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 grieves after former treasurer gets probation for stealing $400K
A Pennsylvania church that wanted to see “greater punishment” for a former treasurer who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $400,000 from their coffers is now grieving after she was sentenced to just 10 years of probation for her crime.
Charlie Dates named successor to James Meeks at 10K-member Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
Calling him “the greatest young preacher in our nation today,” Rev. James Meeks announced Sunday that Pastor Charlie Dates of Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago will succeed him as leader of the 10,000-member Salem Baptist Church of Chicago when he steps out of the role in January 2023.
Colts’ Khari Willis walks away from millions in NFL to advance ‘Gospel of Jesus Christ’
Indianapolis Colts starting safety Khari Willis announced that he is walking away from the NFL and millions of dollars in earnings to devote the rest of his life "to the further advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
Megachurch Pastor AR Bernard’s dream to combat Brooklyn gentrification inches close to reality
The Rev. A. R. Bernard, pastor of New York City’s largest evangelical church, the Christian Cultural Center, inched closer to creating an urban village of hundreds of affordable housing units as a formal review of the development has now started after years of planning.
Children in faith-based child welfare programs safer than those in secular ones, Baylor study suggests
Children in the care of faith-based child welfare programs could be safer from sexual abuse and other ills than those in secular ones a new Baylor University study suggests.
Born-again Congresswoman Lauren Boebert tells wives to chase after God and husbands will follow
Born-again Christian Congresswoman Lauren Boebert who said she prayed to God for years before her husband Jayson Boebert, joined her in the church told a group of Christian women in a recent sermon that if they chase after God their husbands will chase after them too.
In outgoing sermon, Ed Litton challenges Southern Baptists to show compassion
Ed Litton, the outgoing president of the Southern Baptist Convention, challenged members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination Tuesday to show compassion to the diverse communities in which they live to better minister to people who need them the most.
Megachurch reveals Bruxy Cavey wasn’t only pastor involved in sexual misconduct, cites 38 cases
The Meeting House, one of Canada's largest megachurches, has revealed that its former teaching pastor, Bruxy Cavey, who was recently arrested and charged with sexual assault of a former parishioner, was not the only pastor to engage in sexual misconduct.
Voddie Baucham loses bid to become president of SBC Pastor’s Conference by 82 votes
Voddie Baucham, a fierce opponent of critical race theory and a beloved preacher, particularly among the more conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, lost his bid to become the next president of the Pastor’s Conference to a relatively unknown, first-time North Carolina pastor after a tightly contested voting session during the denomination’s annual meeting Monday.
Rick Warren’s Saddleback successor triggers ‘shock’ and ‘fear’ amid questions over leadership
The selection of Andy Wood and his wife Stacie to succeed Rick and Kay Warren as leaders of the California-based Saddleback Church has triggered "shock" and "fear" in some who have worked with Wood over concerns over what they characterize as leadership abuse.
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