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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Family asks for prayers after former baseball player Chase Childers drowns saving 5 people
The family of Chase Childers, a former professional baseball player and police officer with the Cobb County Police Department in Georgia, is asking for prayers after he drowned Sunday while trying to save five others from drowning on Pawleys Island in South Carolina. He was 38.
Family pastor fired after arrest for leaving child in car to get drunk at bar
Trey Gibson, the fun-loving associate pastor of families at First Baptist Church of Dothan in Alabama, has been fired following his arrest for leaving one of his pre-school children alone in a vehicle while he drank and dined for hours in a bar and restaurant.
Kentucky church shooter was 'caring' rapper 'HonKy Kong' who 'snapped,' family, friends say
Guy House, the 47-year-old gunman who was killed by authorities after he fatally shot a mother and daughter at Richmond Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday, was a caring and beloved rapper known as HonKy Kong, who family and friends believe had a mental breakdown because he was not allowed to see his daughter.
Joe Walker named as interim president of Lifeway Christian Resources
Lifeway Christian Resources, the Nashville-based publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, has selected Joe Walker as interim president and CEO.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College mourns student killed in Kentucky church shooting
Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Kentucky is mourning the loss of one of their nursing students, a mother of five, who was shot dead along with her mother in a brazen daylight shooting at the Richmond Baptist Church in Lexington on Sunday.
Deacon who helped prevent mass shooting at church surprised with new truck
Deacon Richard Pryor of CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, has been blessed with a new truck weeks after his vehicle was totaled while helping to stop a man who attempted to carry out a mass shooting during the church's worship service on June 22.
Parent advocate warns about AI in classrooms as tech companies sign Trump’s pledge
As the Trump administration seeks to improve American education through Artificial Intelligence, United States Parents Involved in Education, a nationwide coalition pushing to restore parental authority over their children's education, is urging caution.
Pastor John Lindell plans to step down from James River Church, explains why church split with AOG
More than two months after announcing James River Church’s split from the Assemblies of God, Lead Pastor John Lindell has offered additional insight into what sparked disaffiliation and shared his plans to step down in 2027.
Beloved mother, daughter identified as victims in Richmond Road Baptist Church shooting
Two women killed during a brazen daylight shooting at Richmond Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday have been identified as a beloved mother and daughter who loved serving the Lord.
Duane Youngblood insists TD Jakes sexually assaulted him as teenager; denies extortion, conspiracy
Armed with new lawyers, former pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood insisted Thursday that megachurch founder Bishop T.D. Jakes sexually assaulted him decades ago when he was a teenager and denied conspiring to extort him of $6 million before going public with his claims.
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