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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Scholar wins Grawemeyer Award for book on enslaved ghostwriters of the Bible
In her 2024 book, "God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible," biblical scholar Candida Moss recognizes the contributions of many enslaved Christians and ghostwriters, like Tertius, who wrote down Paul’s letters to the Romans.
Lilly Endowment gives $649M in grants to prepare pastors for future, tell Christian stories
The Lilly Endowment, America’s largest private foundation, announced it has awarded $649 million in grants to 93 religious organizations to help prepare pastors for the future and tell stories about Christian life.
Gateway Church’s insurance company doesn’t want to defend Cindy Clemishire’s defamation lawsuit
Church Mutual Insurance Company, America’s leading insurer of religious organizations, has asked a Texas court to issue a declaratory judgement that they have no duty to defend or indemnify Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, founder, Robert Morris, and its independent elders against a million-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire.
Attorney for ex-youth pastor Lindsey Whiteside argues against resentencing for child sex abuse
The attorney for former youth minister Lindsey Whiteside has pushed back against an effort to resentence his client on allegations that she produced two fraudulent letters of support to reduce her punishment after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse.
Gateway Church seeks dismissal of class-action lawsuit citing ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, has filed a revised motion seeking to dismiss an amended class-action lawsuit accusing its former leaders of misappropriating millions of dollars in donations by leaning into the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine.
Televangelist Benny Hinn and wife, Suzanne, finalize divorce for second time
More than a year after she filed for divorce from televangelist Benny Hinn, Suzanne Hinn's marriage to the popular faith-healer is now officially over for a second time in 46 years.
Former Gainesville Police Department chaplain arrested for failing to report child sex abuse
Mark Vega, senior pastor of Ignite Life Center Church in Gainesville, Florida, who is also the former chaplain of the Gainesville Police Department, has been arrested for failing to report a case of suspected child abuse.
Appeals court halts Cindy Clemishire’s defamation case until resolution of mandamus review
Texas' Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas has halted all trial court proceedings in child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire's defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, the church's founder, Robert Morris, and its independent elders until a petition for a mandamus review is resolved.
Shedeur Sanders praises God after winning debut as starting QB for Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders had high praises for God after he became the first Cleveland Browns quarterback to win his first NFL start since 1995 with a 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, which President Donald Trump called "great."
2819 Church fires Pastor Kenneth McFarland after arrest for beating son over school suspension
The fast-growing 6,000-member 2819 Church in Atlanta, Georgia, announced Thursday that they have fired Associate Pastor Kenneth McFarland after he was charged with second-degree cruelty to children for allegedly beating his 15-year-old stepson with an extension cord over an in-school suspension.
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