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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Church says prayer prevented ‘worse’ outcome after 5 people shot at funeral survive
Leaders of Greater Love Tabernacle Church in Detroit, Michigan, said prayer prevented a shooting from “being worse” after five people were shot outside the building during a funeral service last Friday and survived.
Raid on Pastor Greg Locke’s home part of IRS, US Attorney probe, former staffer claims
A recent pre-dawn raid by federal agents on the home of Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke is part of an ongoing probe by the Internal Revenue Service alleging he misappropriated church funds, a former staffer and police claimed.
Pastor Brian Carn’s Kingdom City Church evicted from Charlotte building
Self-styled prophet Pastor Brian Carn Jr. and congregants of the Charlotte campus of his Kingdom City Church in North Carolina have been evicted for failing to pay nearly $76,000 in rent.
Pastor reflects year after wife, daughter murdered at church in shocking attack
A year after his wife and daughter were fatally shot inside his church and he survived being shot several times, Jerry Gumm, the 82-year-old pastor of Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, remains adamant that the tragedy will not stop him from praising the Lord.
Woman says God saved her life by telling her to finish movie before tree crashed into bedroom
A Florida woman is singing praises to God for saving her life after He stopped her from going to bed at her usual time when a tree crashed into her bedroom during a thunderstorm.
Life Church Pastor Nathan Peternel returns to public ministry after restoration
Appearing both humbled and grateful, Nathan Peternel, lead pastor of the multi-campus Life Church in Pendleton, Indiana, has returned to his pulpit following four months of restoration for violating the Assemblies of God bylaws concerning recording an intimate woman between him and his wife.
Pastor found guilty of raping married parishioner he promised ‘revival’
Eddy Noelsaint, a Florida pastor who was accused of drugging and raping a married parishioner after promising her a “spiritual revival” in his home, has been found guilty of four counts of sexual battery.
Court orders Pastor Tony Spell to keep 50-yard distance from man he beat up over threats
Unless he’s checking his mailbox, Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been ordered to go no closer than 50 yards to the home of a 20-year-old neighbor he beat up last month for allegedly threatening to rape and murder his family and harm his congregation.
Pastor Greg Locke says 'we have nothing to hide' after feds raid home
Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke said he and his family "have nothing to hide" after some 60 federal agents ransacked their home in a pre-dawn raid in an investigation alleging he misappropriated church funds and other alleged crimes.
Jamal Bryant prays for family of Nolan Wells as death investigation continues
Pastor Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, led his congregation in prayer for the family of Nolan Wells on Sunday as authorities continue to investigate the death of the 18-year-old whose body was found near Horn Island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast a week ago.
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