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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David Robbins named new president of Campus Crusade for Christ International
David Robbins, a longtime ministry leader with Campus Crusade for Christ International, popularly known as Cru in the U.S., has been selected as the new president of the interdenominational Christian evangelism and discipleship ministry.
Street preacher shot in Arkansas for allegedly refusing to give up his microphone
A beloved street preacher in North Little Rock, Arkansas, who was allegedly shot after he refused to give up his microphone to a young man who tried to take it as he preached on Sunday is now recovering and offering forgiveness to his attacker.
Carl Lentz says he is not 'a disgraced pastor’
In the first episode of their new "Lights On" podcast, former Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz and his wife, Laura, discussed how his infidelity shattered their marriage and ministry and the work they have done and continue to do to recover.
Pastor, former SBC seminary prof. charged in DOJ investigation says he is ‘not guilty’
Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary evangelism professor and interim provost Matthew Queen says he is not guilty as he faces one count of records falsification in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention, and said he seeks vindication from both “God and man.”
Marriott Foundation gifts $1M to historic black church
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, created in 1966 by the founders of the world’s largest travel company, Marriott International Inc., has pledged a $1 million donation to help restore the historic Scotland AME Zion Church in Potomac, Maryland, built by black congregants in 1924.
LGBT-affirming church vandalized with Leviticus 18:22
Police in Mitchell, South Dakota, are investigating after Congregational United Church of Christ, an LGBT-affirming congregation planning to host a gay pride event this month, was vandalized with Scripture on Thursday night.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee asks for prayers as she battles pancreatic cancer
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, an Adventist, asked her constituents for their prayerful support Sunday night as she announced she is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer and plans to lean on her doctors and faith to beat it.
Pastor Mark Driscoll wants Jesus to return before Election Day as civil war chatter abounds
Hours after former president and presumptive Republican 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump was convicted Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened his 2016 presidential campaign, megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll pleaded on social media for Jesus to return before Election Day.
Former Community Bible Church volunteer accused of sex acts with minor
Officials at Community Bible Church in Waterford, California, are cooperating with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office in Modesto after David Odom, a former youth group volunteer, was arrested Tuesday on multiple felony charges related to alleged sexual acts with a minor.
Carl Lentz says he’s not back in ministry, reveals new chapter is podcast
Two days after teasing his audience with a “new chapter” that he plans to reveal on June 4, former Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz said that new chapter doesn't involve returning to the pulpit, but he will be back in the limelight with a new podcast called “Lights On.”
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