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<\/iframe>\n<\/p>The Scientology Religion website, published two weeks ago, continues to update content daily, with blog posts and new videos from religious scholars, interfaith leaders and those who partner with the Church in its humanitarian activities.<\/p>\nOne recent entry is an excerpt from the speech of Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, Senior Pastor of the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church delivered at the grand opening of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientology.org\/scientology-today\/church-openings\/grand-opening-church-of-scientology-harlem.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">new Church of Scientology and Community Center of Harlem, New York<\/a>.<\/p>\nBorn in New Orleans, Louisiana, Rev. Youngblood graduated with a B.A. from Dillard University, New Orleans, earned his \u00a0Masters of Divinity at Colgate Rochester Divinity School; his Doctorate of Ministry from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio where he was a Samuel Dewitt Proctor Fellow. 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