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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Robert Morris resigns, Gateway elders say they didn't have all the facts
The Board of Elders of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, announced Tuesday that the megachurch’s founder, Robert Morris, has resigned, and they have retained a law firm to investigate a claim made by a woman who alleges Morris sexually abused her over multiple years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12.
Robert Morris' book recounts his stepping away from ministry in '80s, but only for 1 month, coinciding with abuse of 12-year-old girl
While elders of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and their founding Pastor Robert Morris said he stepped away from ministry for two years to undergo a carefully monitored restoration process following a "moral failure," he previously recounted only being away from ministry for one month.
Pastor Robert Morris confesses to ‘moral failure’ after woman claims he began molesting her at age 12
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, which attracts an estimated 100,000 worshipers weekly, has confessed to “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady” more than 35 years ago while he was a young pastor after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her over multiple years beginning when she was 12.
Ministry axes Tony Evans’ Mexican Riviera cruise as speculation abounds about undisclosed sin
Days after Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas, announced that its leader, Pastor Tony Evans, was temporarily stepping away from the pulpit due to an undisclosed sin, his Bible teaching ministry, The Urban Alternative, has canceled a Mexican Riviera cruise he was set to headline this fall.
Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship denies hosting prayer meeting for Tony Evans after confession of sin
Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship has denied reports that it hosted a prayer meeting for its embattled pastor, Tony Evans, on Thursday. This comes days after he temporarily stepped away from pastoral duties for committing an undisclosed sin years ago.
Baptist Women in Ministry praise failed SBC ban on female pastors as Mike Law vows to fight on
While the majority of Southern Baptist messengers were left disappointed Wednesday by the failure of a proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution to permanently ban women from serving as pastors "as qualified by Scripture," groups like Baptist Women in Ministry applauded.
Tony Evans will remain headliner for Christian cruise despite stepping away from pulpit
Despite stepping away from his pastoral duties at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship for “healing and restoration” after confessing to an undisclosed sin, renowned Evangelical leader Pastor Tony Evans will remain a headliner for a Christian cruise to the Mexican Riviera scheduled for this fall.
SBC amendment to permanently ban women pastors falls short
A proposed amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention's constitution, known as the Law Amendment, that would have permanently banned women from serving as pastors "as qualified by Scripture," fell 5 percentage points short of the required two-thirds support from messengers on Wednesday.
Pastor Tony Evans’ ‘sin’ confession stuns Christian community, sparks questions and prayers
Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship has declined to elaborate on the stunning decision of its influential leader, Pastor Tony Evans, to temporarily step down from his pastoral duties "due to sin" as followers of his massive public ministry offered prayers while wondering about the nature of the unnamed sin he confessed.
Pastor Tony Evans steps away from Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship leadership ‘due to sin’
The leader of the 11,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas, Pastor Tony Evans, is stepping away from his pastoral duties for a season of restoration "due to sin," the church announced.
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