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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Center Point Church pastor dies from COVID-19 after congregation fasts, prays
Nearly two weeks after he was diagnosed with COVID-19, a beloved Kentucky pastor is now dead from the virus despite desperate prayers from his congregation asking the Lord to restore him “back to his normal self.”
Suicide of pastor’s wife illuminates silent, deadly ‘public health crisis’ among mothers
Seven days after Paige Hilken’s death, North Coast Church Senior Pastor Chris Brown said the grief her family experienced was so deep not even a Bible verse could help.
With higher levels of education and declining religiosity, most Americans now accept evolution: study
With increased exposure to college-level education and declining levels of religious belief, a majority of Americans now believe in evolution after nearly two decades of being nearly evenly split on the issue, according to a new study.
Beloved Anglican pastor killed in crash with daughter mourned across denominations
A beloved Anglican pastor who founded the Church of the Redeemer in Nashville, Tennessee, is being mourned by Christians across denominational lines after he was killed with his daughter in a tragic rear-end crash with a tractor trailer Monday morning.
Bible prophecy teacher Jimmy DeYoung, who questioned COVID-19 vaccines, dies from virus
Longtime Bible prophecy teacher and radio host Jimmy DeYoung Sr., who questioned whether COVID-19 vaccines are being used as a form of “government control” earlier this year, died Sunday after a weeklong battle with the coronavirus. He was 81.
Majority of parents prefer working from home, flexible work: study
The prolonged period of workplace flexibility amid the pandemic has given rise to an increased desire among a majority of parents with children younger than 18 to continue working from home full time or part time and is most pronounced among college-educated fathers, a new study shows.
Kentucky pastor hospitalized with COVID-19 as church pleads for prayers
Center Point Church in Lexington, Kentucky, prayed for God to restore their senior pastor, Tim Parsons, “back to his normal self” during an “online-only” service on Sunday, just two days after he was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Megachurch Pastor Miles McPherson seeks prayers for wife as she battles COVID-19
Miles McPherson, the lead pastor of Rock Church in San Diego, California, has made an emotional plea for prayers for his wife, Debbie, as she fights to breathe on her own at a local hospital due to complications from a COVID-19 infection.
Empowerment Temple announces firing of Jamal Bryant’s successor over late audit reports
The Baltimore-based Empowerment Temple AME Church has terminated the services of lead pastor GJ Barnes for failing to file timely audit reports, which cost the congregation tens of thousands of dollars in fees levied by its mortgage holder.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg hopes churches will one day host virtual reality services on platform
Calling faith communities the “best of Facebook,” the social media giant’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said she's looking forward to the day when churches and other religious groups begin hosting services in virtual reality on the platform as many flocked to the service amid the pandemic to stay connected.
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