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.
Latest
Christian Aid Ministries declares another ‘special day of prayer and fasting’ as 17 missionaries remain captive in Haiti
Christian Aid Ministries called for more prayers for its 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti more than 30 days ago as officials declared Thursday another “special day of prayer and fasting.”
‘Sea of preachers’ gather at courthouse in Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney slams black pastors
A “sea of preachers” gathered Thursday at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, where three white men are on trial for the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. The gathering comes a week after defense attorney Kevin Gough asked a judge to limit the number of black pastors who can support Arbery’s family inside the courtroom.
Woman, 69, found murdered inside church where family worshiped for 4 generations
Evelyn Player, a 69-year-old retiree, was found stabbed to death Tuesday morning inside the Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, Maryland, where she volunteered and her family worshiped for four generations.
Liverpool bomber tried to 'game' asylum system with Christian conversion, official says
Emad Al Swealmeen, a 32-year-old man who detonated an improvised explosive device, killing himself and injuring a driver in a taxicab outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday morning, tried to use his claim of Christian conversion to “game” the country’s asylum system, U.K. Home Office sources contend.
Record levels of pastors, more than half of mainline preachers ‘seriously considering’ quitting: study
As more pastors report struggling with their overall well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic, record numbers of them including more than half of preachers in mainline Protestant churches are now “seriously considering” leaving full-time ministry a new study from Barna Group shows.
Pastor Jamal Bryant calls pastors to form ‘prayer wall’ against racism amid Ahmaud Arbery trial
Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, called on pastors from around the country to join him Thursday in forming a “human prayer wall” against racism and injustice at the Glynn County Courthouse, where three white men are standing trial for the 2020 killing of 25-year-old unarmed black man Ahmaud Arbery.
More young adult Americans living sexless lives, especially the religiously devout: study
Young adult Americans 35 years and under are having much less sex than previous generations, and the biggest increase in sexlessness is among the dwindling population of the religiously devout, a new research brief from the Institute for Family Studies suggests.
Defense attorney in Ahmaud Arbery trial doesn't want any more black pastors in courtroom
An attorney for one of three white men standing trial for the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, lashed out against the presence of high profile members of the black community attending the trial.
Beloved Houston pastor's suicide stuns family, friends
For more than two weeks, the circumstances surrounding the Oct. 19 death of Quinnzhahn Barnes, a beloved father, singer and pastor of the Selah Fellowship Temple in Houston, Texas, remained under wraps by those closest to him until on Thursday when the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed the 45-year-old fatally shot himself in the head.
Daystar Television, AFA claim federal vaccine mandate is 'sin against God’s Holy Word': lawsuit
Daystar Television Network, one of the largest Christian television networks in the world and The American Family Association, a nonprofit Christian organization, said in a lawsuit Tuesday that a federal vaccine mandate forcing large companies to require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccinated is a ”sin against God’s Holy Word.”
Most Popular
5 things to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new AG pick
Pastor takes family into hiding after daughter raped, nearly kidnapped
Demonic delusion of antisemitism: 4 critical tests for every Christian
Evidence for puberty blockers is 'scarce,' New Zealand's health ministry says in long-awaited report
‘Vindictive’: UMC criticized for plan to cut funds to departing African conference
MUST READ
Greg Laurie shares Gospel message, discusses afterlife with Jordan Peterson: 'Heaven is for forgiven people'
Christian voters swayed 2024 presidential election, data show
Who has Trump picked for his cabinet? Here are 9 of his nominees
Pastor Jack Graham implores Christians to proclaim truth in a shifting culture
2,400 anti-Christian hate crimes reported in Europe
Master portrait artist Zimou Tan launches Kickstarter campaign for book celebrating the Gospel in art
