Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 25, 2023

  Retired pastor confesses to killing fellow pastor’s 8-year-old daughter nearly 50 years ago

  David Zandstra, an 83-year-old retired pastor living in Marietta, Georgia, has confessed to kidnapping and killing a fellow pastor’s 8-year-old daughter, Gretchen Harrington, nearly 50 years ago as she walked to summer Bible camp, Delaware County District Attorney in Pennsylvania Jack Stollsteimer announced. 

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  Jul 25, 2023

  Coroners says Milwaukee Bucks head coach’s grandson died of ‘natural causes'; mom blames ‘neglect’

  The Champaign County Coroner's Office in Illinois said preliminary results from and autopsy on the 2.5-year-old grandson of Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin suggest that he died from "natural causes" as the boy's mother insists that her son died in the care of his famous grandfather's family due to neglect.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Atlanta Hawks’ Adrian Griffin Jr. testifies, prays at Ill. church as questions swirl over nephew's death

  Atlanta Hawks forward Adrian Griffin Jr., 19, testified, prayed and received prayer with his extended family during a worship service Sunday at Midwest Believers Church in Champaign, Illinois, as they mourned the sudden death of his 2.5-year-old nephew, Jayce.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Police investigating firebombing at Texas church

  Police in Texas are investigating the firebombing of Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano.

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  Jul 24, 2023

  Americans placing more emphasis on hobbies, money and community, less on religion: study

  As the value Americans place on religion has declined over the last two decades, an increasing share of society now ranks community activities, hobbies or recreational activities, money, friends and health as extremely or very important priorities in their lives, while family maintained its rank as the highest priority of all, the results of a new Gallup survey show.

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  Jul 23, 2023

  Will digital Bibles like the YouVersion Bible App displace paper ones?

  With more than 95 installs per minute, Life.Church’s YouVersion Bible App celebrated its 15-year anniversary this month on more than 575 million unique devices in nearly 2,000 languages and the digital popularity of the Word of God is showing no signs of slowing down.

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  Jul 20, 2023

  Florida family found guilty of selling bleach as COVID-19 cure through fake online church

  A Florida man and three of his sons who duped consumers into purchasing more than $1 million worth of a "Miracle Mineral Solution" through a fake online church to cure ailments including COVID-19 and cancer that was nothing more than a poisonous "powerful bleach" when ingested, were convicted on federal fraud charges Wednesday.

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  Jul 20, 2023

  Stovall Weems sues ARC, Chris Hodges, Dino Rizzo for 'engineering takeover' of Celebration Church

  Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems have filed a lawsuit accusing the Association of Related Churches, one of North America's largest church-planting organizations, and several high-profile members of its executive team, including Church of the Highlands founder and leader, Chris Hodges, of "engineering" a takeover of the church and damaging their reputations.

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  Jul 19, 2023

  Rock Church named in lawsuit over death of former elder's 11-year-old daughter

  The Rock Church in San Diego, California, and one employee have been named among several defendants in a civil lawsuit alleging numerous failures to report and investigate child abuse less than a year after Leticia McCormack, a one-time elder and former volunteer, was charged with the murder of her 11-year-old adopted daughter, Arabella.

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  Jul 18, 2023

  Poorest Americans most likely to have ‘great deal’ of confidence in Church: Gallup

  While confidence in the Church or organized religion remains at historic lows, the poorest Americans, those living in households earning less than $50,000 annually, are more likely to express “a great deal” of confidence in religious institutions, a new survey from Gallup suggests.