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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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., who is currently on an “indefinite leave of absence,” revealed Sunday that he had been depressed after his wife, Rebecca, had an affair with a young man who then blackmailed his family.
Majority of black, Hispanic Americans support universal basic income; most whites oppose: poll
As support for guaranteed or universal basic income grows across America, a recent survey from the Pew Research Center says a majority of black and Hispanic Americans support monthly $1,000 payments from the federal government for all adult citizens regardless of work status. Most white Americans don’t back it.
Thousands urge Netflix to pull ‘Cuties’ film that sexualizes young girls after apology
Thousands of people are now urging popular streaming service Netflix to pull a controversial French film about an 11-year-old girl rebelling against her conservative family to join a dance crew, after the media company apologized for using a sexualized poster to promote the film.
Santa Fe priests allegedly threatened with suspension for preaching longer than 5 minutes during pandemic
Priests in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have allegedly been threatened with suspension from preaching during Mass if they presented homilies longer than five minutes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Marilane Carter, pastor’s wife who went missing, likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning: police
Authorities said that the woman found in a vehicle who is believed to be Marilane Carter, the wife of Pastor Adam Carter who went missing in early August after struggling mentally, died from asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
2,700 evangelicals warn against politicizing coronavirus, urge Christians to take vaccine
A coalition of more than 2,700 high profile evangelicals spanning the fields of science and religion have signed unto a statement billed “A Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times,” that warns against the politicization of the new coronavirus and urges Christians to take appropriate action against it including taking a vaccine when it’s ready.
Prominent black NC Bishop Patrick Wooden says Kamala Harris ‘ain’t good for black folk’
Firebrand North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., of the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh slammed newly minted Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as “ain’t good for black folk” in a politically charged sermon Sunday.
President Trump offers help, prayers to Iowa after storm devastates swing state
President Donald Trump offered additional aid and prayers to Iowa Tuesday just over a week after the swing state was battered by a derecho storm that left churches, homes and farms in shambles and three people dead.
Body of Marilane Carter, missing pastor’s wife who struggled with mental health, likely found
The body of a woman authorities believe is likely Marilane Carter, the missing wife of Pastor Adam Carter, was found in her vehicle inside a shipping container in Arkansas Tuesday after days of searching and 24-hour prayer vigils.
Most online worshipers ‘satisfied’ but plan to return to congregations once COVID-19 passes: poll
Approximately 90% of religious adherents who currently watch services online or on TV said they are at least “somewhat” satisfied with the experience but a majority of them plan to return to in-person worship once the coronavirus pandemic passes, according to a new poll.
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