feb 2, 2022

  Whoopi Goldberg suspended from ‘The View’ for saying Holocaust 'not about race'

  “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg was suspended by ABC News for two weeks after saying that the Holocaust was "not about race," sparking vociferous commentary on social media.

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  Feb 2, 2022

  Younger Evangelicals have a more ‘global mindset,’ broader interests in charitable giving: study

  When it comes to charitable giving, Evangelicals over 40 tend to focus more on domestic efforts and have formed preferences for what they want to support. For their younger counterparts, however, a new study shows donors have a more “global mindset” and a broader range of causes they want to support with their dollars.

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  Feb 1, 2022

  ‘Sweet’ Brooklyn pastor found murdered at home where son confessed: 'I slit her up'

  Tracey Sydnor, a beloved Brooklyn mother who was appointed as the administrative pastor of The Cathedral of Hope Upper Room Baptist Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant just over two months ago was found stabbed to death in her home Saturday. Her 40-year-old son admitted that he “slit her up,” the New York Police Department said.

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  Jan 31, 2022

  Brian Houston’s stepping down from helm of Hillsong rings hollow for some

  As Hillsong Church Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston announced Sunday that he is stepping down from his role for all of 2022 as he faces a criminal charge of allegedly concealing sex abuse committed by his father decades earlier, the significance of the move rings hollow for some who have legally tangled with the evangelical network over abuse.

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  Jan 31, 2022

  Venue Church struggles as Pastor Tavner Smith takes time off amid affair allegations

  Pastor Tavner Smith’s Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is seeking volunteers as several worshipers and employees have left the once-popular megachurch amid allegations Smith was intimately involved with a church staffer while in the process of divorcing his wife, Danielle.

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  Jan 27, 2022

  TD Jakes’ eldest daughter Cora says she’s ending marriage to husband of 10 years, rapper SkiiVentura

  Just over a decade after wedding her husband, rapper Richard Brandon Coleman, who goes by the stage name SkiiVentura, Cora Jakes Coleman, the eldest daughter of megachurch Pastor T.D. Jakes, has announced that she is ending her marriage.

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  Jan 19, 2022

  Black church fund project gets $20M on MLK Day

  As many churches struggle to stay open amid the COVID-19 pandemic with dwindling membership and finances, The National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, received a $20 million gift on Monday to help preserve the legacy of the black church in America.

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  Jan 18, 2022

  Pastor Michael Todd admits wiping spit on brother’s face in church was ‘too extreme and disgusting’

  Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church has apologized to his more than 1.8 million fans across social media after receiving public backlash for wiping globs of spit on the face of a man he has identified as his little brother during his sermon about having vision on Sunday.

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  Jan 17, 2022

  Raphael Warnock to Senate colleagues: ‘You can't remember MLK and dismember his legacy’

  Rev. Raphael Warnock, who was elected as Georgia’s first black U.S. senator a year ago, urged his colleagues in Congress Monday not to "dismember" the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by opposing Democrat-backed voting rights legislation.

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  Jan 17, 2022

  Pastor Michael Todd draws ire for wiping spit on congregant’s face during sermon

  Popular Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Bixby, Oklahoma, drew the wrath of the internet and became a trending topic on Twitter as a clip from his message on vision Sunday showed him wiping globs of spit on a congregant's face even as the coronavirus pandemic rages.