Leonardo Blair

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  Jul 7, 2022

  Pastor convicted of raping grandchildren awarded $2M after prison beating

  Roy Harriger, a 79-year-old New York pastor convicted of raping two of his grandchildren and allegedly sexually abusing his oldest son and his sister, can now collect $2 million from the state for beatings he received at Attica Correctional Facility.

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  Jul 7, 2022

  Single, non-religious young adults are most unhappy Americans post-COVID-19: report

  Young adults under 35 who are single and non-religious report the highest levels of unhappiness since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since 1972, when the General Social Survey began measuring levels of happiness among Americans, a new analysis from the Institute of Family Studies suggests.

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  Jul 6, 2022

  Robert Jeffress rejects ‘Christian nationalist’ label, says America founded as ‘Christian nation’

  Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress told his congregation Sunday that he is not a "Christian nationalist" but insisted that the United States was founded as a "Christian nation." The senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas suggested that a perversion of the Constitution by liberals, atheists and others over the years has led to the creation of a secular nation now defined by a culture that is both tragic and decadent.

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  Jul 5, 2022

  Televangelist Creflo Dollar says teachings on tithing ‘not correct’ but won’t apologize to followers

  Challenging popular Evangelical belief, controversial televangelist Creflo Dollar, one of America’s most flamboyant proponents of the prosperity gospel, has renounced tithing and all his previous teachings on the subject as “not correct.”  

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  Jul 5, 2022

  Catholic nun, Greek Orthodox priest among 17 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

  Two Christian leaders are among 17 accomplished civilians who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House Thursday.

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  Jul 1, 2022

  Pastors who prioritize self-care less likely to feel like quitting: study

  As an increasing number of pastors are now reporting they have considered quitting their jobs due to stress, loneliness, political divisions and worries like their church being in decline among other things, a new report from Barna shows that pastors who prioritize self-care are less likely to feel this way.

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  Jun 30, 2022

  ‘Christian Taliban’: Rep. Adam Kinzinger slams Lauren Boebert’s call for Church to direct government

  Christian Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois accused his colleague and sister in the faith Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., of advocating for "the Christian Taliban" after she suggested to members of a Colorado church Sunday that the First Amendment's Establishment Clause is "junk" and the Church should be directing the government.

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  Jun 30, 2022

  Houston pastor was fatally shot after 10-second road rage argument, police say

  The late East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church pastor, Rev. Ronald K. Mouton, was fatally shot in the chest last Friday, after an argument with another driver that lasted just 10 seconds along the Gulf Freeway in Houston, Texas, police revealed Wednesday.

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  Jun 29, 2022

  Nearly two-thirds of Americans living paycheck to paycheck as inflation grows: study

  Nearly two-thirds of American consumers, including some 33% of those earning more than $250,000 annually, are living paycheck to paycheck as inflationary pressure continues to wreak economic misery around the world, a new report from PYMNTS and LendingClub suggests.

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  Jun 29, 2022

  So. Baptist church apologizes after black woman says white member called black people ‘coloreds’

  Steve Walter, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Forrest City, Arkansas, publicly apologized Tuesday after a black woman alleged that she and her family experienced discrimination from two unidentified white members, one of whom allegedly called black people "coloreds," when she tried to attend a worship service on Sunday morning.