
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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Hillsong leaders accused of money laundering, tax evasion, shopping that would ‘embarrass a Kardashian’
Citing documents turned over by a whistleblower, an independent member of the Australian Parliament accused Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston and other leaders of money laundering, tax evasion and shopping sprees that would "embarrass a Kardashian."

Family pastor blames mental illness for mom killing 3 children, says survivors need prayer
The pastor of a maternal great-grandmother of the five children brutally stabbed by their 25-year-old mother which result in three of them dying in Italy, Texas, last Friday blamed the attack on mental illness and urged the public to pray for the two children who survived and their grieving family members.

So. Baptist pastor resigns after arrest for driving intoxicated with unlicensed weapon, child in car
Drew Erickson, The lead teaching pastor at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, resigned Sunday after his arrest for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 and possession of an unlawful weapon.

Pastor allegedly drugged, raped married parishioner he promised ‘spiritual revival’
A Florida pastor who allegedly drugged and raped a married parishioner after promising her a “spiritual revival” in his home was recently arrested on two counts of sexual battery and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office believes there might be more victims.

Eastview Christian Church hires law firm to conduct investigation after pastor resigns
Eastview Christian Church in Illinois announced Sunday that they have hired an attorney from the law firm Wagenmaker & Oberly to conduct an investigation after Mike Baker, the church’s longtime senior pastor recently resigned over allegations that he covered up sexual misconduct by his son Caleb Baker, while he was an employee at the church.

Mother stabs her 5 children killing 3 less than 2 years after twin sister kills own daughter
Less than two years after her mentally troubled twin sister stabbed her 7-year-old daughter to death, a 25-year-old mother from Italy, Texas, allegedly stabbed her five young children, killing three of them last Friday.

Family, church celebrate after pastor wrongly declared brain-dead returns home
Ryan Marlow, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was celebrated on Saturday as he returned home months after doctors wrongfully declared him brain-dead and almost harvested his organs.

Arizona Christian University pledges action after school district bans student-teachers due to faith
Days after the five-member governing board of the Washington Elementary School District in Arizona voted to ban student-teachers from Arizona Christian University from the district due to their commitment to traditional Christian values, the university’s president has slammed the decision as “wrong” and “unlawful” and pledged to fight back.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams maintains that ‘you cannot separate your faith’ from who you are
New York City Mayor Eric Adams maintained Sunday that he cannot separate his Christian faith from who he is as a person nearly a week after making waves with a similar statement in which he declared it was a mistake to remove prayer from public schools.

After 52 years of ministry, skydiving 98-year-old preacher wants people to see Jesus in his life
At 98, North Carolina preacher Roy Jernigan is still excited about sharing the Gospel. Even after serving as a missionary on Indian reservations across the country for 52 years, Jernigan won’t stop preaching because his life is his ministry, and he wants people to see Jesus when they see him.



















