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Joel Hunter: "Spiritual Integrity" Inspired Endorsement of Biden

Joel Hunter's study at his home in Casselberry is filled with books — and few religious symbols. After stepping down from his role as senior pastor of Northland Church in 2017, he's taken on more volunteer advocacy work, especially for the homeless…

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Why Pro-Life Evangelical Pastor Joel Hunter Is Backing Biden

Why Pro-Life Evangelical Pastor Joel Hunter Is Backing Biden - Dr. Joel C. Hunter was President Barack Obama’s spiritual advisor for eight years – but then voted for Donald Trump in 2016. This time around, he’s backing Biden, having formed a group called Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden. He speaks with Michel Martin about what changed his mind.

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Telling Truths

The inaugural episode of Barbara Beck’s "Telling Truths" was a Facebook LIVE conversation on Racial Reconciliation with Dr. Joel C. Hunter and Lady Deborah Wiggins.

https://www.facebook.com/barbaraiveybeck/videos/2852258851671338

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CAC News: The Regulars

CAC News: The Regulars A supportive community is working to empower adults with cognitive disabilities to find and use their voice! All the content from each episode of their news program is developed, written, created, and directed by their CAC News team members. This episode aired Saturday, September 5, 2020 on their CAC Youtube Channel! CAC News: The Regulars Episode 2

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The Party of God: Republican or Democrat

The presidential nominating conventions playing out these past two weeks across the nation’s television and computer screens have been about more than a fight for power. They have also served as the latest staging of the American battle for God — in which…

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Amid unrest, love your neighbor and focus on those who unite us...

A former parishioner asked for my “opinion from a Christian viewpoint” on Black Lives Matter, #Walkaway, and Blexit. As far as I can tell, these are all reactions that resist society’s stereotypes. BLM is protesting our nation’s devaluing of Black lives. The other two are new organizations proclaiming independent thinking from the Democratic Party but who also seem interested in bashing it. The parishioner, Anna, wrote that she had “so much unrest and anxiety about the future” and the current racial and political conflicts are a part of her fear. This is what I told her…

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Conversation with Conservative Pastor Joel Hunter, Spiritual Advisor to President Obama

I have interviewed many people over the years, but I don’t think any of those conversations has ever been as timely and important as this one with Pastor Joel Hunter, a theologically conservative Christian who for eight years was a spiritual advisor to the theologically liberal President Barack Obama. Now retired from full time pastoring, the former senior pastor of “Northland, A Church Distributed,” in Central Florida, stays as busy as ever building bridges and coalitions to help people who are in vulnerable communities….

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Community Bail Funds: How Some Say They Help Level 'Unbelievably Unfair' Justice System

ORLANDO, Fla. — As protests around the country spark a bigger conversation about criminal justice reform, community bail funds, which help people accused of low-level, non-violent crimes pay their way out of jail before trial, are seeing a huge boost in donations. Channel 9 investigative reporter Karla Ray learned that’s true for a community bail fund started…

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