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 William Barber II Wins $625K MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
Well-known social justice advocate and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, William J. Barber II, has been announced as one of 25 people to receive a MacArthur "genius" fellowship that comes with an unrestricted $625,000 grant.
'Praise the Lord' Singer Russ Taff Reveals Life of Drinking and Shame, Needing Therapy to Overcome Trauma
Many Christians may know six-time Grammy-winning Christian singer Russ Taff as the anointed voice behind "Praise the Lord." In a new documentary set for release this month, Taff, 65, reveals a decades-long struggle with alcohol that required trauma therapy to set him free.
'War Room' Actor Priscilla Shirer Says She Doesn't Describe Herself as a Black Woman
"War Room" actor Priscilla Shirer has called on Christians to unite around their Christian identity before anything else in a viral video clip where she declares that she doesn't describe herself as a black woman.
South Carolina Church Backs Kavanaugh, Announces Support on Church Billboard
A South Carolina church publicly threw their support behind President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and promoted its support using the church's billboard.
57-Y-O Pastor Sexually Assaulted 13-Y-O in Church's Bathroom During Service, Police Say
A 57-year-old youth pastor was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl inside a bathroom at his church while a worship service was in session, said police in Santa Ana, California.
Seven Couples Marry at Texas Church for Free After Pastor Preaches Against Cohabitation
Just over a month after preaching against cohabitation, a Texas pastor married seven couples from his church for free last weekend in a bid to get their relationships back on a biblical path while making a strong statement on the culture of cohabitation that has swept American life.
Kay Warren Urges White Christians to Drop Support for Kavanaugh If Allegations Proven True
Sexual abuse survivor and co-founder of Saddleback Church in California, Kay Warren, urged white Christians to drop their support for Republican Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh if sexual assault allegations against him are proven to be true.
Christian Woman Requested Prayer for Boyfriend Days Before He Allegedly Killed Her, Pastor Says
A Christian businesswoman in Texas who advocated against domestic violence died after she was allegedly battered by her estranged boyfriend whom she begged her church to pray for just days before she was attacked her pastor said.
Spanish Actor to Face Court for Insulting God and Virgin Mary on Facebook
Guillermo "Willy" Toledo, a respected Spanish actor and activist who cursed God and the Virgin Mary in an expletive-riddled post on Facebook a year ago, is expected to appear in a local court on charges of offending religious sentiments in an ongoing battle over free speech in Spain.
Pastor Gets 7 Years for Sexual Assault, Sex With Youth Group Members
Joshua Clemons, a former youth pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Parker, Colorado, who once allegedly confessed that he struggled with an attraction to "young girls' bodies," will spend the next seven years in prison for having sex with underage members of his youth group.
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