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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Worship leader, former Ark Encounter, Creation Museum band member charged with sodomy
Michael Howard, a former member of TrueSong — the resident musical act of the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky — was charged with 80 counts of sexual abuse and sodomy of a teenager who was also a member of a church where he served as worship leader.
Majority of adults globally believe children will be economically worse off than parents: study
Adults in 36 countries around the world, including the United States, hold a bleak view of what the future holds for their children economically, with more than half expecting that kids today will be worse off than their parents amid growing income inequality, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Pastor, others offer prayers after student shoots self at Lindley Middle School
Roy Moore, pastor of the Leland Qwest United Methodist Church in Mableton, Georgia, offered prayers and comfort to his community after a female student critically shot herself at Lindley Middle School across the street from his church Wednesday.
Max Lucado, Joakim Lundqvist will continue to serve as interim Gateway Church pastors
Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, is expected to keep Max Lucado and Joakim Lundqvist as interim teaching pastors as the search for a permanent executive pastor continues after founder Robert Morris' hurried exit from the church last June amid allegations of child sex abuse.
Pastor AR Bernard resigns from NYC’s Charter Revision Commission amid residency questions
The Rev. A. R. Bernard, leader of New York City's largest Evangelical church, has resigned from the city's Charter Revision Commission following questions about his ability to meet the residency requirement to serve on the panel of leaders that help shape the city's government.
Rhode Island man executes pregnant wife, 2 children, fatally shoots himself
Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, remain stumped for answers after a father executed his pregnant wife and two young children and then fatally shot himself inside their home after ringing in the new year last week.
Megachurch fires student pastor after he confesses to ‘inappropriate contact with a minor’ 10 years ago
The lead pastor of the multi-campus Hope Fellowship in Texas, John McKinzie, has announced the firing of one of the megachurch’s student pastors, Jerry Nickerson, after he voluntarily confessed to engaging in “inappropriate contact with a minor” 10 years ago.
Christian teenager’s apology to her church for getting pregnant out of wedlock sparks online protest
A Christian teenager’s forced apology to her congregation for getting pregnant out of wedlock has sparked an online protest from members of the public.
Episcopal bishop mourns ‘losses too great to bear’ as So. Calif. suffers historic wildfires
John H. Taylor, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, mourned “losses too great to bear” as wildfires in Greater Los Angeles ravaged scores of churches and homes of parishioners among the more than 2,000 buildings destroyed in a historic blaze that has left at least five people dead and sent thousands more fleeing to safety.
Alabama pastor, church planter accused of armed bank robbery with female accomplice
An Alabama pastor and church planter who led Landmark Church in Phenix City up until at least April 2024 is being held in the Russell County Jail after he was arrested last month in connection with an armed bank robbery along with a female accomplice.
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