
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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Virginia mother dies after contracting salmonella on mission trip
A Virginia mother who contracted salmonella while serving at an orphanage in Kenya died before she could be medically evacuated to the United States, as supporters raced to raise the funds needed to bring her home for treatment.

Man whose birth recognized as ‘miracle’ by Vatican now wanted for shooting
Tyquan Johnson, a Rhode Island man whose birth in 2007 was recognized as a “miracle” by Pope Leo last year, is now wanted in connection with a double shooting, according to the Newport Police Department.

Practicing Christians use AI more than most Americans, Barna finds
Practicing Christians are using artificial intelligence in both their work and personal lives more than most Americans, and nearly half of them say they would trust the technology with their spiritual growth, according to a recent survey from Barna Group.

Former pastor claims he almost died from ChatGPT’s inaccurate medical advice
Scott Winters, a former Florida pastor who most recently led a congregation in North Carolina, has sued OpenAI and its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, alleging he nearly died after ChatGPT-4o gave him inaccurate medical advice during several months of what he says were manipulative conversations.

Fount Church NYC Pastor Josh Kelsey resigns
Founding pastors of Fount Church in New York City Josh Kelsey and his wife, Georgie, have stepped down as lead pastors and permanently returned to their native Australia months after an independent investigation cleared them of fraud allegations.

Female pastor who accused Abyssinian Baptist of discrimination starts her own church in Harlem
Yale Divinity School professor Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman has launched her own church just over a year after a federal judge dismissed her gender discrimination lawsuit against the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, which she alleged rejected her application for the church’s top job because of her sex.

Worship leader Brian Doerksen dies from stage 4 cancer
Christian worship leader, singer and songwriter Brian Doerksen, known for songs such as “Refiner's Fire,” “Faithful One” and “Come Now Is The Time To Worship,” has died following a brief battle with stage 4 cancer. He was 60.

Cultivation Church reveals lead pastor’s wife had affairs with male staffer, female member
Cultivation Church, a multi-campus Assemblies of God congregation in Louisiana, announced to its congregation Sunday that the lead pastor’s wife was removed from leadership for engaging in a two-year affair with a married staffer.

Church asked to leave reservation after pastor calls Sun Dance 'idol worship'
Sarah Lucas, a lead pastor of the Foundations for Nations Church, which she co-founded with her husband, Jason, on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, is facing criticism and protests after calling the sacred Sun Dance ritual of the Northern Arapaho Tribe “idol worship” in a recent sermon.

Televangelists Andre and Jenny Roebert to divorce on 'biblical grounds' after 34 years of marriage
André and Jenny Roebert, founders of the global Christian television network Faith Broadcasting Network (FBN), known on-air as MyFaithTV, headquartered in East London, South Africa, are getting a divorce after 34 years of marriage on “biblical grounds.”


























