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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Pastor who went to Vegas to save daughter found with drugs, guns in hotel room
David McGee, the founder of Cross the Bridge Ministries in North Carolina who told his followers that he was going to Las Vegas, Nevada, to rescue his only daughter from the infamous tunnels below that city, recently triggered a counterterrorism response from local authorities after he was found with drugs and guns in his hotel room.
Windsor Village Church celebrates early prison release of former pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell
When her husband, Kirbyjon Caldwell, who formerly led the 14,000 member Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Texas, began his six year prison term in June 2021 for defrauding members of his church and other investors, Suzette Caldwell, the church’s current senior pastor said she “cried a river.”
Wanted for child sex crimes, megachurch pastor Apollo Quiboloy surrenders after weeks-long manhunt
After a contentious two-week standoff with Philippines police at his church's 74-acre compound in Davao City, popular televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy surrendered to authorities Sunday to answer to child sex trafficking and other charges.
To get emotional benefits from going to church, believers must attend regularly: study
Believers who only attend church a few times a year yet expect to get an emotional lift that will last need to go more frequently, according to the findings of a recent study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, is arrested and charged
Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old charged in the Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, has been arrested and charged in connection with the actions of his son.
Fewer churchgoers giving more to cover church expenses as pastors contend with inflation: study
Though churches have reported ongoing declines in worship service attendance, their fiscal health has not suffered as significantly because the faithful who continue to attend have been giving more to cover operating expenses, a new study suggests.
Who were the students, teachers killed in the Apalachee High School shooting?
Family, friends and well-wishers across the nation are grieving for the two students and two teachers killed by the bullets of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School shooting suspect who went on a rampage in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday.
5 things to know about Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray
The suspect behind the Apalachee High School shooting in Winder, Georgia, which left four people dead, and nine others injured has been identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray.
‘Madman’ shoots up home of Pastor Greg Locke with one of his children inside
Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet is praising God for protecting his family after a “madman” allegedly unloaded a barrage of bullets into his home with one of his children inside.
Suspected shooter in custody after multiple casualties reported at Apalachee High School
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp urged residents of the state to join him in prayer Wednesday for the multiple casualties left in the wake of an active shooter incident at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, as investigators confirmed they have the shooting suspect in custody.
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