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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Megachurch founder accepts prison sentence as God’s judgment after allegedly counting crime a ‘blessing’
John Bishop, founder of Living Hope Church in Vancouver, Washington, who was pushed out from leadership for prescription drug and alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct, will spend the next five years in prison for a federal drug-smuggling charge and has accepted his sentence as “what God wants.”
'Flying preacher' responds to critics after zip-line sermon goes viral
A Mississippi megachurch pastor who zip-lined above his congregation to demonstrate the return of Jesus has responded to critics after a clip of his a dramatic entrance on stage Sunday went viral.
At World Vision’s Give-Back Gift Shop, a tree full of hopes and prayers and a push from Sadie Robertson
For the second year in a row, through their Give-back gift shop, World Vision is giving New York City’s urbane crowd a chance to offer more than just thoughts and prayers to those in need around the world.
AME Church leader was in dark about Jamal Bryant’s decision to take job at New Birth until days ago
Like many in his congregation at Empowerment Temple, controversial megachurch pastor, Jamal Bryant said Bishop James Levert Davis, who leads the Second District of The African Methodist Episcopal Church which oversees his church, knew nothing about his decision to resign from his church until just days ago.
Condom fashion show, Planned Parenthood swag at Utah College outrages pro-life students
Activist students at Westminster College, a private liberal arts school in Salt Lake City, Utah, riled some students and pro-life advocates with a “Condom Fashion Show” featuring outfits partially made from condoms and swag promoting abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
TD Jakes to officiate Kim Porter’s funeral, Diddy plans elaborate memorial
Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas, Texas, will reportedly officiate the funeral of Kim Porter, the late ex-girlfriend of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, and mother of four of his children.
Pastor killed in hit-and-run hours after announcing retirement to congregation
Just hours after he announced plans to retire after more than 40 years in ministry, California pastor, Dale Paulsen was killed in a hit-and-run while on his favorite walk on Sunday. He was 67.
Jamal Bryant says God told him to leave Empowerment Temple; church shocked
Controversial Baltimore preacher Jamal Bryant revealed on Tuesday that God told him to leave Empowerment Temple, the megachurch he founded, for New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia. Many of his parishioners, however, were caught off-guard because they were kept in the dark about his new assignment as senior pastor of New Birth.
Church member rebuked for dressing like woman claims pastor never told him about dress code
A 16-year-old student who was publicly rebuked for dressing like a woman during church services at Power House International Ministries has claimed that the pastor never warned him that his attire was against church rules.
Faith Christian School grieves as athlete who loved God, soccer is killed in crash
The Faith Christian School community in Lafayette, Indiana, is now grieving after Cole Ungaro, a beloved member of their high school soccer team, was killed in a crash on Saturday.
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