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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Declining church attendance causing depression in some pastors, Global United Fellowship is pushing back
When the annual gathering of the Global United Fellowship kicks off at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas next Tuesday, a big discussion on what makes a healthy church is expected to ensue.
Benny Hinn’s nephew details tragic tale of how televangelist exploits followers in new book
In "God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies," Costi Hinn details how the Hinn family’s exploitation of millions around the world with the prosperity gospel.
Teen worship leader rebuked for wearing shorts explodes on church greeter
A teenage worship leader at the Swansboro United Methodist Church in North Carolina unleashed an expletive-filled retort at an older adult church sister on Sunday after she scolded her for wearing shorts on the church’s stage.
Christian rugby star Jarryd Hayne will be allowed to attend missionary school as he awaits rape trial
Christian rugby star Jarryd Hayne, formerly of Australia's National Rugby League who also once signed a futures contract with the San Francisco 49ers, will be allowed to attend a missionary school as he awaits trial on two rape charges.
Popular Nigerian Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo steps aside after singer’s wife accuses him of rape
Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the 16,000-member Commonwealth of Zion Assembly Worldwide church based in Nigeria, has announced he will be taking a “leave of absence” from his church after Busola Dakolo, the wife of singer Timi Dakolo, accused him of raping her several years ago while she was a member of his church.
Colorado pastor, Ben Mandrell, is new president of Lifeway Christian Resources
Nashville-based LifeWay Christian Resources announced Friday that Colorado Pastor Ben Mandrell has been selected as the 10th president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing arm.
Youth pastor, father, suffers fatal heart attack while working out at local gym
Ryan Carlisle, a beloved Texas youth pastor and father of two died suddenly last Thursday after suffering a heart attack while working out at a local gym. He was 38.
Internet church sues over law in Tennessee that bans ministers ordained online from performing weddings
Universal Life Church, an online non-denominational religious organization that has ordained more than 20 million ministers around the world for free through their internet ministry, has sued the state of Tennessee over a law that bans online ministers from officiating weddings.
Campaign to help Israel Folau fight for religious freedom paused after raising more than $1.4M
A campaign launched by the Australian Christian Lobby to help rugby star Israel Folau wage a legal battle against Rugby Australia over his controversial firing has been paused after it raised more than $1.4 million in less than two days.
More than 1,000 seek to adopt ‘miracle’ newborn found dumped in plastic bag
More than 1,000 people have sought to adopt a newborn baby girl found dumped in a plastic grocery bag in Forsyth County, Georgia, earlier this month even as authorities continue a search for the child’s birth mother.
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