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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Pastor John Lindell claims Mark Driscoll tried to divide his church and family, urges him to repent
James River Church Pastor John Lindell accused Pastor Mark Driscoll of attempting to overthrow him as the leader of his church and dividing his family and congregation by unfairly attacking a performance by a professional sword swallower and admitted male stripper at the Stronger Men’s Conference in Missouri.
Families react to murders of Jilian Kelley, Veronica Butler as judge denies bond for suspects
Family members and friends of late mothers Veronica Butler, 27, and pastor's wife Jilian Kelley, 39, reacted with raw emotion in court Wednesday as a judge denied bail to the four suspects charged with their murders, including the paternal grandmother of Butler's children.
Alex Magala hits back at Mark Driscoll, says he's Christian, sword performance was meant to inspire
Alex Magala, the aerial sword-swallower and acrobat who admitted he stripped for gay men and women as a younger man, says he is Christian and called Pastor Mark Driscoll's recent criticism of his performance at James River Church's Stronger Men's Conference in Missouri, an "uninformed" position.
County GOP chair among suspects charged with murder of pastor’s wife Jilian Kelley, Veronica Butler
Two bodies recovered by investigators in rural Texas County, Oklahoma, on Sunday have been identified as missing pastor's wife Jilian Kelley, 39, and 27-year-old Veronica Butler as one of the suspects in the murder case has been identified as the Cimarron County GOP chair.
International House of Prayer Kansas City denies report it plans to close
International House of Prayer Kansas City has denied a report that the ministry is in the process of shutting down but says it's in a restructuring phase that will shutter some aspects of its operations this year, including its school of ministry.
New York church sued for gender bias picks male pastor again, continuing 200-year tradition
Kevin R. Johnson, founding pastor of Dare to Imagine Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recommended to take the helm of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, ensuring that the church’s long line of male pastors remains unbroken after the church was sued earlier this year by a woman who sought to become the congregation’s first female pastor.
International House of Prayer Kansas City to shutter in wake of Mike Bickle scandal: report
International House of Prayer Kansas City is reportedly winding down the operations of its movement and missions organization based in Missouri due to the financial impact of the sexual abuse scandal connected to founder Mike Bickle, with whom the organization was forced to permanently cut ties last December.
Mark Driscoll slams Jezebel spirit after megachurch hosts sword swallower Alex Magala
Mark Driscoll has been forced to defend himself after he was temporarily asked to leave the stage during James River Church’s Stronger Men’s Conference in Missouri for calling a performance by an aerial sword swallower and admitted male stripper, which opened the conference, “the Jezebel spirit.”
‘God’s Misfits’ connected to bloody disappearance of Veronica Butler, Jilian Kelley
Details from probable cause affidavits against the four suspects charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Veronica Butler and a pastor’s wife, Jilian Kelley, suggest that the two women might have suffered a violent death as investigators work to identify two bodies they recovered on Sunday.
2 bodies found in case of missing pastor’s wife Jilian Kelly, Veronica Butler
A day after the arrest of four people in connection with the disappearance of missing pastor’s wife, Jilian Kelley, 39, and 27-year-old Veronica Butler, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has announced the recovery of two bodies they're working to identify.
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