Leonardo Blair
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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US orders return of rare Gilgamesh Dream Tablet from Museum of the Bible
Federal authorities in New York filed a civil complaint Monday asking for the forfeiture of a rare artifact bearing a portion of an epic Sumerian poem known as the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet” that was unlawfully acquired by an auction house and later sold to Hobby Lobby and displayed at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.
Coronavirus claims retired NY priest weeks after killing his successor
St. Clare’s R.C. Church in Great Kills on Staten Island announced the loss of Pastor Emeritus Msgr. Joseph P. Murphy to the coronavirus on Saturday, just over a month after the virus killed his successor. He was 91.
Woman blind for 13 years healed instantly by husband's intercessory prayer, study says
A Baptist woman diagnosed with incurable juvenile macular degeneration that left her legally blind for 13 years instantly regained her sight after her pastor husband laid hands on her and prayed for a miracle, a recent study from The Global Medical Research Institute explains.
Ga. church closes two weeks after reopening as families come down with coronavirus
A Georgia church that reopened after shutting down due to the coronavirus has axed in-person services again in what they describe as “an effort of extreme caution” as several of their families have become infected by the deadly disease.
Case against Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne for unlawful assembly during pandemic dismissed
The Florida State Attorney’s Office has dismissed charges against controversial megachurch pastor Rodney Howard-Browne for allegedly violating a "safer-at-home" order in March, which prohibited large worship services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
86% of choir members got infected with COVID-19 after church practice: report
A new report from the Skagit County Public Health Department in Washington state published by the CDC Friday, shows how quickly the coronavirus spread after a choir practice became a “superspreader event” for the disease that infected 86% of attending members and killed two of them.
Salem Media halts stock dividends, cuts CEO's salary over COVID-19 uncertainties
America's leading Christian multimedia company, Salem Media Group, will temporarily suspend quarterly dividends on common stock and slash executive salaries by 10% as the company faces decreased revenues during the coronavirus pandemic.
Minority of pastors feel ‘very well equipped’ to lead during pandemic
While most pastors feel “somewhat equipped” to help steer their congregants through the coronavirus pandemic, only a minority say they feel “very well equipped” to lead in the crisis, according to a new study.
Jamal Bryant’s New Birth gives nearly 2K COVID-19 tests as churches become lifeline for minorities
Pastor Jamal Bryant’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church facilitated free coronavirus testing for nearly 2,000 people in Atlanta, Georgia, at a Mother’s Day event Sunday as churches increasingly become a lifeline for access to testing in minority communities.
Megachurch Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne meets with Sheriff who had him arrested
Controversial leader of Revival International Ministries and The River at Tampa Bay Church in Tampa, Florida, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, appears to be mending fences with Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister who had him arrested in March for hosting in-person church services during the coronavirus pandemic.