Leonardo Blair

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  Oct 20, 2022

  New study suggests religion is good for youth mental health; Expert reveals how churches can do better

  Results of a new large-scale study by the Springtide Research Institute have seemingly confirmed decades of previous research pointing to a positive relationship between religion, spirituality and mental health.

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  Oct 19, 2022

  Brian Houston announces big night of preaching, praying ahead of court case

  Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston announced that he and his wife, Bobbie, will have a big night of preaching and fellowship in their home base next month and urged their followers to join them in their return to a local stage.

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  Oct 12, 2022

  15-year-old boys may be tried as adults for murder of Memphis pastor, but family is divided over proposal

  Two 15-year-old boys charged in connection with the daylight murder of, who led Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee, will learn whether they will be tried as adults later this month as the pastor’s family members remain divided over the idea.

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  Oct 11, 2022

  Tulsi Gabbard says she’s leaving Democratic Party, citing ‘cowardly wokeness,’ hostility to people of faith

  Former Democratic presidential candidate and congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard, called on “independent-minded Democrats” to join her Tuesday morning as she announced her exit from the Democratic Party, citing a raft of concerns including the party’s “cowardly wokeness,” their stoking of anti-white racism, hostility to people of faith and elitism.

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  Oct 11, 2022

  South Carolina church investigating student pastor who gave teens ‘i heart hot youth pastors’ sticker

  A South Carolina church has launched an investigation and placed its student pastor on administrative leave after outrage erupted online over stickers he gave to minors in his care that say “i ❤ hot youth pastors’ sticker.”

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  Oct 10, 2022

  Christian nationalism will lead to Christian persecution, SBC President Bart Barber warns

  Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber has condemned the idea that the church should be running the government and warned advocates of Christian nationalism that pursuing such an agenda will result in the persecution of Christians.

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  Oct 7, 2022

  Former coach at Christian college accused of sex abuse, doping students

  Huntington University, a private Christian university in Indiana, has placed cross country coach Lauren Johnson and her assistant, Curtis Hines, on leave after two former runners accused their former coach and her husband, Nicholas, of sexual assault and potential doping violations.

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  Oct 5, 2022

  Texas megachurch repents for not involving women in decision-making after abuse of 14 girls by ex-pastor

  The 15-member all male elder board of Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas, has admitted that they failed to prevent the sexual abuse of at least 14 girls by a former youth pastor, by  not involving women leaders in the church when evaluating abuse allegations and caring for the victims among other things.

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  Oct 4, 2022

  Judge dismisses Pastor Stovall and Kerri Weems’ defamation lawsuit against Celebration Church

  Ruling that the court does not have jurisdiction over ecclesiastical matters, a Florida judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife Kerri against leaders of the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville they allege ousted them from the church in a “coup” earlier this year.

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  Oct 3, 2022

  7-year-old boy shot on way to church in Chicago, mother wants shooter in ‘jail for life’

  The mother of a 7-year-old boy who was hospitalized after he was shot on his way to church in Chicago on Sunday morning has called for her son’s attacker to be locked in “jail for life” after police apprehended a suspect in the brazen daylight shooting.