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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Pastor AR Bernard resigns from NYC’s Charter Revision Commission amid residency questions
The Rev. A. R. Bernard, leader of New York City's largest Evangelical church, has resigned from the city's Charter Revision Commission following questions about his ability to meet the residency requirement to serve on the panel of leaders that help shape the city's government.
Rhode Island man executes pregnant wife, 2 children, fatally shoots himself
Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, remain stumped for answers after a father executed his pregnant wife and two young children and then fatally shot himself inside their home after ringing in the new year last week.
Megachurch fires student pastor after he confesses to ‘inappropriate contact with a minor’ 10 years ago
The lead pastor of the multi-campus Hope Fellowship in Texas, John McKinzie, has announced the firing of one of the megachurch’s student pastors, Jerry Nickerson, after he voluntarily confessed to engaging in “inappropriate contact with a minor” 10 years ago.
Christian teenager’s apology to her church for getting pregnant out of wedlock sparks online protest
A Christian teenager’s forced apology to her congregation for getting pregnant out of wedlock has sparked an online protest from members of the public.
Episcopal bishop mourns ‘losses too great to bear’ as So. Calif. suffers historic wildfires
John H. Taylor, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, mourned “losses too great to bear” as wildfires in Greater Los Angeles ravaged scores of churches and homes of parishioners among the more than 2,000 buildings destroyed in a historic blaze that has left at least five people dead and sent thousands more fleeing to safety.
Alabama pastor, church planter accused of armed bank robbery with female accomplice
An Alabama pastor and church planter who led Landmark Church in Phenix City up until at least April 2024 is being held in the Russell County Jail after he was arrested last month in connection with an armed bank robbery along with a female accomplice.
Jimmy Evans leaving XO Marriage amid Daystar TV imbroglio
Thirty years after founding XO Marriage to help couples build healthy and sustainable unions, former Gateway Church lead apostolic senior pastor Jimmy Evans is stepping away from the ministry to focus full-time on his endtimes.com Tipping Point Ministries.
Officer killed outside Church of the Highlands during fast
Lieutenant Mark Alan Meadows, a beloved police officer in Irondale, Alabama, died tragically on Monday after he was struck by a motorist while directing traffic during Church of the Highlands’ fasting event called “21 Days of Prayer.” He was 60.
Todd Bentley claims souls of suicide victims are ‘most tormented in Hell’ after near-death experience
Weeks after surviving a near-death experience in which he was comatose for 10 hours, Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley says he traveled in the spirit to the gate of Hell during the ordeal and saw people who had died prematurely including suicide victims, and their souls were the most tormented in Hell.
Lifetime registered sex offender once on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ leads church in Texas
Chuck Adair, a lifetime registered sex offender who was once listed on “America’s Most Wanted” for running off with an underage parishioner, is now a ministry leader at Grace Place Church of Christ in Duncanville, Texas, and a part-time staffer with Watermark Community Church in Dallas.
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