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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Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan donate new roof to Texas women’s ministry after winter storm
Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, a shelter for battered women run by Shelter Ministries of Dallas announced Sunday that Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have committed to replacing the roof at their transitional apartment complex damaged during last week’s winter storm.
Jeremiah Johnson suspends online ministry after inaccurately prophesying Trump 2nd term
Popular self-styled prophet Jeremiah Johnson of Jeremiah Johnson Ministries, who was among several high profile Christian leaders who inaccurately predicted a second term for former President Donald Trump, has temporarily suspended all online ministry activity after a visitation from God.
Young father in distress shoots himself inside Ohio church, planned to rededicate life to God
A young father in mental distress and whose family say was also trying to rededicate his life to God, shot himself inside an Ohio church where he went to get help Monday night.
SBC pastor in NYC calls for ‘repudiation’ of report finding ERLC a threat to funding
Stephen Stallard, leader of the Mosaic Church, a small multicultural Southern Baptist congregation in Brooklyn, called on the SBC’s Executive Committee Tuesday to “repudiate” a new report from a task force which found that the Russell Moore-led Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is a major threat to the funding of the $15 billion Protestant Christian organization’s Cooperative Program.
Florida pastor loses home in fire after church; neighbors save baby goat and cat
A Florida pastor and his family lost their home to a fire that took most of their belongings Sunday but remained thankful as neighbors saved their pet cat and a goat from perishing.
Family of 11-y-o boy who died trying to stay warm during Texas freeze sues power company for $100M
The family of a Texas boy who died while trying to stay warm inside their home after they lost power during a snowstorm a week ago is now suing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and Entergy Corporation for $100 million, accusing them of gross negligence.
SBC's JD Greear rebukes pastors who allow racists to feel more at home in churches than people of color
In an impassioned address at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee meeting Monday, the denomination’s President, J.D. Greear, called out leaders that he said have allowed racists to feel more at home in their churches than people of color while passionately attacking critical race theory.
Texas man charged $16,752 for electric bill as Gov. Abbott seeks solutions after snow storm
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sunday that he is working with members of the state legislature to address “skyrocketing energy bills” that have hit customers like a tsunami in the wake of a wild winter storm that left millions of residents without power last week.
Private memorial and public viewing planned for Frederick KC Price after COVID-19 death
A private memorial will be held for late televangelist and Crenshaw Christian Center founder Frederick K.C. Price in the wake of his recent death from COVID-19. Supporters and other members of the public will be allowed digital access to the event, Price’s family announced Friday.
Voddie Baucham reveals he was ‘within an hour or so of death’ in heart failure battle
Beloved Southern Baptist preacher Voddie Baucham Jr. said a series of setbacks to his treatment for heart failure, including multiple weather delays, left him “within an hour or so of death.”
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