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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Overwhelmed by Deaths From Drug Overdose, Medical Examiner Quits to Become Chaplain
After watching body after body robbed of life by drug overdose pile up on his job, Dr. Thomas Andrew retired last month as the chief medical examiner of New Hampshire to become a chaplain.
Michael Hodges, Son of Megachurch Founder, Removed as Pastor Due to Moral Failing
Michael Hodges, son of the founder and senior pastor of the nearly 40,000-member Church of the Highlands in Alabama, has been removed as pastor of the church's Greystone campus due to a moral failing.
Village Church to End Multisite Megachurch Model, All Campus Will Be Autonomous
Following in the footsteps of the formerly multi-campus Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, The Village Church in Texas, led by Pastor Matt Chandler, has announced the end of their multisite model in favor of making each campus an autonomous church by 2022.
Anti-Drug Group Calls for Stephen Paddock's Hair to Be Tested After Records Show He Was Using Anxiety Drug
The National Institute of Citizen Anti-Drug Policy is now calling for mass murderer Stephen Paddock's hair to be drug-tested after it was revealed that months before his deadly rampage in Las Vegas on Sunday he was prescribed diazepam, a generic form of valium used to treat anxiety, muscle spasms, seizures and acute alcohol withdrawal.
Christianity Is Not the Only Way to Heaven, Prominent Presbyterian Pastor Says
Leader of the second largest congregation in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Rev. Shannon Johnson Kershner has declared that Christianity is not the only way to heaven.
Pastor Jimmy Hinton Resigns From Church Protect, Organization That Fights Sexual Abuse in Churches
Pastor Jimmy Hinton of Somerset Church of Christ in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that he has officially resigned from Church Protect, an organization he founded with veteran clinical therapist Jon Uhler to help churches prevent and report sexual abuse.
President Trump Visits Pastor's Niece, Danae Gibbs, Who Was Shot During Las Vegas Massacre
Danae Gibbs, a pastor's niece who was shot along with hundreds of concertgoers in Las Vegas Sunday night, received a visit from President Donald Trump at the University Medical Center on Wednesday.
Pastor Greg Locke Calls Las Vegas Shooting 'Terrorist Event'; Investigators Look Into Whether Gunman Was 'Radicalized'
As U.S. law enforcement officials and the White House hesitated to call Sunday's mass shooting by 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock an act of domestic terrorism earlier this week, outspoken internet star and pastor Greg Locke quickly declared it an ungodly "terrorist event."
Pat Robertson Says Violence in Streets, Las Vegas Shooting Linked to 'Disrespect' for Trump, Authority
As law enforcement and family members of Stephen Paddock struggled to explain why he executed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history Sunday, CBN chairman and popular televangelist Pat Robertson has blamed the shooter's actions on "disrespect" for President Donald Trump, the national anthem, veterans, and the law in general.
Rock 'n' Roll Legend Little Richard Says He Wants to 'Be Holy Like Jesus' After Life as 'Omnisexual'
In his first interview in several years, rock 'n' roll legend Little Richard, who has described himself as both "omnisexual" and "gay" in the past, says he's dedicating his final years to living holy "like Jesus" and insisted men should live as men, and women should live as women, the way God intended.