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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Woman tells police House of Hope Atlanta megachurch covered up rape then threatened her
It was 3:31 p.m. Sunday when Octavia felt compelled enough to tell police in Georgia about “a rape” that occurred four years ago that she alleges officials at House of Hope Atlanta have been trying to cover up since they were told about it.
Benny Hinn renounces prosperity gospel, says ‘Holy Ghost is just fed up with it’
Declaring that the “Holy Ghost is just fed up with it,” controversial televangelist Benny Hinn has delivered a full-throated rejection of the prosperity gospel.
Wedding venue owner apologizes for rejecting interracial couple, misusing the Bible
The owner of a Mississippi wedding venue that canceled the wedding of an interracial couple because she thought the Bible was against their union has apologized following backlash and a Bible study intervention that proved her belief to be wrong.
Churches rally to help Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian devastation
Several churches, aid groups and private individuals across the U.S. are now coming together to help the Bahamas recover from the devastation of Hurricane Dorian that deputy prime minister, Peter Turnquest, said will require “hundreds of millions, if not billions” to rebuild.
Exorcists from Rome, US urged removal of 'Harry Potter' books from school, priest says
Father Dan Reehil, pastor of St. Edward Church and School in Nashville, Tennessee, is now under fire from some parents for ordering the removal of the "Harry Potter" book series from the school’s library because they celebrate witchcraft.
Woman shelters 97 dogs from Hurricane Dorian, people donate over $95K to help
A woman who is giving shelter to 97 dogs inside her home in the Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian continues its destruction on parts of the island, is attracting thousands of dollars in donations as well-wishers learn about her cause.
Hurricane Dorian: 'Bodies are floating' in the Bahamas
Government sources have confirmed the deaths of at least five people, including a 7-year-old boy, as a result of Hurricane Dorian. But local press is reporting that many more have lost their lives in at least one part of the country known as the Abaco Islands where “bodies are floating.”
Pastor sings ‘I Won’t Complain’ after 10-y-o daughter killed in crash
An Alabama pastor whose 10-year-old daughter was killed in a grisly crash last Friday chose to work through his pain at the pulpit Sunday with a soul-stirring rendition of “I Won’t Complain.”
‘Please pray for us,’ Hurricane Dorian victim begs in Bahamas as Floridians ready for monster storm
Hurricane Dorian remained the strongest storm ever to threaten Florida’s east coast Monday as it barreled toward the U.S. while battering the Bahamas.
Pastor’s wife charged after firing gun at church in heated argument with youth pastor’s wife
A “minor conflict” between the wives of a pastor and youth pastor at a West Virginia church resulted in gunfire, leading to the arrest of the pastor’s wife for wanton endangerment.