
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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Actor, comedian Katt Williams says he isn't religious but roots his self-worth in God
Despite growing up in a household where he was physically abused as a child by his parents, comedian Katt Williams says his personal relationship with God has evolved into an independent nondenominational practice without affiliation with any particular religion.

At least 8 dead, 17 hurt in Veterans Day building collapse in Brooklyn
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Steven Lawson restored to ministry by Nashville church after Trinity Bible Church removal: report
Elders at a Nashville church have reportedly endorsed Reformed Christian pastor Steven J. Lawson for ministry opportunities over a year after he was removed from leadership at Trinity Bible Church in Dallas over an adulterous relationship.

Judge keeps David Taylor detained, denies effort to dismiss forced labor charges
U.S. District Judge Susan K. DeClercq has denied a fourth request from self-styled “apostle” David E. Taylor to release him before his trial next April, a day after refusing to dismiss multiple charges of forced labor against him.

Pastor John Gray declares America is 'not a Christian nation' in midterm postmortem
Love Story Church Pastor John Gray said America is "not a Christian nation" and warned his congregation in Greenville, South Carolina, against conflating their spiritual identity with their politics in an impassioned postmortem of the 2026 midterm elections.

4 women claim ex-contractor at Andy Stanley’s megachurch sexually abused them
Four women allege they were sexually abused about 20 years ago by Steve Thomason, a contract musician and videographer formerly associated with North Point Community Church in Georgia, which Pastor Andy Stanley founded.

Faith Life Church senior pastors in pain after son is found guilty of sex crimes
Founders of the multi-campus Faith Life Church in Ohio, Gary and Drenda Keesee, told their congregation that they are in pain after their son, Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee Jr., was found guilty Friday of 27 sex crimes involving minors, but said they won’t stop leading the megachurch because God has not told them to do so.

Pastor Lonnie Snell’s affair hit suspended church executive like a concussion: New Life Chapel
New Life Chapel in West Chester, Ohio, has suspended an executive leader for failing to report a sexual relationship between their fired founder and senior pastor, Lonnie Snell, and a subordinate staff member, but will not disclose his identity.

Compassion International defends child protection record after sponsorship program comes under scrutiny
Compassion International is defending its child protection record after a former employee alleged the charity failed to act when an AI tool flagged 25,810 suspected grooming cases in sponsor letters.

Druski to expand on viral megachurch pastor skit in new Netflix series ‘Collect & Praise’
Actor and comedian Drew Desbordes, better known as Druski, who famously mocked prosperity preachers in a viral video skit earlier this year, will expand on that narrative in a new semi-scripted comedy series on Netflix called “Collect & Praise.”


























