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 resigns, church in ‘shock’ after rape video allegations
A Southern Baptist pastor in North Carolina has resigned and left his church reeling in “shock” after he was charged with child pornography for copying a video of a young girl being raped by an adult male.
Ex-Fellowship Church manager bilked over $1M before she was caught
When police first questioned 51-year-old Lara Lynn Ford about why she stole nearly $1.4 million from Ed Young’s Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, the congregation’s former business manager’s initial response was “Umm stupid.”
Idaho gov. signs bill to prohibit ‘indoctrinating’ students with critical race theory
In a preemptive strike to prevent the “indoctrination” of students in public schools with the controversial critical race theory, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation into law late Wednesday that prohibits forcing students to accept it.
So. Baptist pastor arrested for allegedly copying video showing girl being raped by adult male
Two days after authorities arrested T. Elliott Welch, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Stanleyville, North Carolina, for allegedly possessing child pornography, the church has yet to respond publicly to the allegations.
Citing ‘infidelity,’ Hillsong Church Montclair’s creative director resigns
Scandal-scarred Hillsong Church took another hit to its U.S. arm Tuesday when Darnell Barrett, creative director of Hillsong Church Montclair in New Jersey revealed he resigned from his position citing “infidelity” in his marriage.
Parents slam Texas churches for exposing children to explicit sex education
Some parents in Childress, Texas, are publicly voicing outrage at two local churches after their children were exposed to explicit sexual education materials without their consent. Church officials argue that they were simply responding to questions asked by the children.
Ex-officer Amber Guyger wants murder conviction in death of worship leader Botham Jean overturned
Former Dallas County police officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot beloved worship leader Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018 is seeking to have her murder conviction for his death overturned in favor of a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide because she believed she was in her own apartment.
Beloved deacon, principal dies from COVID-19 at 46
Just days after more than 150 people gathered to pray for his recovery from COVID-19 as he battled the virus at a Birmingham hospital, Jamie Burks, a beloved deacon and school principal, died Saturday from his illness. He was 46.
Linda Stoltzfoos, Amish teen who went missing after church, was strangled and stabbed: coroner
Linda Stoltzfoos, an 18-year-old Amish girl from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who was recently found dead after she went missing while walking home from church last summer, was strangled and stabbed in the neck, a coroner ruled on Friday.
Mark Grenon, sons sold $1M worth of toxic ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’: DOJ
A Florida father of eight and fake church leader who marketed toxic bleach as a “Miracle Mineral Solution” to cure ailments including COVID-19, cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, autism and HIV/AIDS, sold more than $1 million worth of the product to desperate followers.
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