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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Father Gunned Down on Steps of Chicago Church During Service; Young Sons Witnessed Horror
Members of Friendship Baptist Church of Chicago were in the middle of a hymn when they heard gunshots and the three frantic sons of 34-year-old usher Emmanuel Fleming burst through the church's large wooden doors. Their father, however, did not make it. Gunmen shot him and a visitor dead on the steps of the church on Sunday morning.
Franklin Graham Defends Trump, Blames Satan for Charlottesville Unrest
The president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, Franklin Graham, defended President Donald Trump from critics saddling him with blame for the deadly clash that erupted at a white nationalist protest event in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend and blamed "Satan" for being "behind it all."
Pastor Accused of Sexual Assault Says Hand Slipped in Oil While Anointing Young Woman at Her Home
Mitch Olson, senior pastor at Grace Ministry Center in Michigan who has been accused of sexually assaulting a former parishioner during an unorthodox anointing session to cleanse her of sexual sins, says his hand might've accidentally slipped into her pants during the deliverance session.
Hillary Clinton's Pastor Compares Her Defeat by Trump to Death of Christ, Says She Now Wants to Preach
After Hillary Clinton suffered a devastating loss in the 2016 presidential race to Donald Trump, her longtime pastor — who compared her loss to the death of Christ — says she now has her eyes set on a higher calling. She wants to be a preacher and he thinks she'll be great at it.
12-Y-O Boy Allegedly Told to 'Turn the Other Cheek' After Reporting Rape at Elite Christian School
Brentwood Academy, an elite private Christian school in Tennessee where annual tuition is nearly $25,000 is now facing a $30 million lawsuit alleging that school officials failed to report the repeated rape of a 12-year-old boy by older male students. Headmaster Curtis G. Masters is also accused of telling the victim to "turn the other cheek" when he reported the abuse.
Perry Noble Registered New Church Week Before NewSpring Leaders Called Him Biblically Unfit to Be Pastor
Exactly one week after Perry Noble filed paperwork with the South Carolina Secretary of State to register a new spiritual venture called the Second Chance Church last month, former colleagues of the ousted NewSpring Church founder declared him biblically unfit to be a pastor.
Pastor's Wife Allegedly Stole $1.4 Million From Clinic, Community Member Says She Needs 'Prayer'
Susan Combs Pratt, wife of Senior Pastor Weston Pratt of Living Waters Full Gospel Church was indicted last week for embezzling $1.4 million from Mercy Clinic in Jackson, Kentucky, where she worked as a registered nurse and office manager.
Mormon Church Excommunicates Top Leader James J Hamula
In a rare disciplinary move, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that they have excommunicated James J. Hamula as a General Authority Seventy.
With Blessing From TD Jakes, Chris Hill Says He's Ready for Ministry 3 Months After Affair Scandal
Three months after resigning as senior pastor of The Potter's House Church of Denver over an alleged affair with a married parishioner, Pastor Chris Hill says he is ready to come back following counseling and a public show of repentance Sunday. His mentor, Bishop T. D. Jakes of Potter's House of Dallas, laid hands on him and declared restoration.
Pastor Defends Use of Explicit Jay-Z Song in Service, Says He Curses in Prayer Sometimes Too
The Rev. Marcus Murchinson of Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California, is unapologetic. There is nothing wrong with a few expletives in church, he says, because he knows God can handle it. And he is standing his ground even though he's been getting death threats for his belief.
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