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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Americans crave honesty the most from pastors in the pulpit: study
Though some churchgoers might prefer their pastor to be kind, confident, humble, bold or motivating when preaching from the pulpit, the one trait they crave most is honesty, according to a new study from Barna.
Biden tells black church MLK, Robert F. Kennedy are his political heroes
On the eve of the inauguration of President Donald Trump and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, outgoing President Joe Biden heralded Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy as his political heroes on his last full day in office at a historic black church in South Carolina where he prayed before he was elected in 2020.
US Catholics paid more than $5 billion for allegations of sexual abuse of minors over 20 years: study
The United States arm of the Catholic Church paid more than $5 billion over 20 years for costs related to allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests and deacons, according to a study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Pastor of world’s third largest Protestant church to attend Trump’s inauguration
Among the flock of Evangelical leaders attending President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration in Washington, D.C., next Monday will be the leader of what purports to be the world's third-largest Protestant church, Rev. William F. Kumuyi.
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.
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