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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Botham Jean’s pastor says Amber Guyger’s conviction is proof that ‘God is in control’
The murder conviction of Dallas County ex-police officer Amber Guyger for fatally shooting beloved worship leader Botham Jean in his apartment last year, is proof that “God is in control” the man who served as his pastor at the time of his death says.
Less than half of evangelicals will publicly rebuke their own political party for wrongdoing
Fewer than half of evangelicals will publicly disapprove of their political party for actions or words recognized as unacceptable, a new study from Lifeway Research says.
'God is good, trust Him,' Botham Jean’s mom says after Amber Guyger found guilty of son’s murder
"God is good. Trust him," declared Allison Jean Tuesday after a Dallas County jury convicted ex-police officer Amber Guyger of murder for fatally shooting her son, Botham Jean, in his apartment last year.
Evangelical anger over impeachment 'is real,’ Jim Wallis says; Jeffress denies pushing ‘civil war’
Left-leaning evangelical leader and founder of the progressive Christian magazine Sojourners, Jim Wallis, says he believes the “threat of evangelical anger” over the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump “is real,” following comments made by pastor Robert Jeffress.
Tyler Perry won’t join Hollywood boycott of Georgia over heartbeat abortion law
While admitting he doesn’t support a new Georgia law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected and recognizes unborn babies as persons, movie mogul Tyler Perry says he won’t be joining others in Hollywood who are boycotting the state.
Brad Pitt no longer identifies as atheist, says he was just being ‘rebellious’
After years of publicly declaring himself an atheist, award-winning actor and film producer Brad Pitt says that he was just being “rebellious” when he kept telling the world he didn’t believe in God.
Megachurch pastor says ‘thousands’ of evangelicals angry with Trump impeachment inquiry, ‘will cause a civil war-like fracture’
Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress has dismissed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for asking the nation to be “prayerful” about an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, which he says has angered “thousands” of evangelicals and “will cause a civil war-like fracture in this nation from which this country will never heal.”
Church launches affordable housing project with $1M city loan
A 101-year-old church with a history of activism and a dedication to people in need will now be able to extend affordable housing to its community in Berkeley, California, thanks to a $1 million grant from the city.
March for Andrew Yang-backed universal basic income set for Harlem church as support for idea rises
As a new poll now shows nearly half of Americans now back the idea of universal basic income being pushed by Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a march next month in support of the idea in New York City is expected to culminate at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem.
Zimbabwean pastor with family history of suicides takes own life
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe Upper Room Ministries, one of the largest churches in Zimbabwe, is now grieving senior leader, Bishop Berry Dambaza after he reportedly jumped four stories to his death from a local car park in Harare Monday. He was 59.
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