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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Bishop I.V. Hilliard Condemns 'Appalling' Arrest of Pastor's Widow at Detroit World Outreach Church
Bishop I.V. Hilliard, senior pastor of New Light Christian Center Church in Houston, Texas, and presiding prelate of the Association of Independent Ministries, has condemned the "appalling" arrest of Charisse Gibert, widow of the late Pastor Benjamin Gibert at the 5,500-member Detroit World Outreach Christian Center Church on Sunday.
Trump Cabinet Members Attend Weekly Bible Study for 'Maturity in Christ'
Capitol Ministries, a Washington D.C. based ministry seeking to "make disciples of Jesus Christ in the political arena throughout the world" seeks to help members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet and other politicians in the nation's capital become more mature Christians through weekly Bible studies.
Pastor Greg Locke Returns 'Thank You' Letters to Planned Parenthood After Donations Made in His Name
Two months after publicly expressing his outrage over thousands of donations being made in his name to abortion giant Planned Parenthood, Greg Locke, the popular lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, is fighting back.
Detroit World Outreach Pastor's Widow Arrested During Worship in Fight Over Megachurch
A dispute between the board of elders of the 5,500-member Detroit World Outreach Christian Center Church in Redford Charter Township, Michigan, and Charisse Gibert, wife of the megachurch's late Pastor, Benjamin Gibert, turned ugly Sunday morning when the one-time first lady was arrested and escorted from the building in handcuffs during worship.
Ex-Liberty Football Player Sues University for $102M After He's Expelled Over Consensual Sex
Cameron Jackson, a former Liberty University football player who said he was expelled by the school for sexual assault despite local law enforcement officials clearing his name, has filed a $102 million lawsuit against the university, five of its employees, and a former student athlete who accused him of rape.
Woman Claims Company Fired Her Because She Wasn't Christian Enough
A 52-year-old Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against a Christian third party logistics company she alleges fired her because she was not Christian enough and failed to examine her "walk with Jesus" after she was counseled about it on the job.
Benny Hinn Reveals Feds Investigating 'Certain Operations of Church' After Raid
A day after criminal investigators from the IRS and inspectors from the U.S. Postal Service executed a closely guarded raid on the offices of his ministry in Grapevine, Texas, on Wednesday, popular faith-healing televangelist Benny Hinn revealed they are looking into "certain operations of the church."
4-Y-O Girl Falls Out of Church Bus as Pastor Drives, Is Saved by Firefighter
A 4-year-old girl who fell out of a church bus onto a busy highway in Arkansas last Friday is now expected to make a full recovery from her injuries after she was rescued by a quick-thinking volunteer firefighter who was driving behind the bus as the accident unfolded.
Federal Officials Raid Benny Hinn Ministries and Won't Say Why
IRS criminal investigators and inspectors with the U.S. Postal Service executed a raid on the offices of popular miracle-working televangelist Benny Hinn in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday but it was unclear what they were searching for.
Pastor Saeed Abedini Says He Doesn't Want $200K at Center of Church Lawsuit, Blames Ex-Wife
Embattled persecuted pastor Saeed Abedini shot down claims by a California church that he demanded nearly $200,000 in donations the organization raised to purchase his family a home while he was imprisoned in Iran, arguing that his family already had a home and other property.
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