Leonardo Blair
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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Pastor placed on leave after allegedly pulling gun, threatening self-harm in drunken crash
Jamie Steele, a Southern Baptist pastor from North Carolina who allegedly crashed his car while driving under the influence then threatened to harm himself during an armed standoff with local police has been place on leave by his church.
Eastview Christian Church names former staffer Brandon Grant as new pastor
Eleven months after the resignation of their longtime senior pastor Mike Baker over a sexual misconduct scandal involving his son Caleb, Eastview Christian Church in Illinois announced that they have hired Pastor Brandon Grant, a former staff member, to replace him.
Metaverse use dips among churches as Zuckerberg remains committed to VR
Despite drawing significant interest during the coronavirus pandemic that created a buzz big enough to question whether it could replace megachurches, the excitement for the metaverse appears to have hit a bump as some 90% of churches have gravitated towards less expensive and more easily accessed online engagement.
Pastor says he's in shock after causing crash that killed wife, daughter
A Texas pastor who says he blacked out during a coughing fit and caused a crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and his 51-year-old wife of 25 years as they drove home from a high school basketball game said his “heart died” when he discovered what happened.
Grandmother asks for prayers after twin brother and sister die in house fire
A grandmother grieving the death of her fraternal twin grandchildren and the severe burning of her daughter-in-law during a house fire in Manchester, Georgia, is now asking for prayers for her family as they struggle to come to terms with the tragedy.
Willow Creek announces shuttering of Chicago campus
Citing an “unsustainable financial scenario” Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor David Dummitt has announced the shuttering of the multi-campus megachurch’s downtown Chicago campus.
Pit bulls fatally mauled Indiana pastor for 25 minutes before police arrived, granddaughter says
The granddaughter of an 85-year-old Indiana pastor who watched him being mauled to death by two stray pit bulls in his backyard last Tuesday morning said it took local police about 25 minutes to respond to their cries for help and her family now wants to know why as officials confirmed one of the killer dogs remain on the loose.
Judge freezes accounts of pastor who sold worthless cryptocurrency to Christians
A judge in Denver, Colorado, ordered the financial accounts of a pastor and his wife frozen after they sold $3.2 million in a worthless cryptocurrency to their Christian followers, then pocketed $1.3 million for their personal use, characterizing their actions as “unmitigated greed."
Mired in debt, majority of young adults financially dependent on parents: Pew
Despite being better educated, working more, and earning higher incomes than their counterparts from three decades ago, more than half of young adults between the ages of 18 to 34 are financially dependent on their parents, with many still living at home, unmarried, childless and mired in debt, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows.
Teen pleads guilty to murder of Pastor Autura Eason-Williams, widower vows to never forgive him
A 16-year-old with just an eighth-grade education has pleaded guilty to the daylight murder of prominent United Methodist Church pastor, the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, and her widower vowed in court on Thursday that he will never forgive him for the crime.