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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Church elder gets life in prison for killing wife after less than 2 years of marriage
A former Missouri church elder who was convicted of killing his wife after less than two years of marriage, will now spend the rest of his life in prison for his crime.
Before Pastor Andrew Stoecklein’s suicide, widow reveals he was haunted by dark presence
Years before her husband’s mental health began a swift, unrelenting decline which culminated with suicide in 2018 , Kayla Stoecklein discovered that her late husband and former lead pastor of Inland Hills Church in Chino, California. Andrew Stoecklein, was being haunted by a dark presence he called “creature.”
Brian Houston blames Hillsong board's statements for resignation, insists he’s not an alcoholic
Hillsong Church’s founder and former global senior pastor Brian Houston blamed public statements made by the church’s board for his abrupt resignation earlier this year instead of any “mistakes” he made in ministry.
Dwayne Wade denies allegation by Christian ex-wife that he’s ‘pressuring’ child to change gender
Former NBA star Dwayne Wade shot down a recent allegation made by his ex-wife that he may be pressuring their 15-year-old trans-identified son to legally change his name and gender for financial gain.
Majority of young Americans say there is no absolute truth, challenging Bible: poll
A new poll sponsored by Summit Ministries shows a majority of American adults under 30 don't believe in absolute truth, and researchers are concerned the finding could have negative consequences on mental health and the community.
Couples who marry due to family, social pressure 50% more likely to divorce: study
Couples who get married due to family or social pressure are up to 50% more at risk of having a union that ends in divorce, according to a recent study from the Marriage Foundation
Fatal shooting of 81-year-old pastor under investigation, police say
Despite some reports suggesting he might have been killed in self-defense, the Topeka Police Department in Kansas said they are still investigating the fatal shooting of 81-year-old Arizona Pastor Donald Woolridge during a recent visit with his family.
Pastor Jamal Bryant slams Herschel Walker as ex-football star takes slight lead in Georgia Senate race
Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker showed a slight lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a new poll released Monday, just hours after Pastor Jamal Bryant, one of the state’s most influential black megachurch pastors, slammed the former football star as the “lowest caricature of a stereotypical, broken black man” from his pulpit Sunday.
Mark Driscoll says Mars Hill leaders plotted to accuse him of adultery before resignation
Years after resigning as leader of the now defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, because God told him a “trap” has been set for him, Mark Driscoll, who now serves as founding senior pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, claimed on Sunday that Mars Hill leaders had planned to accuse him of adultery.
Matt Chandler hints at return to pulpit ‘soon’ after taking leave over inappropriate messages
Two months after taking a leave of absence from his role as teaching pastor at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, due to inappropriate messaging with a woman who is not his wife, Matt Chandler hinted that he will likely return to the pulpit "soon" and is "eager to return."
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