
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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Community mourns Omaha deacon as adopted son is charged with his murder
The Rev. John Zak, a beloved deacon from Omaha, Nebraska, who adopted several of the 13 children he raised with his wife, Mary, is now being mourned by the St. Peter Catholic Church community, where he served for decades, after one of his adopted sons was charged with his murder. He was 69.

Joseph Duggar of ’19 Kids and Counting’ arrested for child molestation
Former “19 Kids and Counting” star Joseph Duggar, whose older brother Josh Duggar is currently serving time in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor.

Pastor Hank Kunneman starts travel fund to buy jet after commercial flight delay
Days after his commercial flight to a business conference was delayed by more than 10 hours, Hank Kunneman, senior pastor of Lord of Hosts Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and founder of One Voice Ministries, invited his congregants to support a travel fund that he may use to cover the cost of a jet if it becomes feasible.

Alabama Supreme Court rules police can ask for ID in case of pastor watering flowers
Police officers can require people to show physical identification during an investigative stop if they provide an incomplete or unsatisfactory response, the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled in the case of a former police officer and Pastor Michael Jennings.

Pastor Jamal Bryant says Target boycott is over but other activists say it’s not
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant, who once rejected efforts to end a national boycott of retail giant Target over the company’s decision to roll back its DEI initiatives last year, has announced that the boycott is over.

FBI arrests suspected MS-13 gang member wanted for pastor’s murder
A suspected MS-13 gang member wanted for the murder of a pastor in El Salvador was arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Tuesday and is now set for deportation to the Central American country to answer to the charge there, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Teacher killed in prank remembered as ‘great man of God'; wife offers grace to students
Jason Hughes, the beloved math teacher and golf coach at North Hall High School in Gainesville, Georgia, who died last Friday after he was accidentally run over by one of his students during a game called junior-senior wars at his home, is being remembered as a “great man of God."

Pastor Jonathan Davis, CSU exec, dies of brain cancer
A wave of public condolences is now making its way across social media following the passing of Rev. Jonathan "Jon" D. Davis from brain cancer on Monday. Davis served as associate vice president for spiritual life at Charleston Southern University and pastor of Summit Church Charleston in South Carolina. He was 58.

Record majority of Americans say belief in God isn’t necessary to be moral
A record majority of Americans now say it isn’t necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values, but this view is primarily held by individuals who already don't believe in God, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.

Mark Driscoll’s Trinity Church acquires $15.5M building for expansion
A decade after launching his comeback with a new ministry in Scottsdale, Arizona, called Trinity Church, Pastor Mark Driscoll, who is already attracting about 5,000 worshipers each service, is expanding into a new location.


























