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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International House of Prayer Kansas City to shutter in wake of Mike Bickle scandal: report
International House of Prayer Kansas City is reportedly winding down the operations of its movement and missions organization based in Missouri due to the financial impact of the sexual abuse scandal connected to founder Mike Bickle, with whom the organization was forced to permanently cut ties last December.
Mark Driscoll slams Jezebel spirit after megachurch hosts sword swallower Alex Magala
Mark Driscoll has been forced to defend himself after he was temporarily asked to leave the stage during James River Church’s Stronger Men’s Conference in Missouri for calling a performance by an aerial sword swallower and admitted male stripper, which opened the conference, “the Jezebel spirit.”
‘God’s Misfits’ connected to bloody disappearance of Veronica Butler, Jilian Kelley
Details from probable cause affidavits against the four suspects charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Veronica Butler and a pastor’s wife, Jilian Kelley, suggest that the two women might have suffered a violent death as investigators work to identify two bodies they recovered on Sunday.
2 bodies found in case of missing pastor’s wife Jilian Kelly, Veronica Butler
A day after the arrest of four people in connection with the disappearance of missing pastor’s wife, Jilian Kelley, 39, and 27-year-old Veronica Butler, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has announced the recovery of two bodies they're working to identify.
Woman, 85, kills gunman and survives after he shot her multiple times
Christine Jenneiahn, a gutsy 85-year-old mother who killed a gunman who invaded her home and survived despite being shot multiple times, will not be prosecuted for defending herself and her disabled son, officials said.
16-year-old with long police record arrested for attacking woman on steps of NYC church
Detectives with the New York City Police Department have arrested and charged a 16-year-old boy in connection with a brutal assault and robbery of a 68-year-old woman on the steps of St. Demetrios’ Greek Orthodox Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on Sunday which left her critically injured.
OJ Simpson dies from cancer; family asks for privacy and grace
Disgraced American football legend and retired actor O.J. Simpson died Wednesday from cancer, his family has announced. He was 76.
Finding missing pastor’s wife, Jilian Kelley, Veronica Butler alive now ‘more challenging': investigator
The chances of finding Jilian Kelley, a 39-year-old pastor's wife, and Veronica Butler, 27, alive after they disappeared more than a week ago with signs of “foul play” is growing “more challenging” as time wears on.
Pastor’s missing 13-year-old son, Gunner Blair, found safe after frantic search
The Conway Police Department in South Carolina confirmed Thursday that Gunner Blair, the 13-year-old son of Langston Baptist Church Pastor Brandon Blair, who disappeared for hours in the woods behind the church on Wednesday, has been found after a desperate search and is safe.
Idaho man planned suicide attack on churches to support ISIS: FBI
An 18-year-old Idaho man who pledged his support to the Islamic State and planned a suicide attack on churches in Coeur d'Alene has been charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization after his plan was thwarted by federal authorities Saturday.
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