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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Man gets life in prison for killing pastor’s wife who was trying to ‘lead him to Christ’
A man convicted in June of the 2023 killing Eunice Dwumfour, a pastor’s wife and Republican New Jersey councilwoman, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.
Pastor Jamal Bryant, boycott leaders urge Target to reinstate DEI policies as CEO announces exit
Outspoken activist megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant and leaders of the national Target boycott initiative are urging incoming Target CEO Michael Fiddelke to reinstate the retail giant's diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
Frank Caprio, popular Christian judge known for showing mercy, dies day after asking for prayer
Frank Caprio, the beloved chief municipal judge in Providence, Rhode Island, who became a global sensation after his judicial work marked by kindness and compassion became a hit in the “Caught in Providence“ television series, has died. He was 88..
Pastor, global church planter resigns after arrest for preying on child online
Officials at Redemption Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, confirmed that their senior pastor, Neal Creecy, has resigned following his recent arrest for luring a child online to meet up for a sex act.
Christian school reported female teacher accused of sex with minor to shine light on darkness
Dana Jones, principal of the private Christian K3-12 C.H. Friend School in South Boston, Virginia, says the school acted on a biblical mandate to shine light into darkness when they told authorities about an English teacher suspected of having sex with an underage male, then fired her.
Central Christian Church grieves after multiple men accuse former youth pastor of abuse
Larry Kirk, the lead pastor of Central Christian Church in Baltimore County, Maryland, has called the recent arrest of former youth pastor Thomas Pinkerton on sex abuse charges “heartbreaking” and said the church is cooperating with police as they investigate him.
Church's sanctuary roof collapses hours after leaders notice cracks
The Haywood campus of the growing First Baptist Simpsonville Upstate Church in South Carolina escaped tragedy over the weekend when leaders managed to relocate services hours before the sanctuary's roof collapsed on Sunday morning.
Gateway Church officially turns page on Robert Morris with installation of Daniel Floyd
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, officially installed Daniel Floyd, as their new senior pastor on the weekend three months after elders announced they had selected him to replace their embattled founder, Robert Morris, who resigned over a year ago amid a child sex abuse scandal.
Central Bible Church elders asked Pastor David Daniels to resign over porn addiction
Elders at Central Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, said they recently asked their longtime lead pastor, David Daniels, to resign after he confessed to having a porn addiction.
Pastor who lost wife, daughter in Kentucky church shooting makes defiant return
Jerry Gumm, the 81-year-old pastor of Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, who was critically injured and lost his wife and a daughter during a mass shooting at the church last month, says he won’t let the devil stop his praise. He urged his congregants to do the same.
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