
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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84-year-old man shoots black teen who rang doorbell by mistake sparking outcry
Outrage continued growing across the country Monday over allegations that an 85-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, shot a 16-year-old twice, including once in the head, after he mistakenly rang his doorbell thinking he was at the correct house to pick up his twin younger brothers.

Hillsong board agreed to pay Brian Houston, wife $350K annually in retirement package
Hillsong Church agreed to a retirement package for founder Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, in 2010 worth AU$350,000 or more in collective annual cash compensation, according to board meeting minutes obtained by The Christian Post.

Al Sharpton compares VP Kamala Harris to biblical Queen Esther as she warns against conservatives
Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton compared Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people from execution, as she advocated for gun control, a more inclusive democracy and urged the public not to fall for what she described as the conservative "okey-doke" on Friday.

Mother of Tyre Nichols says she is living on ‘prayers’ after police killing of son
RowVaughn Wells, the grieving mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who died three days after he received a brutal beating from five black officers during a traffic stop gone awry in her neighborhood on Jan. 7, says she is inspired to keep living by the “power of prayer” and the belief that her son completed his “mission from God” on Earth.

Kerry Washington says her marriage, husband and children ‘are proof of God to me’
Renowned actress, producer and activist, Kerry Washington, who stars in the Hulu series “Unprisoned,” says she sees “proof of God” in her marriage, husband and three children.

Many US churches saw bountiful crowds on Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday, there may have been a renewed push to attend in-person worship services again, three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manhattan’s New Church sells historic building to Serbian gov’t for $15M
The New Church, a historic Manhattan building described as “one of New York’s most picturesque houses of worship” in the Murray Hill neighborhood, has been sold to the Serbian government for $15 million just over two years after the nearly 200-year-old congregation shuttered its doors and put the building up for sale in 2020.

Pastor, wife indicted in alleged sexual assault, child abuse of 'God daughters'
A Las Vegas pastor and his wife have been indicted on multiple charges of sexual assault, child abuse and other crimes they allegedly committed with multiple underage victims under their leadership 10 years ago.

Christian charity builds new home for family in just 11 days and they are moved to tears
A Kentucky family that lost their home in a flood last year were moved to tears Thursday when they were gifted a new house built by more than 150 volunteers from seven different states in just 11 days, thanks to the efforts of a Christian charity.

Hillsong Church attorneys say forensic audit found nothing ‘unlawful’ amid uproar over finances
A forensic review of Hillsong Church's finances by accounting firm Grant Thornton does not support allegations that the Australia-based megachurch network or its personnel engaged in "unlawful conduct." Allegations that funds were misappropriated reflect a "misunderstanding" that should be discussed in a "church context," attorneys say.



















