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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Albert Tate tells Fellowship Church he's in a ‘daily fight with embarrassment, shame and guilt’
Just over a month after leaders at Fellowship Church announced that their charismatic founder and leader Albert Tate was placed on a leave of absence over "inappropriate text messages and questionable comments," he apologized to his congregation Sunday and admitted he is in a "daily fight with embarrassment, shame and guilt" over his sin.
This is the main reason a majority of churchgoers changed their church: study
A new study from Lifeway Research has revealed the main reason most church-going Americans say they left one church for another, and the top reason is not because they didn’t like the pastor’s preaching.
Actor Matt Damon joins fight to save historic NYC church
Actor Matt Damon has joined the fight to save a historic 12-member church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City from being sold to developers who want to demolish it to make way for a $30 million luxury condominium.
Pastor FL ‘Bubba’ Copeland faced ‘dark days’ before suicide after trans alter ego exposed
F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, the late mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, faced some “dark days” before fatally shooting himself in the wake of withering backlash over his secret online alter ego known as the "transgender curvy girl” outed by a local publication, friends say.
1 sexual abuse allegation against Mike Bickle has 'some credibility,' ministry says
A week after announcing that International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle is being investigated for “serious allegations including sexual immorality” made against him by multiple women, leaders of the organization said one decades-old claim has “some credibility” so far, but they have hired an outside law firm to help them make sense of the situation.
Pastor, civil rights leader found not guilty of criminal sexual conduct
A Michigan pastor and civil right leader charged with criminal sexual conduct and bribery after he was accused of misconduct by in two separate incidents thanked the judge and jury involved in his case after he was found not guilty last Thursday.
Parents outraged pastor lashed children for misbehaving at church school
A Florida pastor who allegedly lashed students for misbehaving at a private school run by his church is coming under fire from some parents who believe he should be arrested for using old-school disciplinary measures on the decline in the United States.
Church declares love for pastor who died by suicide after exposure of secret trans persona
The First Baptist Church of Phenix City in Alabama declared its love for the late pastor and mayor of Smiths Station, F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, just days after he died by suicide following a news report exposing his secret online life as a "transgender curvy girl," which he said was a hobby to relieve stress.
Nearly 40% of Americans say humans didn't evolve to current form, but were created by God
Nearly 40% of Americans believe present day humans are exactly as they were created by God and did not experience evolution, according to a new national Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll.
Alabama pastor, mayor claims secret transgender life is hobby to relieve stress
Mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, who also serves as pastor of First Baptist Church of Phenix City, told his congregation Wednesday that he was the target of "an internet attack" after a local conservative publication reported he has been living a secret life as a "transgender curvy girl."
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