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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TD Jakes files defamation lawsuit against man who accused him of sexual assault
A day after suffering “a slight health incident” while preaching on Sunday, Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas, Texas, filed a defamation lawsuit against former-pastor-turned registered sex offender Duane Youngblood, who alleged he was sexually assaulted by Jakes when he was a teenager some 40 years ago.
Human trafficking survivor reveals how she escaped abuse and manipulation
Moments after human trafficking survivor Chereese Smith began telling her story inside a conference room at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan, on Monday morning, the audience hushed. It was the first time that the 32-year-old, who now works for global anti-human trafficking organization A21, would reveal her real name to the public.
Daystar President Joni Lamb accuses son Jonathan of attempted blackmail, smear campaign
President and co-founder of the Texas-based Daystar Television Network, Joni Lamb, has accused her son, Jonathan Lamb, of attempted blackmail and running a smear campaign in a power struggle for leadership after he alleged she covered up the sexual abuse of his daughter by a family member in the wake of his recent firing.
Human traffickers using AI to entice, exploit children online, expert warns
Generative Artificial Intelligence, a type of AI that can create new content like text, images, audio and videos, is now being used by human traffickers to entice and exploit children, an official with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has warned.
TD Jakes suffers ‘slight health incident’ during Sunday sermon after praying Psalm 19:14
T.D. Jakes, founder of The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas, Texas, is in “stable” condition after suffering “a slight health incident” after praying Psalm 19:14 during his Sunday morning service, his church has confirmed.
Family of US missionary murdered in Angola struggling through grief as they prepare for funeral
The family of murdered American missionary Beau Shroyer, whose wife has been accused of plotting his Oct. 25 murder with three men in Angola, say they have been struggling through grief as they prepare for his funeral at the end of this month.
Bible college says human trafficking claims by former students fueled by T visa scheme
Officials at Olivet University, a Christian Bible college headquartered in Anza, California, say a sophisticated T visa scheme has fueled a civil lawsuit filed by four former international students who accuse the school and its officials of human labor trafficking.
New leader of New York’s iconic Abyssinian Baptist Church wants to keep ‘high culture’ alive
While many churches across America have ditched dressing up for service in favor of a come as you are policy, at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, the congregation’s new leader, the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson, wants to make traditional worship with men in suits and women in dresses cool for the next generation.
Woman accusing Pastor John-Paul Miller of assault speaks out after his release from jail
A woman who says she was assaulted by Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common church in South Carolina as she protested with a group seeking justice surrounding the passing of his late wife by suicide is now speaking out after he was released from jail last Thursday.
Friends shocked Jackie Shroyer charged in murder of missionary husband
Friends of Jackie Shroyer, who was recently charged in connection with the death of her missionary husband, Beau Shroyer, are reeling in shock at allegations that the mother of five plotted with three men in the southern African country to carry out the violent murder of her late husband on Oct. 25.
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