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  Apr 19, 2023

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston pleads guilty to DUI, gets probation, other penalties

  Days after pleading “not guilty” to driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more, Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston pled “guilty” to the charges and was sentenced to three years’ probation, a $140 fine and other penalties.

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  Apr 19, 2023

  Energy company cuts power for Baltimore church as pastor insists $30K bill is incorrect

  In the last 34 years that he has operated his 800-member Friendship Baptist Church at 6004 Loch Raven Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland, Rev. Alvin Gwynn, Sr., says his average monthly energy bill has hovered around “maybe $1,200.”

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  Apr 18, 2023

  Ralph Yarl, teen shot in head by homeowner, gets outpouring of love and over $2.9M in donations

  More than $2.9 million in donations and thousands of prayers and well-wishes have poured in from across the world through a GoFundMe campaign for Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old black teenager who survived being shot twice by a white homeowner in Kansas City, Missouri, after he rang his doorbell by mistake and tried to open the door last Thursday night.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  84-year-old white man charged with shooting black teen who rang doorbell by mistake

  Andrew D. Lester, a white 84-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, homeowner who shot Ralph Yarl, a black 16-year-old twice after he mistakenly rang his doorbell last Thursday, has been charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  Youth pastor, 6th grade teacher used church Wi-Fi to download child porn: police

  A youth pastor at Palatka Baptist Temple in Florida, who downloaded pornography images from using the church's Wi-Fi and uploaded images of himself and shared them with underage victims on several popular social media platforms, has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.

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  Apr 18, 2023

  More Christians turning to predatory payday loans that some find helpful: study

  While more than 75% of self-identified Christians in 27 states with no meaningful regulation of payday loans believe it is a sin to lend money in a way that harms the borrower financially, more than a third of them say they have obtained such loans, which an increasing number of borrowers also find helpful, a new Lifeway research study shows.

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  Apr 17, 2023

  84-year-old man shoots black teen who rang doorbell by mistake sparking outcry

  Outrage continued growing across the country Monday over allegations that an 85-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, shot a 16-year-old twice, including once in the head, after he mistakenly rang his doorbell thinking he was at the correct house to pick up his twin younger brothers.

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  Apr 15, 2023

  Hillsong board agreed to pay Brian Houston, wife $350K annually in retirement package

  Hillsong Church agreed to a retirement package for founder Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, in 2010 worth AU$350,000 or more in collective annual cash compensation, according to board meeting minutes obtained by The Christian Post.

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  Apr 14, 2023

  Al Sharpton compares VP Kamala Harris to biblical Queen Esther as she warns against conservatives

  Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton compared Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people from execution, as she advocated for gun control, a more inclusive democracy and urged the public not to fall for what she described as the conservative "okey-doke" on Friday.

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  Apr 13, 2023

  Mother of Tyre Nichols says she is living on ‘prayers’ after police killing of son

  RowVaughn Wells, the grieving mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who died three days after he received a brutal beating from five black officers during a traffic stop gone awry in her neighborhood on Jan. 7, says she is inspired to keep living by the “power of prayer” and the belief that her son completed his “mission from God” on Earth.