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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Greg Laurie tests positive for COVID-19 after White House event; another pastor tests negative
California megachurch pastor Greg Laurie, who attended the Sept. 26 White House nomination ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Other prominent evangelical pastors who attended the event have tested negative.
Young people leaving Church because 'Christianity is judgmental and alienating,' Hillary Clinton says
Many young people are leaving the Church today because Christianity has become too judgmental and alienating for them, said lifelong Methodist and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Despite COVID-19, evangelical churches are optimistic about financial future: report
A majority of evangelical churches and Christ-centered nonprofits remain optimistic about their financial future despite the toll of the coronavirus pandemic on their operations in recent months, according to a recent report from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
Trump condemns KKK, white supremacists, Proud Boys
Days after being criticized for not clearly denouncing white supremacists in the controversial far-right Proud Boys group, President Donald Trump condemned them on Thursday.
President Trump, first lady under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19
President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are both now under quarantine after revealing early Friday that they have tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Afro-Cuban chairman of Proud Boys says they are not racist or white supremacists
Enrique Tarrio, the Afro-Cuban international chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group of men who love America but hate political correctness, has publicly denounced racism and white supremacy after detractors began conflating them with white supremacists in the wake of the first presidential debate.
Southern Baptists call white supremacy ‘scheme of the devil’ after Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ comment
Senior officers of the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirmed the denomination’s repudiation of white supremacy as a “scheme of the devil” Wednesday after a controversial call by President Donald Trump to far-right activists to “stand back and stand by” during the presidential debate on Tuesday.
LifeWay halts lawsuit against former president Thom Rainer, will seek alternative resolution
Two days after filing a lawsuit against its former president, Thom Rainer, for allegedly breaching his severance agreement, LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday that it will resolve the dispute in a different manner.
Ethnicity, party is stronger than faith in determining vote among evangelicals: poll
A majority of voters who identify as evangelicals support the reelection of President Donald Trump but this support remains skewed along ethnic and party lines, a new poll from Lifeway Research shows.
LifeWay sues former president Thom Rainer for breach of contract; lawsuit divides board
Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing arm, LifeWay Christian Resources, are expected to gather in an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss a lawsuit against the organization’s former president, Thom Rainer, for allegedly breaching his severance agreement.
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