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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Christian singer Amy Grant fights to save Nashville church founded by great-grandfather
Six-time Grammy winning Christian pop singer Amy Grant and other members of her family are now locked in a legal fight to save a church in Nashville, Tennessee, founded by her great-grandfather, civic leader, Andrew Mizell “A.M.” Burton.
NC county asks court to dismiss JD Greear-led megachurch’s religious discrimination lawsuit
Lawyers for the Chatham County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina have denied claims by The Summit Church that the county violated its civil rights when it rejected an application to rezone nearly 100 acres of land to house its Chapel Hill campus.
Texas House unanimously passes bill to ban NDAs in child sex abuse cases
Following the lead of their Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence committee, the Texas House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that will protect child sex abuse survivors from nondisclosure agreements if it is eventually signed into law.
Church mourns after choir member shot dead in home
Members of the Collins Grove United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, are mourning the loss of a beloved longtime member of their choir who was shot dead inside his home on Monday.
Drugged up ex-Presbyterian pastor charged in crash that killed mother of 4 is sued
Nicholas Betancourt, a former teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, has been slapped with a wrongful death and personal injury lawsuit following a fatal crash.
'Bling Bishop' Lamor Whitehead alleges he was targeted for refusing to help indict Eric Adams
Convicted Bishop Lamor Whitehead, popularly known as the “Bling Bishop,” claims he was a victim of “vindictive or selective prosecution” because he refused to help authorities indict his former friend and mentor, New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Judge dismisses gender bias lawsuit against Abyssinian Baptist Church, cites ministerial exception
A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and the chair of its search committee, Valerie S. Grant, citing the First Amendment's "ministerial exception."
Pastor who tried to kill his family weeps, reads Psalm 51 in court; hopes to recover like David
At an emotional hearing where he was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife and children, a sobbing Matthew Lee Richards repented of his actions and read from Psalm 51.
Federal judge dismisses all but 1 count of Johnny Hunt’s defamation suit against SBC
A federal judge stopped short on Monday of completely dismissing a defamation lawsuit filed by former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt against the SBC and the SBC Executive Committee because of a tweet from former SBC President Bart Barber.
Church cancels Sunday service after robbers stole equipment, $800 raised for Easter egg hunt
A church in Holland, New York, with a congregation of about 40 people, was forced to cancel its worship service on Sunday after robbers stole several thousand dollars worth of equipment and $800 they had raised for an upcoming Easter egg hunt.
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