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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20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University revival: CDC
An estimated 20,000 people who flocked to Asbury University in Kentucky last month to participate in a two-week-long prayer event could have been exposed to measles by an attendee later found to be infected with the highly contagious virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned.
Most church leaders see in-person only worship services as a thing of the past: study
As many churches have now reopened their doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic only a minority of them view in-person worship services as the church model of the future. A majority see a hybrid model utilizing various online technologies as the new normal, according to a new study from Pushpay.
Teen, 21-year-old man indicted for murder of Memphis pastor
A 15-year-old teen and a 21-year-old man were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday for the daylight murder of the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, who led Capleville United Methodist Church in Tennessee.
Televangelist Joyce Meyer gets tattoo at 79, says she did it to ‘honor God’
Televangelist Joyce Meyer announced that she got two tattoos for the first time at 79, to “honor God” and is convinced that the Bible supports her decision despite the belief among some Christians that tattoos are sinful.
Marvin Winans’ Perfecting Church sued by Detroit over stalled church project
The future home of the famed pastor’s congregation located on a sprawling piece of prime real estate in Michigan remains incomplete after 18 years and the city has filed a lawsuit to get it done.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says it was a mistake to take prayer out of public schools
Just over a year after creating his Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged faith leaders to boldly exercise their faith in in the public square and argued that it was a mistake for the Supreme Court to ban prayer in public schools.
Former youth pastor gets 60 years in prison for sex crimes involving boys
A former Southern Baptist youth pastor was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual assault and child pornography charges involving six different boys.
Hilarion Heagy, Eastern Catholic monk, renounces Christianity for Islam
Hilarion Heagy, an Eastern Catholic monk and priest, recently renounced Christianity and embraced Islam triggering multiple headlines in Islamic media and consternation among some who knew him to be a devout Christ follower.
As vigil continues for Jimmy Carter, many celebrate his legacy of faith
As former President Jimmy Carter entered at-home hospice over the weekend and the nation prepares for the inevitable, many who know him, including his pastor at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, agree that a big part of his legacy is his exemplary life of faith.
Journalists mourn as reporter is fatally shot, colleague injured at crime scene in Florida
Journalists around the country mourned the loss of a Spectrum News 13 reporter who was fatally shot Wednesday while covering a murder scene in Pine Hills, Florida.
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