
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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Trump withdraws support from married Okla. pastor caught in texting scandal
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he's no longer supporting married Sheridan.Church Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer as the Republican candidate for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District.

Larry Reid denies call for black exodus from America was response to Karmelo Anthony case
Popular podcaster and progressive spiritual leader Larry Reid has rejected claims by some online that his call for black Americans to make a mass exodus from the United States was prompted by the conviction of Karmelo Anthony for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet.

Prominent Amarillo pastor is fired after arrest in prostitution sting
David A. Ritchie, a religion instructor and the prominent lead pastor of Redeemer Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas, has been fired following his arrest over the weekend in a prostitution sting.

Couples who marry before having first child 50% less likely to split than couples who don’t: study
Couples who marry before conceiving their first child are 50% less likely to break up than those who conceive outside of wedlock, findings of a new study show.

Married Trump-backed pastor, political candidate Jackson Lahmeyer admits texting other woman
Married Sheridan.Church pastor and Republican candidate for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, Rev. Jackson Lahmeyer, admitted Monday to inappropriate texting with another woman who is not his wife and has already addressed the failure “through counsel and prayer with God and spiritual advisors.”

Pastor Greg Locke apologizes for public fight with Supernatural Life Founder Daniel Adams
Almost three years after publicly cutting ties with Daniel Adams and his ministry, The Supernatural Life, Greg Locke, pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, has apologized for the way he raised concerns about Adams’ platforming of false prophets.

Woman claims Pastor Jamal Bryant is absent father to son born out of wedlock
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant, who claims to be an advocate for black men being present in the lives of their children, has allegedly been an absent father to a son he allegedly sired with a woman during a massage session just over 10 years ago.

Ala. church elders blame disgruntled ex-members for pastor’s indictment for theft
The elder board of The Word Community Church in Northport, Alabama, said they had nothing to do with the recent indictment of their senior pastor, Scott Willmore, for a single count of first-degree theft of property, blaming the move instead on disgruntled former church members.

Arizona megachurch Christ’s Church of the Valley wins 19-acre land auction with $9M bid
Christ’s Church of the Valley, a nondenominational Christian megachurch with 18 campuses across Arizona, will soon be able to start building its 19th campus after making a winning $9 million bid to acquire nearly 19 acres of land at an auction held by the City of Gilbert in Arizona

Former Harvest pastor Paul Havsgaard asks court to dismiss abuse lawsuit
Former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor, Paul Havsgaard, who has been accused by some 22 men and women of sexually abusing and trafficking them when they were minors living in now-defunct church-run children’s homes in Romania, has denied the allegations again and asked a court to dismiss their lawsuit against him.


























