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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Pastor condemned for cursing those who ‘stole’ election from Trump during service
Several pastors have spoken out against a Kentucky megachurch pastor who during a service Sunday cursed those who “stole” the 2020 election from President Donald Trump in the name of Jesus.
Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell who advised Bush, Obama sentenced to 6 years for fraud
Prominent Houston Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, who served as a spiritual adviser to former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday, just under a year after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a multimillion dollar investment scheme.
Pastor killed in crash hours after warning church to be more prayerful about using social media
Matt Netzer, the 44-year-old pastor of RockPile Church in Marble Falls, Texas, was killed in a crash last Friday hours after warning his followers about discussing politics on social media.
PayPal blocks Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo
Digital payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc. has blocked the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo after it was used to raise funds for people to attend a rally in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday that erupted in a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Warnock calls Senate victory ‘a glimpse of God’s vision of a more inclusive humanity’
In his first sermon days after defeating Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a closely contested runoff election in Georgia, Rev. Raphael Warnock called his election as the southern state's first black senator on Sunday “a glimpse of God’s vision of a more inclusive humanity.”
Jeremiah Johnson gets threats after Trump prophecy apology; slams some in prophetic movement
Evangelical prophet Jeremiah Johnson said he’s now getting death threats from Christians after apologizing to his followers Thursday for “inaccurately prophesying” that President Donald Trump would win a second term.
Jeremiah Johnson apologizes for ‘inaccurately prophesying’ a second term for Trump
Jeremiah Johnson of Jeremiah Johnson Ministries apologized to his followers Thursday for “inaccurately prophesying” that President Donald Trump would win a second term and warned Christians to repent of their idolatry of the populist leader.
4 important things to know about fallout from Capitol attack
As the nation reels in the aftermath of a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by angry supporters of President Donald Trump Wednesday, leaders across the political divide have been deliberating about what should be the most appropriate response to it.
Christian crowdfunding site raises more than $100K for Proud Boys leader after arrest
A campaign on GiveSendGo has raised more than $100,000 for the legal defense of Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the Afro-Cuban international chairman of the far-right Proud Boys group who was arrested Monday for the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Washington, D.C., church.
Widow defends pastor who said her husband died of COVID-19 because he had ‘no faith’
A Michigan widow, whose Christian husband recently died from COVID-19, is defending her embattled pastor over his comments that he died from the virus because he had no faith.
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