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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Amber Guyger, ex-officer convicted in death of worship leader Botham Jean, gets parole
Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who was found guilty of murdering beloved worship leader Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019, was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her sentence.
Pastor Marvin Winans denies receiving $545K salary for part-time work at nonprofit
Grammy-winning Pastor Marvin Winans, who IRS records show was paid nearly $540,000 last year for working 20 hours per week at his Perfecting Community Development Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, denied receiving a “dime” and insists his accountant made an error.
Popular TikTok missionary, Maylon Foshee, accused of sexually abusing teenage boys in Haiti
Maylon Foshee, 23, an international Creole-speaking missionary and popular TikTok content creator with more than 100,000 followers from Mansfield, Louisiana, has been charged with sexually abusing three teenage boys in Haiti while doing ministry in the troubled Caribbean nation.
Pastor Craig Groeschel, Celtics coach join Tim Tebow in dumping Life Surge
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla and megachurch Pastor Craig Groeschel have followed former professional athlete Tim Tebow in distancing themselves from Life Surge, a touring faith-based wealth-building seminar accused of pressuring attendees to invest tens of thousands of dollars in real estate and stock courses.
Former Baptist pastor charged in assassination of Haitian president goes on trial
Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 67-year-old Haitian American pastor and medical doctor who formerly served as director of the Haitian Church Planting Department for the Florida Baptist Convention, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to assassinate late Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
Logan Paul tells Bryce Crawford he ‘mocked God’ before ‘darkest time’ in his life
Popular social media influencer Logan Paul told Christian evangelist, podcaster, and street missionary Bryce Crawford that the darkest time he has ever faced in his life was shortly after he publicly disrespected God.
Life Surge, wealth-building business featuring prominent Christian speakers, sparks concern
Life Surge, a touring faith-based wealth-building seminar featuring prominent Christian speakers, has been accused of pressuring attendees to invest tens of thousands of dollars in real estate and stock courses.
Natalie Grant warns Church on use of AI to shape spirituality
Veteran contemporary Christian artist and nine-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant has warned against the use of artificial intelligence in the Christian music industry to shape spirituality and says the rise of the technology will create a demand for live performances.
Mississippi DA challenges Crump to show evidence, stop 'playing games' in Nolan Wells case
Angel Myers McIlrath, the district attorney for the 19th Circuit Court District of Mississippi, slammed prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump as “not worthy of our trust” after he challenged a grand jury’s finding that there is insufficient evidence to charge anyone in the July death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells on Horn Island, a barrier island off the Mississippi coast.
Half of Americans say they witness a miracle at least a few times a year: study
About half of Americans say they experience or witness a miracle at least a few times a year even as they hold a variety of views about organized religion and the afterlife, according to a new study.
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