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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America is in the throes of a "mental health disaster" that requires a holistic solution grounded in a biblical worldview and starting in the family, according to Tim Clinton, president of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
5 people overdose outside Alabama church that ministers to homeless
Five people almost died on Wednesday night outside the Church of the Reconciler United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, after experiencing drug overdoses, officials have confirmed.
Actor Kel Mitchell claims he was told ex-wife hexed him during exorcism of multiple demons
Christian actor and Pastor Kel Mitchell claims he discovered he was hexed by his ex-wife during an hourlong prayer session in which he was exorcised of multiple demons by an evangelist after they finally ended the relationship he described as "toxic."
Jimmy Carter’s church appoints divorced mother of 2 as first woman pastor
Almost five years after hiring its first black lead pastor, Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, where former President Jimmy Carter is a member, has hired The Rev. Ashley Guthas as its first woman pastor.
‘Cussing Pastor’ rips DL Hughley with profanity-laden rebuke for claiming he cusses in pulpit
Thaddeus Matthews, pastor of Naked Truth Liberation and Empowerment Ministries in Memphis, Tennessee, known popularly as the “Cussing Pastor,” has gone viral again for dishing out a profanity-laced rebuke to comedian D.L. Hughley for accusing him of swearing in the pulpit.
Cannon Farms calls for prayers after 8 migrant workers killed in DUI crash
The family-owned Cannon Farms in Dunnellon, Florida, called for prayers and pledged to remain closed Wednesday after eight migrant workers traveling to work on their land were killed in a grisly crash in Marion County Tuesday.
Texas church fires senior pastor after he's charged with possession of child porn
Calvary Chapel of The Woodlands, Texas, which hosts services in the auditorium of McCullough Junior High School, has announced the firing of their longtime pastor, Bruce Hollen, following his arrest for possession with intent to promote child pornography.
US Attorney’s Office, FBI consulted as part of investigation into Mica Miller’s death
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigations in South Carolina confirmed Tuesday that they have been consulted about the suicide of Mica Miller, the late wife of Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Pastor John-Paul Miller claims he tried to raise wife from dead after suicide
In a revelation that appeared to some as almost as unusual as his announcement of the suicide of his wife, Mica Miller, Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said he tried to raise her from the dead but it didn’t work.
Pastor declares ‘miracle’ after tornado sweeps through church during service and everyone survives
A Pennsylvania pastor praised God for what he called a "miracle" after an F1 tornado ripped off the roof of his church as about 100 people worshiped inside on Saturday evening, and everyone survived without any significant injuries.
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