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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Benny Hinn ambushed at $99 Christian conference by YouTuber Tyler Oliveira
Popular YouTube creator Tyler Oliveira claims he and his cameraman were assaulted after he ambushed televangelist Benny Hinn on stage and called him a fraud during a $99 Christian conference hosted by Lighthouse Church Of All Nations in Aslip, Illinois, last month.
Woman claims she fatally shot Pastor Ricky Floyd by mistake during dispute, police say
Samantha Marion, the woman charged with the fatal shooting of Pastor Ricky Floyd during a dispute outside a bar in Memphis, Tennessee, allegedly told police she shot him by mistake.
Robert Morris told Gateway elders he knew Cindy Clemishire was 12 during abuse: court filings
Although he has pleaded "not guilty" to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child stemming from the alleged abuse of the now 55-year-old Cindy Clemishire in the 1980s, Gateway Church's embattled founder Robert Morris admits in new court filings that he knew she was underage when the abuse began.
Sean Feucht accused of financial, spiritual, moral misconduct
Activist missionary and worship leader Sean Feucht, who previously insisted that Christians should be ruling America because of their righteousness, has been accused of unrighteous financial, spiritual and moral misconduct by former workers of his multiple ministries.
Rick Joyner praises Mike Bickle as great church leader, pushes for his return to ministry
MorningStar Ministries founder Rick Joyner believes disgraced International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle should be restored to ministry leadership despite an independent investigative report concluding earlier this year that he used predatory tactics and spiritual manipulation to sexually abuse at least 17 females, including minors.
Truett McConnell University responds after former VP accused of grooming, sexual abuse
Truett McConnell University, a private Baptist College in Cleveland, Georgia, said they were not aware of allegations of grooming and sexual abuse against former academic services vice president, Bradley Reynolds, until he disclosed it to them last year, which led to his firing.
New Gateway Church Pastor Daniel Floyd warmly received by congregation
New Gateway Church Senior Pastor Daniel Floyd and his wife, Tammie, were warmly received by the congregation in Southlake, Texas, with a standing ovation on Sunday, a week after the elders announced he had been selected for the role.
Despite frustrations, few pastors leave pulpit annually: study
Though record levels of pastors, including more than half in mainline Protestant churches, seriously considered leaving full-time ministry during the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 1% of them have been leaving ministry work annually in the last decade, a new Lifeway Research study finds.
Mark Driscoll draws ire of pro-life leader for rebuking stay-at-home dads as unbiblical
The outspoken senior pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mark Driscoll, has drawn the ire of pro-life activist and Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins for calling Christian stay-at-home dads "worse than a non-Christian."
Francis Chan reveals why he left his megachurch for house church movement
Former megachurch pastor Francis Chan, who founded the We Are Church house church network in 2011, says he stepped away from the megachurch model of worship due to a confluence of reasons.
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