Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 2, 2021

  Internet now most popular place to meet a spouse, but divorce is high: study

  The most popular place for adults over 30 to meet a spouse is no longer recommendations from family, friends and neighbors but online, a new study conducted in the United Kingdom shows.

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  Nov 1, 2021

  Vaccinated White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirms she has COVID-19

  Four days after learning that members of her household tested positive for COVID-19, fully vaccinated White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, revealed that she tested positive for the virus on Sunday as doctors say it's unlikely President Joe Biden has been infected.

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  Oct 29, 2021

  Only 13% of evangelicals tithe, half give away less than 1% of income annually: study

  While a majority of evangelicals say tithing — giving 10% of one's income to the church — is a biblical commandment, only an estimated 13% engage in the practice, while half give away less than 1% of their income annually, a new study shows.

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  Oct 28, 2021

  Wisconsin DOJ reveals 180 reports of abuse by faith leaders in sweeping investigation

  Six months after launching a statewide initiative to review reports of abuse committed by clergy and faith leaders in Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wednesday that they have received nearly 180 reports of abuse by leaders from multiple religious organizations and faith traditions.

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  Oct 27, 2021

  Pastor’s wife who helped restore Jill Biden’s faith calls her a ‘true friend’

  Robin Jackson, wife of Pastor Charles B. Jackson Sr., who leads Brookland Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, called First Lady Jill Biden, "a true friend" just over a week after Biden revealed her as the prayer partner who helped restore her faith in God after the death of her stepson, Beau Biden, from brain cancer in 2015.

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  Oct 27, 2021

  Kidnapped American pastor freed in Haiti as gang holds 17 missionaries hostage

  Jean Pierre Ferrer Michel, a 79-year-old American pastor who was kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang two weeks before 17 mostly American missionaries were abducted by the group earlier this month, has been freed after $550,000 was reportedly paid for his release.

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  Oct 27, 2021

  ‘Change in calling’ top reason black, evangelical pastors quit: study

  Some 15% of black and evangelical pastors have walked away from the profession in the last decade and their top reason for doing so is a “change in calling” followed by church conflict. And for many of those who remain, the job often feels overwhelming, a new survey from Lifeway Research shows.

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  Oct 26, 2021

  NJ AME church rejects appointed pastor because of her sex, supporters say

  Ratona Stokes-Robinson, a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was appointed to lead St. James AME Church in Thorofare, New Jersey, in June, is still waiting to preach her first sermon from the pulpit as congregants have kept her locked out of the church building because of her sex, pastors in the denomination say.

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  Oct 26, 2021

  Challenging Biden, Alabama gov. orders state agencies to fight federal vaccine mandates

  Citing “outrageous overreach” by the federal government, Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed an executive order Monday instructing state agencies to resist the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates.

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  Oct 26, 2021

  Majority of Gen Z reject organized religion though most are spiritual or religious: study

  While most young people ages 13 to 25 say they are religious or spiritual, a majority have no formal ties with any particular religious community and are choosing instead to create self-driven pathways of faith for themselves using multiple religious and non-religious sources, according to a new study from the Springtide Research Institute reveals.