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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Churches could run gov't supported ‘marriage bootcamps’ to 'save' America: report
Local churches could run government-supported marriage bootcamps for cohabiting couples with children in a bid to get them to formally walk down the aisle with the promise of a “wedding bonus” of up to $5,000, researchers suggest in a new report.
Pastor, wife who used addiction recovery center as front, convicted of multimillion dollar retail theft
A Florida pastor and his wife, who used an addiction recovery center as a front to run a multimillion dollar retail theft scheme, have been convicted and are now facing possible sentences of up to 150 and 30 years in prison, respectively.
Americans rank clergy at record low in honesty and ethics ratings: Gallup
The public perception of the honesty and ethical standards of clergy reached a record low over the last 50 years, according to Gallup’s annual honesty and ethics survey. Just 27% of the American public ranked clergy as high or very high on the scale.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says war against ultra-processed foods is 'spiritual'
A day after former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson declared war against processed foods in a Super Bowl commercial, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his agency's war with ultra-processed foods, which he says are poisoning the population, is “spiritual.”
Harvest Christian Fellowship seeks to dismiss sex abuse lawsuits ex-pastor calls ‘ugly lies’
Attorneys for Harvest Christian Fellowship and its founder, Greg Laurie, are seeking to dismiss 22 federal lawsuits filed by former wards of the California megachurch’s now-defunct children’s homes in Romania. The claimants allege they were sexually abused and trafficked by former pastor Paul Havsgaard, who has dismissed the allegations as “ugly lies.”
HHS encourages faith-based addiction recovery orgs to apply for federal funding
Just over a week after U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that faith-based organizations that meet evidence-based addiction recovery standards can apply for federal funds, his agency is now inviting those organizations to begin submitting their applications.
Assemblies of God executive, Pastor Rod Loy, denies sexual abuse claims made by former youth pastor’s wife
Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter and Senior Pastor of First Assembly of God in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Rod Loy, has denied allegations made in a recent lawsuit by his former youth and executive pastor’s wife that he sexually abused her for 20 years, beginning when she was just 16.
Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter, Pastor Rod Loy, steps aside amid sex abuse allegation
Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter Rod Loy has stepped aside from his role and will face an investigation following a recent lawsuit from a former member who claims he sexually abused her for 20 years, beginning when she was 16.
Francis Collins wins prestigious Public Welfare Medal from National Academy of Sciences
Former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and Evangelical geneticist Francis Collins has won the 2026 National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal.
International fine art competition opens door to Christians
Submissions are now being accepted for a new international fine-art competition called Art Ascend that offers artists including Christians a chance to gain publicity for their work and compete for a pool of prizes totaling $10,000.
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