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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Evangelist Craig Fasler Says Police Booted Him From Gym After 'Atheist' Complained About Him Praying
Craig Fasler, senior equipping evangelist at Christian Equippers International which has been providing "material and seminars to equip Christians to fulfill the Great Commission" since 1983, claims he was booted from a gym by local police in New Jersey after "a self-proclaimed atheist" complained about him praying for a man who was in pain.
Megachurch Pastor Stovall Weems Said Jesus Came to Him Sporting Brown Hair, White Robe
Stovall Weems, senior pastor of the 12,000-member Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, told his congregation Sunday that he met Jesus Christ on Good Friday and was surprised by His personality.
Megachurch Pastor John Ortberg Calls Bill Hybels' Misconduct Investigation 'Poorly Designed'
Megachurch pastor John Ortberg insisted Monday that the investigation of multiple sexual misconduct allegations by several women against Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor of the multi-campus Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, was "poorly designed" and exposed the women to "grave risks."
Couple Remarrying After Divorcing 50 Years Ago Urge Husbands to Pay Attention to Wives
A Kentucky couple who divorced after 12 years of marriage in the 1960s will walk down the aisle again for good some 50 years later this month after finding faith and collectively losing several other spouses.
Trump Shouldn't Apologize if Stormy Daniels Affair True, Jerry Falwell Jr. Says
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. and Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, are at odds over whether President Donald Trump should apologize if his alleged affairs with adult movie star Stormy Daniels and other women are true.
Megachurch Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell to Surrender Monday for Allegedly Bilking Congregants of $1M, Asks for Prayers
Kirbyjon Caldwell, a prominent Texas pastor who leads one of the largest churches in America and served as a spiritual adviser to both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, asked his congregation to keep praying for him Sunday after he was indicted for defrauding a number of them of $1 million.
Jewish CNN Host Jake Tapper Rebukes Pastor Greg Locke With Scripture for Calling Stormy Daniels a 'Hooker'
Jewish CNN host Jake Tapper rebuked controversial internet preacher Greg Locke with the gospel of Luke Monday for dismissing porn star and director Stormy Daniels as a "hooker."
The More We Evolve the Less We Need God? Deepak Chopra Debates Skeptic and Loses Badly
At an Intelligence Squared debate attracting approximately 600 people at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College Tuesday night, most people were convinced by arguments that "The More We Evolve, the Less We Need God."
TD Jakes Offers Apology to Volunteer Assaulted at Potter's House Fort Worth
Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House megachurch in Dallas, Texas, offered an apology Tuesday to a 22-year-old former female volunteer who was physically assaulted and held against her will at the church's Fort Worth campus on Sunday.
Married Pastor Says Sexting Accusation Is a 'Lie'; Warns Critics 'Watch How They Treat God's Man'
Aaron L. Finley, a Texas pastor who has become the talk of the internet for allegedly sexting with a woman who is not his wife, slammed the reports as "made up...foolishness" Tuesday and warned his critics to "watch how they treat God's man."