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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Deitrick Haddon slams BET's selection of rapper GloRilla for Gospel Award
Popular gospel singer and founding pastor of Hill City Church in California, Deitrick Haddon, has criticized BET for giving secular rapper GloRilla the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday.
Pastors faring worse than US adults in relationships, well-being but most don’t get help: study
Despite faring worse than practicing Christians and U.S. adults in general in their relationships, physical, emotional and mental health, most pastors don't get professional support. A majority of them also appear to be unaware that these are the areas of their lives where they have the greatest need, according to a new report.
Luther Seminary announces plans to sell upper campus as majority of students study online
After more than 120 years in St. Paul, Minnesota, Luther Seminary, the largest seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will sell its 10-acre upper campus.
Christian share of global population shrinks despite remaining largest religious group: study
A new Pew Research Center report shows that although Christianity continues to be the world’s largest religious group, its share of the rising global population has fallen over the last decade, mainly due to people walking away from the faith.
Memphis Theological Seminary establishes scholarship in name of murdered pastor
Memphis Theological Seminary in Tennessee has launched a scholarship in the name of slain United Methodist Church Pastor Rev. Autura Eason-Williams to support Methodist students committed to “justice and the love of Christ.”
Kevin Hart makes Kirk Franklin’s twerking butt of joke at BET Awards: ‘The Lord didn’t ask for that’
Popular gospel artist Kirk Franklin confessed to being an imperfect Christian who fails and sins at times after his penchant for twerking at his concerts was made the butt of a wincing joke by comedian Kevin Hart at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday.
Suspect identified in murder of pastor found in bed with hands pinned to wall
A suspect connected to the death of beloved Pastor William Schonemann of New River Bible Chapel in Arizona, who was found dead in his bed in April with his hands pinned to a wall, has been identified, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has reported.
Buoyed by faith and mother’s prayer, Coco Gauff wins second Grand Slam title at French Open
When Christian tennis superstar Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open in 2023 she went viral for publicly offering a prayer of thanksgiving to God. On Saturday it was her mother, Candi Gauff, who has now gone viral for her prayer moments before she won her second grand slam at the French Open women's singles final in Paris, France, on Saturday.
TD Jakes’ defamation lawsuit against man alleging abuse mired in dispute over AI and errors
Lawyers for both megachurch founder Bishop T.D. Jakes and former-pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood who alleges he was sexually assaulted by Jakes when he was a teenager some 40 years ago, have accused each other of making errors, and improperly using artificial intelligence in an ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by Jakes.
Tom Keesee, son of Faith Life Church founders, pleads not guilty to child sex crimes
Gary Thomas "Tom" Keesee, a son of Gary and Drenda Keesee, founders and senior pastors of Faith Life Church in Ohio, pleaded not guilty to 32 counts of sexual abuse of multiple minors Tuesday, including additional charges of rape and gross sexual imposition of a child younger than 13.
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