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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Churchgoers gift more money, food at Christmastime to help those in need: study
Christmas has long been a time of giving, and for church-going Protestants, this generally translates into giving more money and food to help those in need, a new study published by Lifeway Research shows.
As Christians put more trust in AI, pastor warns of idolatry
As a growing number of people have been turning to apps like Text With Jesus for spiritual guidance, Pastor Ray Miller of First Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas, warns that the rapid adoption of the technology in the faith arena could become "another type of idol pulling at our attention."
Majority of pastors now using AI to prepare sermons amid rapid embrace of technology: study
A majority of pastors are now using artificial intelligence to prepare their sermons, with ChatGPT and Grammarly reported as the top two AI tools, new survey data shows.
Missionary pilot was breathing heavy in final moments before fatal plane crash with daughter: NTSB
In the final moments just before Ignite the Fire founder and CEO Alexander Wurm fatally crashed his Beech King Air B100 airplane near Coral Springs, Florida, with his adult daughter Serena last month, air traffic control recorded heavy breathing and grunting.
Elevation Church announces launch of Elevation College
Through a partnership with Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, the more than 10,000-member Elevation Church in North Carolina has announced plans to launch Elevation College in the fall of 2026.
Ex-wife of Hillsong’s first black American lead pastor claims he was extorted by transgender prostitute
The ex-wife of Hillsong Church's first black lead pastor insists his infidelity led to him being extorted by a trans-identified male prostitute, to whom she claims he paid $10,000 to keep quiet, even though he denies being unfaithful during his marriage.
Scholar wins Grawemeyer Award for book on enslaved ghostwriters of the Bible
In her 2024 book, "God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible," biblical scholar Candida Moss recognizes the contributions of many enslaved Christians and ghostwriters, like Tertius, who wrote down Paul’s letters to the Romans.
Lilly Endowment gives $649M in grants to prepare pastors for future, tell Christian stories
The Lilly Endowment, America’s largest private foundation, announced it has awarded $649 million in grants to 93 religious organizations to help prepare pastors for the future and tell stories about Christian life.
Gateway Church’s insurance company doesn’t want to defend Cindy Clemishire’s defamation lawsuit
Church Mutual Insurance Company, America’s leading insurer of religious organizations, has asked a Texas court to issue a declaratory judgement that they have no duty to defend or indemnify Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, founder, Robert Morris, and its independent elders against a million-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by child-sex abuse survivor Cindy Clemishire.
Attorney for ex-youth pastor Lindsey Whiteside argues against resentencing for child sex abuse
The attorney for former youth minister Lindsey Whiteside has pushed back against an effort to resentence his client on allegations that she produced two fraudulent letters of support to reduce her punishment after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse.
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