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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Alabama pastor shot wife at church, killed himself after she preached powerful message, friends say
Pastor Derek Scott Gandy remembers how high in the spirit everyone was at True Cornerstone Church in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday night after prophetess Alisha Woodard was done preaching.
Pastor Greg Locke slams Bernie Sanders as ‘wannabe Fidel Castro’ as Christians debate socialism
As Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to gain momentum in the party's primary with his promotion of democratic socialism, outspoken internet preacher and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee has slammed him as “the wanna be Fidel Castro of our day.”
‘This could be bad,’ CDC official warns of inevitable coronavirus spread in US
Stock markets were sent diving Tuesday after officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned schools, hospitals and businesses to prepare for the inevitable spread of the deadly coronavirus in the U.S., which “could be bad.”
80% of arts professionals hide support for conservative ideas due to fear of backlash, study says
Some 80% of arts and cultural workers say they mute their support for conservative or politically incorrect ideas due to fear of backlash from the public, colleagues or people who fund their work according to a new study.
Prominent South Carolina pastor criticizes outreach of some Democratic candidates to black voters
Joe Darby, a prominent South Carolina pastor who leads the Nichols Chapel AME Zion church in Charleston recently criticized the outreach of some Democratic presidential candidates in the state where six in 10 Democratic primary voters are black.
Woman survives after calling on Jesus when husband shoots her, then kills himself outside church
It was the second day of the 2020 Women of God Through Promise Conference at True Cornerstone Church in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, when the “devil…showed up in a deadly way,” according to Pastor Derek Scott Gandy.
SEC charges John MacArthur’s son with defrauding investment firm clients
Mark MacArthur, a son of Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in California, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission along with a wealth management company he founded with defrauding their advisory clients.
SBC Pastors' Conference president goes on 40-day fast amid dissension over speaker roster
David Uth, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference 2020, has embarked on a 40-day season of prayer and fasting amid dissension over his decision to include speakers and guests who are not Southern Baptist in the upcoming program, including female teaching pastor and spoken word artist Hosanna Wong.
Christian lawmaker group blames ‘satanists and atheists’ for Twitter poll results
The National Association of Christian Lawmakers, which aims to “bring lawmakers together in support of clear biblical principles,” says they recently came under attack from Satanists and atheists after launching a poll on Twitter asking if America would be better off with more Christians serving in elected office.
Brigham Young U says policy on homosexual behavior remains the same after reports suggest ban lifted
Officials at Brigham Young University in Utah said Thursday that the school’s policy on “homosexual behavior” had not changed despite reports that a recent update to their Honor Code signified students would no longer be disciplined for engaging in same-sex relationships.