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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Kamala Harris hailed as ‘phenomenal servant of God’ as she speaks from Galatians 6 at NC megachurch
Vice President Kamala Harris was hailed as a “phenomenal servant of God” Sunday by Bishop Rosie O'Neal, founder and senior pastor of Koinonia Christian Center Church in Greenville, North Carolina, moments before she encouraged congregants at the megachurch not to grow weary in well-doing from Galatians 6.
Abyssinian Baptist Church congregants ask court to nullify election of new pastor
Approximately two weeks after he was installed as the new senior pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, a group of congregants at the more than 200-year-old renowned black Baptist Church have asked a judge to nullify the election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson.
Christians who don’t vote are rebelling against God, says megachurch Pastor Josh Howerton
As new research shows as many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the presidential election, Josh Howerton, senior pastor of the multi-site Lakepointe Church in Texas, has warned that Christians who choose not to vote will be in “passive rebellion” against God.
Pastor accused of fatally shooting wife’s lover offered bail after 2-year wait
More than two years after he was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his wife’s lover after discovering their affair, Matthew Dedmon, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville, Missouri, has been offered bail.
Fired megachurch pastor charged with sending nude photos of congregant arrested again
Just seconds after pleading not guilty at a preliminary hearing to two counts of capturing an intimate representation without consent, Gabriel Mills, the recently fired guest experience pastor at the Kenosha campus of the multisite Journey Church, who allegedly sent himself nude photos of a female congregant from her husband's cell phone, was arrested again for a similar crime.
More than 100M people of faith could sit out 2024 election: study
As many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the upcoming 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5 mainly due to lack of interest, research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.
Pastor Keion Henderson criticized for saying congregants won’t be blessed by giving to poor
Megachurch Pastor Keion Henderson has drawn the criticism of Bible-believing pastors and Christians in recent days over a resurfaced clip from one of his 2023 sermons in which he is seen telling congregants that they won't get "wealth" or blessing from God by giving to the poor but only when they tithe to church.
Televangelist Apollo Quiboloy wanted for sex trafficking will run for Senate in Philippines
Televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder and leader Apollo Quiboloy, who surrendered to authorities after a contentious two-week effort to arrest him for child sex trafficking and other charges, has registered to run for a seat in the Philippines Senate next year.
Gateway Church pledges to join ECFA, conduct forensic audit after lawsuit alleges financial fraud
Robert Morris’ embattled Gateway Church announced Sunday that they are now in the process of joining the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, an accreditation organization for many leading Christian nonprofits, and will undergo a forensic audit of their financials following the filing of a class action lawsuit Friday alleging leaders misappropriated millions of dollars in tithes meant for global missions.
Gospel star Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, dies at 91
Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and church choir director mother of the late iconic pop singer and actress Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91.
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