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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Actor alleges Tyler Perry Studios VP drugged, raped him
U.S. Army veteran and actor Braxton Wells has publicly accused the vice president of Tyler Perry Studios of drugging him and raping him three years ago, then attempting to silence him with a financial bribe and non-disclosure agreement.
Pastor who fought off teen gunman during carjacking calls survival a ‘miracle’
A Connecticut pastor who was caught on video tackling a teenage gunman during a carjacking in Baltimore is thanking God for keeping him alive after the daring confrontation.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to include multiple buildings on its flood risk map for Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, according to an analysis by NPR, PBS's FRONTLINE and data scientists.
Gateway Church joins local response to deadly Texas flood
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, joined multiple churches and relief agencies Wednesday in responding to the devastating flooding in the Texas Hill Country that has killed at least 120 people, while another 172 remain missing since last Friday.
Happy Home Baptist Church pastor charged with alleged sexual assault of 13-year-old
Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, North Carolina, is now reeling after their recently hired pastor was arrested Saturday for allegedly grabbing the “private parts” of a 13-year-old middle school student.
Megachurch pastor recalls escaping flood with family along Guadalupe River
Megachurch Pastor Michael Oakes is counting his blessings after he and his entire family escaped flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas last Friday, which has claimed the lives of more than 100 people in the state's Hill Country region.
Can ChatGPT interpret speaking in tongues?
Can ChatGPT interpret speaking in tongues? Many Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians have been engaging in the “ChatGPT Tongues Challenge” to see if OpenAI’s chatbot can translate speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia.
IRS says pastors endorsing political candidates doesn’t violate Johnson Amendment
Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders can endorse political candidates to their congregation without threatening their tax-exempt status under a decades-old legislation called the Johnson Amendment.
Megachurch musician was urged to see cardiologist before police found him dead
Just over a month before police found him dead in his car in Frisco, Texas, Michael Rigsby, a beloved 26-year-old musician for The Bridge Frisco, was warned by a doctor that if he didn't see a cardiologist within two days, he could die, according to his mother, Kim Cooks.
Gateway Church to end all Saturday services except for Southlake campus
Except for its main campus in Southlake, Texas, Gateway Church has announced that it will soon be hosting worship services exclusively on Sunday as it grapples with dwindling donations in the aftermath of the alleged child sex abuse scandal involving the megachurch’s founder, Robert Morris.
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