
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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Christian ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ star Frankie Muniz getting divorce
Former “Malcolm in the Middle” star, professional stock car racing driver and outspoken Christian Frankie Muniz has announced that he and his wife, Paige, have agreed to divorce after six years of marriage.

Texas pastor stabbed by waiter over confession grudge
A Texas pastor is already on the mend a week after he was stabbed multiple times at a steak house in Austin, Texas, by a waiter who allegedly stated he wanted to kill him for allegedly mocking his confession.

After 8 days buried under earthquake rubble, Hernán Alberto Gil Flores is rescued in Venezuelan ‘miracle’
Friends, family members, and a coalition of rescue workers from seven countries, including El Salvador, Chile, and the United States, celebrated Thursday after a man who was trapped under the rubble of a nine-story shopping mall following twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela was rescued alive.

Pastor denies criminal operation was running at church property as son, grandson arrested
Terry Brown, pastor of Greater Harvest Ministries Church in Holly Hill, Florida, has denied knowing her church property was being used as the headquarters of a deadly criminal enterprise after her son and grandson were among more than two dozen people arrested on drug and weapons charges.

So. Baptist Pastor David Hughey steps down after wife files for divorce
While the Southern Baptist Convention doesn’t have a policy on whether divorce disqualifies a pastor from leadership, David Hughey, lead pastor of Geyer Springs First Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, has chosen to step down after his wife, Louanne, divorced him last month after nearly 40 years of marriage.

US celebrates World Cup win with prayer as they head into round-of-16 without Bolagun
The United States men's national soccer team celebrated with prayer after booking their spot in the World Cup round-of-16 with a gritty 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, but they will be without their leading scorer, striker Folarin Balogun, when they face Belgium in Seattle, Washington, on Monday.

California pastor killed, wife injured in Venezuela earthquakes
The family and faith community of Pastor Romildo Delima, who led Worship Church Ministries in Riverside, California, are now grieving and seeking help from the public after he was killed and his wife was injured in Venezuela last Wednesday when twin earthquakes rocked the South American country.

In aftermath of Venezuela earthquakes, World Vision responds to country that was already on edge
When twin 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck northern Venezuela last Wednesday, Jankiel Rosenwald, the humanitarian and emergency affairs advisor at World Vision, was attending a birthday party on the rooftop of a building in Caracas.

Street preacher angers Kirk Franklin by telling him he’s going to Hell with wife
Gospel music star Kirk Franklin had to be held back by security personnel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sunday after he was rankled by a street preacher.

America’s booming megachurches draw 10M worshipers weekly: study
America's megachurches have rebounded from the COVID-19 lockdowns stronger than many expected, with most now reporting higher attendance than before the 2020 shutdowns despite representing less than 1% of all Protestant congregations in the U.S., according to a new study.


























