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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Group demands investigation of MorningStar Ministries in wake of sexual abuse allegations
A group of more than 100 former members and people affiliated with MorningStar Ministries in South Carolina have signed a petition calling for an investigation of allegations that leaders in the ministry founded by Rick Joyner enabled the sexual abuse of multiple minors.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams asks for prayers as he’s accused of taking $10M in illegal donations
New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked his supporters for prayers just hours before he was formally indicted Thursday on charges that he took some $10 million in bribes and illegal campaign donations from foreign nationals in exchange for favors.
Church wins back property it claims was stolen by ex-pastor, basketball legend's father
The Church of the Living God International Inc., an Ohio-based holiness Pentecostal denomination, was recently given back a church in San Antonio, Texas, that was allegedly stolen by a former pastor and the father of basketball Hall of Famer and San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson.
Bishop Patrick Wooden, popular NC pastor, defends Mark Robinson after CNN report
Popular North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr. says he stands by Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, the state's first black lieutenant governor, after reports surfaced about alleged comments he made on a porn website.
Gateway Church revokes membership of critical congregant; armed guards boot her from property
A former Gateway Church member who had her membership revoked and was allegedly forced off church property by armed guards for publicly criticizing the Texas megachurch for its alleged lack of transparency and accountability amid child sex abuse allegations against founder Robert Morris is now speaking out.
Pastor Keion Henderson expresses loyalty to TD Jakes amid Diddy controversy
Keion Henderson, founder and CEO of The Lighthouse Church & Ministries in Houston, Texas, has professed his unyielding loyalty to popular televangelist T.D. Jakes after the arrest of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, with whom Jakes has been controversially linked, because he has been "good to me."
Pastor Steve Gaines to step down from Bellevue Baptist Church months after cancer diagnosis
Months after announcing his battle with kidney cancer, former Southern Baptist Convention President Steven Gaines, says he’s stepping down as senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but the move has nothing to do with his health.
Marty MacDonald, City Church founder, denies abusing teenager 40 years ago
Founder of City Church in Batavia, New York, Pastor Marty MacDonald has denied allegations that he sexually molested a woman 40 years ago when she was just 12.
‘No settlement with Johnny Hunt,’ SBC president says as defamation trial looms
Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley has squashed speculation that the denomination was considering settling a defamation lawsuit filed against the organization by former president, Johnny Hunt in March 2023 in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a young minister’s wife.
SBC to sell headquarters in Nashville amid legal expenses from sexual abuse investigation
Amid decreasing revenue and mounting legal expenses stemming from investigating its handling of sexual abuse, Southern Baptist Convention officials have announced a plan to sell the denomination's seven-story headquarters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, to help stabilize finances.
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