Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Martha Green, Conn. church founder who championed female pastors, dies at 102
Martha V. Green, a beloved Connecticut pastor who founded St. Mary’s Unison Free Will Baptist Church in New Haven in 1973 and championed other women to follow in her footsteps, died on Valentine’s Day at the age of 102.
Bright Star Missionary Baptist pastor charged with 5 counts of rape
Cedric M. Sharp, the pastor of Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in Texarkana, Arkansas, remained in custody Thursday, more than a week after he was charged with five counts of rape and later ordered to stay away from his alleged victim.
Heavy snow led to explosion at NY church, investigators reveal
The blast at Abundant Life Fellowship church in Boonville, New York, that left five people, including the pastor, injured on Tuesday was triggered by heavy snow, according to investigators.
South African megachurch Pastor At Boshoff divorces wife after more than 30 years of marriage
Despite historically preaching that marriage is a lifelong, permanent union based on God's original design, influential South African megachurch pastor, At Boshoff, has quietly divorced his wife, Nyretta, after more than 30 years of marriage.
Blast destroys NY church leaving 5, including pastor, critically injured
A pastor and four firefighters were injured Tuesday after a massive explosion destroyed the Abundant Life Fellowship church in Boonville, New York, and left survivors grateful to be alive.
Son of Life Church pastor sentenced to 4 years in prison for child exploitation
Jonathan Peternel, the 24-year-old son of lead pastor of the multicampus Life Church in Pendleton, Indiana, Nathan Peternel, will spend the next four years in prison and another two years of probation after pleading guilty to child exploitation and possession of child sex abuse material charges.
Megachurch Pastor Jay Strother diagnosed with stomach cancer
Senior pastor of the multi-campus Brentwood Baptist Church in Tennessee, Jay Strother, says he will “step away from ministry” for an extended period following a stomach cancer diagnosis.
Churches could run gov't supported ‘marriage bootcamps’ to 'save' America: report
Local churches could run government-supported marriage bootcamps for cohabiting couples with children in a bid to get them to formally walk down the aisle with the promise of a “wedding bonus” of up to $5,000, researchers suggest in a new report.
Pastor, wife who used addiction recovery center as front, convicted of multimillion dollar retail theft
A Florida pastor and his wife, who used an addiction recovery center as a front to run a multimillion dollar retail theft scheme, have been convicted and are now facing possible sentences of up to 150 and 30 years in prison, respectively.
Americans rank clergy at record low in honesty and ethics ratings: Gallup
The public perception of the honesty and ethical standards of clergy reached a record low over the last 50 years, according to Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey. Just 27% of the American public ranked clergy as high or very high on the scale.
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