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 Says Christian Parents Can Guarantee Their Children Will Go to Heaven; Expert Disagrees
In his new book, How to Guarantee Your Children Will Go to Heaven, youth pastor and Christian comedian the Rev. Jamar Haynes Lee says he was given a message by God to show Christians how they can guarantee their children make it to heaven.
Pastor Greg Locke Reportedly Separates From Wife, Reveals He Struggles With Depression, Anxiety
Popular and outspoken internet preacher and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee Greg Locke has allegedly separated from his wife over mental illness and is reportedly courting another woman.
Christian Publisher Cancels Marriage Book by Pastor Andy Savage After He Admits to Sexually Assaulting Teen
Christian publishing company Bethany House said it canceled the July publication of megachurch pastor Andy Savage's book The Ridiculously Good Marriage after he confessed to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl while he was her youth pastor some 20 years ago.
Pastor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sex With Teenager; Judge Denies Probation
A repentant Alabama pastor who confessed to luring a 15-year-old member of his church into sexual acts with the promise of teaching her how to play the piano was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.
Memphis Megachurch Pastor Andy Savage Admits to Sexually Assaulting Teen in Past, Says He Repented Immediately
Andy Savage, teaching pastor at the popular Highpoint Church Memphis in Tennessee, admitted Friday that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl while he was her youth pastor 20 years ago but he repented immediately.
Christmas Ad for DNA Testing Company Satirizes Paternity of Jesus
Ohio DNA testing company Home Paternity launched its first ever advertising campaign last month wrapped in a story satirizing the paternity of Jesus. But not everyone thinks it's funny.
Paula White Urges Followers to Sow 'First Fruits' Offering of Up to 1 Month's Pay
Popular televangelist Paula White is urging her followers to donate a "first fruits" offering of up to their entire salary for the month of January to enjoy "blessings" for the rest of the year or suffer the "consequences" of failing to follow God's command.
36-Y-O Pastor, Father of 7 Battles Brain Cancer as His Wife Faces Losing a Second Husband
When Pastor Joel Royce, 36, of First Baptist Church of Castle Rock in Washington met his wife, Leslie, years ago, he was a troubled Christian who had lost his way and she was a newly widowed mother of two small children.
Ex-Congresswoman Corinne Brown Fights Conviction Because 'Holy Spirit' Told Dismissed Juror She Was Not Guilty
Former Florida congresswoman Corrine Brown, who was sentenced last month to five years in prison for her role in a $800,000 charity scam, is now asking a federal appeals court to keep her from spending time behind bars because the judge who presided over her case improperly dismissed a juror who said the "Holy Spirit" told him she was not guilty.
Paula White Says President Trump Is 'Great Mentally' as Lawmakers Mull 25th Amendment
President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser, televangelist Paula White defended him as being in "phenomenal" mental and physical health Wednesday after CNN's Brian Stelter raised questions about his "mental health and fitness" Tuesday night.
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