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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So. Baptist church apologizes after black woman says white member called black people ‘coloreds’
Steve Walter, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Forrest City, Arkansas, publicly apologized Tuesday after a black woman alleged that she and her family experienced discrimination from two unidentified white members, one of whom allegedly called black people "coloreds," when she tried to attend a worship service on Sunday morning.
Family, church grieve beloved pastor killed in road rage incident as cops hunt for unidentified shooter
Less than 48 hours after their beloved pastor was shot dead in a road rage incident in Houston, Texas, members of East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church were trying to wrap their grief in praise at church on Sunday.
Christian critic JD Hall was abusing Xanax, church reveals after pastor’s removal
Leaders of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana revealed that their pastor, Jordan Daniel "J.D." Hall, has been abusing the prescription drug Xanax after news broke that the church had removed him from ministry.
Lauren Boebert tells church God anointed Trump for victory following Supreme Court abortion ruling
Born-again Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert told congregants at a Colorado church on Sunday that former President Donald Trump was anointed for office and celebrated his appointment of three of the six Supreme Court justices who overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that usurped states' abortion laws and legalized the practice nationwide.
Lawsuit seeking to overturn elder election at David Platt’s McLean Bible Church dismissed
A lawsuit filed by disgruntled longtime members of the multi-campus McLean Bible Church in Virginia over last year's election of new elders amid allegations of leftward drift and attempts to purge conservatives from the church has been dismissed.
Firebrand Christian critic JD Hall removed from church, media ministries due to ‘serious sin’
More than a month after his arrest on DUI and weapons charges, Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana, has removed Pastor Jordan Daniel "J.D." Hall from ministry due to allegations of "serious sin."
As gas prices soar with inflation, some churches help communities with gas giveaways
Among the free food, games and other prizes offered at an event hosted by the Family Life Christian Center in Clinton, Iowa, Saturday, the chance to win a $100 gas card is the biggest incentive promoted by Senior Pastor Kenny Hilliard Jr. to convince his community to show up.
10 reactions to overturning Roe v. Wade: Michelle Obama ‘heartbroken’; Rick Warren says ‘Thank you’
Reactions to Friday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that the U.S. Constitution protects the right to abortion reflected both joy and sorrow, highlighting the deep divisions among the American public and politicians on the issue.
Allegations of grooming, sexual assault against CCM singer Chris Rice detailed in new report
A new report elaborates on allegations of sexual misconduct against well-known contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Chris Rice, who reportedly engaged in “massages” with underage boys and invited them to stay overnight at his home.
Former youth pastor dies after he stops breathing in police custody
North Carolina authorities are investigating the death of Christopher Hensley, a 35-year-old former youth pastor and father who died in police custody last Wednesday while he was being restrained.
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