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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Megachurch Pastor Bruxy Cavey resigns over adultery, abuse of power: ‘My greatest failure’
Bruxy Cavey, the primary teaching pastor of one of Canada’s largest megachurches, The Meeting House, has resigned after an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct commissioned by the church last December concluded that he abused his power.
2nd grader faces punishment for sharing her Christian faith at Washington school: ACLJ
Parents of a second-grade student at North Hill Elementary School in Des Moines, Washington, have accused officials at the school of repeatedly penalizing their daughter for talking with her classmates about Jesus on the playground, including sending her to the principal’s office “no less than 10 times since" the fist of the year.
Pastor Steven Furtick criticized for praising teen son’s song about sex, guns and money
Elevation Church Pastor Steven Furtick and his wife Holly have received criticism for celebrating a music project produced by their teenage son Elijah Furtick, which celebrates guns, sex and designer clothes.
Father used ‘ghost gun’ to kill 3 daughters and beloved chaperone in church, police say
David Mora Rojas, a 39-year-old father who fatally shot his three young daughters and their chaperone before killing himself during a supervised visit inside the sanctuary of The Church in Sacramento in California just over a week ago, used an unregistered “ghost gun” to commit his crimes, authorities said.
Andrew Cuomo tells church ‘God’s not finished with me yet,’ blames ‘cancel culture’
Quoting copious amounts of Scripture and declaring “God’s not finished with me yet,” former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who resigned last August after he was accused of sexually harassing several women, told a congregation in Brooklyn Sunday that the allegations were part of a political hit job that exploited “cancel culture” to remove him from office.
Voddie Baucham says he's been asked to accept nomination for SBC president
Renowned preacher and missionary Voddie Baucham confirmed Friday that he has been asked to “accept a nomination for SBC President.” However, due to his nature as an SBC "outsider," he is not sure if he is eligible to run.
Student faces attacks for reading Bible in Florida school, science teacher called him ‘ignorant’: lawsuit
A 14-year-old Christian student in Florida, who was allegedly told to stop taking his Bible to school after he was repeatedly attacked and bullied by students and teachers alike for his faith, has filed a lawsuit “seeking significant damages because the school has destroyed his educational experience.”
Fla. Pastor Willy Rice to be nominated for SBC president, says 'faith family' is all he's ever known
A day after Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton announced he would break tradition and not seek reelection following his first year in office, Florida Pastor Willy Rice is set to be nominated for the position at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting this June in Anaheim, California.
3 Christian sisters and chaperone killed by father in sanctuary were all members, church says
Three sisters and their father, who fatally shot them and their chaperone before killing himself inside the sanctuary of The Church in Sacramento during a supervised visit in California on Monday, were all members of the church, officials have confirmed.
Ed Litton says he won’t seek reelection as SBC president, prompts mixed reactions
Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton departed from decades of tradition Tuesday to announce he will not seek re-election this summer, prompting reactions ranging from relief to disappointment eight months into his one-year term.
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