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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Widow of unvaccinated pastor says his death from COVID-19 was ‘will of the Lord’
The wife of an unvaccinated North Carolina pastor who died from COVID-19 Friday after spending 41 days in treatment at the WakeMed Hospital in Cary said his death was "the will of the Lord."
Christian Rep. Lauren Boebert: Rape victims don’t need abortion but a 'Glock 19 when it happened’
After recently causing a stir with her public rejection of mask mandates, Christian Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado went viral again this week when she declared that instead of abortion, rape victims need "love," "support" and "a Glock 19 when it happened."
Empowerment Temple hires activist Rev. Robert Turner after firing Jamal Bryant’s successor
Less than two months after firing lead pastor GJ Barnes for failing to file timely audit reports, the Baltimore-based Empowerment Temple AME Church founded by megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant announced Rev. Robert R.A. Turner of the historic Vernon AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma as his replacement.
Transformation Church expands real estate portfolio with new $35M office tower
Husband and wife leaders of Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael and Natalie Todd, recently expanded the real estate holdings of their congregation with the acquisition of a six-story office tower for $35 million. The church previously closed on two other major real estate deals totaling $31 million, including a retail center.
LDS Church leaders urge mask wearing ‘at all times’ while inside sacred temples
In a bid to keep their sacred temples open amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have asked all visitors and workers to wear masks “at all times” while inside as a temporary safety measure.
Texas gov. signs new law tightening restrictions on use of abortion drugs
Just weeks into Texas' ban on most abortions once a heartbeat can be detected in a pregnancy, the state's Republican Gov. Greg Abbott further tightened the screws on the practice last Friday by signing into law another bill restricting access to abortion-inducing drugs.
Pastor Jamal Bryant, UNHCR and NAACP slam Biden admin’s handling of Haitian migrants
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were among several powerful voices condemning the Biden administration’s handling of Haitian migrants seeking asylum at the Texas-Mexico border.
Doctor who violated Texas abortion law is sued by disbarred lawyers
Alan Braid, a Texas abortionist who admitted that he violated the state’s new law banning most abortions after six weeks gestation, was sued Monday by two disbarred pro-choice attorneys from Illinois and Arkansas who are both seeking to test the validity of the law many legal experts have called unconstitutional.
Megachurch charter bus crash injures over 30, several still critical
A bus transporting more than 30 high school girls and volunteers affiliated with the multi-campus Lives Changed By Christ megachurch in Pennsylvania crashed Sunday leaving several in critical condition.
Youth pastor shot dead while trying to help congregant save burning home in Myanmar
A beloved youth pastor was reportedly shot dead as he tried to help one of his congregants save their burning home after it was set ablaze by Myanmar’s military junta during an attack on civilians in Chin state Saturday.
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