Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 31, 2023

  State Department doesn’t believe kidnapping of American nurse in Haiti connected to travel advisory

  State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Monday that he does not believe that the abduction of an American nurse and her child from a Christian education ministry in Haiti last Thursday is connected to the department’s issuance of a Level 4 Travel Advisory that same day telling Americans to leave for the Caribbean nation soon as possible.

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  Jul 31, 2023

  American nurse and child kidnapped from Christian ministry in Haiti

  An American nurse and her child were kidnapped Thursday from a Christian education ministry founded and directed by her husband in Haiti less than two years after 17 missionaries were kidnapped in the troubled Caribbean nation.

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  Jul 29, 2023

  Most family breakdowns aren’t due to couples divorcing: study

  Most family breakdowns aren’t happening because marriages are falling apart, a new study from the Marriage Foundation shows. The trouble, according to the data, is among the unmarried.

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  Jul 28, 2023

  Community mourns after pastor is fatally struck by police car

  A Connecticut community is now grieving after Tommie Jackson, a beloved pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, who also served as an assistant director of the city's Urban Redevelopment Commission was killed after he was hit while crossing the street by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer Wednesday.

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  Jul 28, 2023

  Rep. Nancy Mace jokes about premarital sex with fiancé at prayer breakfast attended by her pastor

  Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is coming under fire from some Christians online after admitting in front of her pastor Wednesday that she engages in premarital sex with her fiancé.

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  Jul 27, 2023

  Church of the Highlands founder Chris Hodges denies ‘engineering’ takeover of Celebration Church

  Church of the Highlands Pastor Chris Hodges has dismissed claims in a lawsuit by Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems, that he, along with several other high-profile members of the Association of Related Churches engineered a takeover of their megachurch for financial gain.

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  Jul 27, 2023

  Chronic smart phone scrolling linked to less sex, marital dissatisfaction even among churchgoers: study

  Excessive smartphone use by a spouse has been linked to less sex and marital dissatisfaction, including among couples who attend church regularly, a new Institute for Family Studies report suggests. And researchers urge action to break the smartphone addiction among adults to fend off its potential threat to relationships.

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  Jul 26, 2023

  America’s use of autonomous AI in warfare will reflect ‘Judeo-Christian’ values: Air Force general

  While the U.S. military does not have weapons completely controlled by artificial intelligence in its inventory, whenever these weapons are deployed, the AI driving these weapons will likely be programmed with a “Judeo-Christian” value system, Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr., deputy chief of staff for plans and programs in the U.S. Air Force, suggests.

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  Jul 26, 2023

  Megachurch founder James MacDonald says PTSD was factor in alleged assault of woman

  Founder of Harvest Bible Chapel in greater Chicago, James MacDonald, who is facing seven years in prison for allegedly attacking a 59-year-old woman in a California parking lot and causing her “great bodily harm,” said he was struggling with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder when the incident occurred.

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  Jul 25, 2023

  ‘Demon Buster’ Florida Rep. Kim Daniels addresses ‘I thank God for slavery’ comments

  Florida state Rep. Kimberly Daniels who is renowned in Christian circles around the world as “the Demon Buster,” has responded to growing criticism about her role in developing new black history standards in that state after the emergence of a 15-year-old clip of her declaring to a church that “I thank God for slavery.”