Leonardo Blair

• Baptist church removes statue of Jesus because it looks too 'Catholic'

  Members of a Baptist church in Red Bank, South Carolina, have caused a stir for recently voting to remove a statue of Jesus from the front of their building because it appears too "Catholic in nature."

• Church pastor, his wife & daughter sentenced after dispute sparked by affair with Sunday School teacher

  An Ohio pastor, his wife and daughter who were initially accused of robbing a Sunday school teacher and then fleeing their church minutes before the start of a worship service in February, were all sentenced Monday as it was revealed that the incident was triggered by an affair.

• Why Jesus is no longer the one way to heaven for many American Christians

  Just over two months ago, as winter landed its final blows of snow in New York City, Michael A. Walrond Jr. of Harlem's 10,000-member First Corinthian Baptist Church landed an ideological blow of his own in traditional Christendom.

• Willow Creek says 'We do not believe the stories were all lies' about Bill Hybels sexual misconduct allegations

  Pam Orr, chair of Willow Creek Community Church's elder board in suburban Chicago, has apologized to multiple women who publicly accused the megachurch's founder, Bill Hybels, of sexual misconduct in recent months and revealed after listening to some of them, "we do not believe the stories were all lies."

• Young boy claims he visited heaven, saw Jesus prior to making miraculous recovery as doctors prepared to declare him brain-dead

  A 13-year-old Alabama boy who miraculously recovered after doctors declared him brain-dead and were set to harvest his organs to donate to five other children, said he was in Heaven walking with Jesus and a sibling who died before he was born.

• Pastor who claimed woman was 'raised from dead' is killed in fiery crash in Miami

  Bishop Darryl Coleman, the beloved pastor of Shake Up Evangelistic Ministries in Miami, Florida, where it was once claimed that a woman was "raised from the dead," perished after a fiery crash earlier this month shortly after ministering at a church in the Bahamas. He was 51.

• Pastor forgives congregant who stabbed him at prayer meeting

  With pain and shock still rippling through his church, a grieving Texas pastor said Thursday he was willing to forgive one of his congregants who went on a bloody rampage, killing one man and injuring three others including the pastor during a prayer meeting Wednesday night at his home.

• Megachurch Pastor William Curtis slammed over $230,000 Bentley Bentayga SUV

  Leader of the 10,000-member Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William H. Curtis, has sparked a vigorous debate online after his $230,000 Bentley Bentayga, which costs nearly twice as much as the median home in the church's Larimer neighborhood, was photographed outside the church.

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  Texas church shooter once taught at Bible school but was really an atheist who once said people who believe in God are stupid

  Devin Kelley, the 26-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs that left at least 26 people dead and another 20 injured, was an avowed atheist who once taught Vacation Bible School.

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  Pastor asks forgiveness after gravestone of child leukemia victim was removed because parents hadn't paid all their bills

  The pastor's company dug out the gravestone of the 5-year-old boy because his parents allegedly hadn't met all the costs but he asked for forgiveness after a huge public outcry.

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  3-year-old Christian girl who loved God 'with all her heart' drowns in grease pit at ice cream shop

  'She had more faith than any child I've ever seen,' said her grieving mom, Corrie Andrews, who regularly attends the popular Church of the Highlands with her family.

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  Community steps in after young Christian couple and mother-in-law die in crash without enough funds to cover a funeral

  'Kind' prayer warrior Katie Marie Zeitino, 30, died two days after the collision that killed her 31-year-old husband and his mom. $9,000 has been raised to cover funeral costs so far.