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 Andy Savage criticized for minimizing sexual abuse of Jules Woodson as a ‘valley’
Former Highpoint Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, who leads Grace Valley Church in Collierville, Tennessee, is facing criticism for allegedly minimizing his past sexual abuse of Jules Woodson as a “valley” on his church’s website as his victim speaks out about the abuse again in a new film titled "For Our Daughters."
Second arrest of fired megachurch pastor involved intimate photos of friend’s wife
Gabriel Mills, the recently fired guest experience pastor at the Kenosha, Wisconsin, campus of the multisite Journey Church who was arrested for allegedly sending himself nude photos of a female congregant, was arrested a second time for taking intimate photos of a friend’s wife without permission in 2023.
Saddleback Church Pastor Andy Wood tells congregants to vote for the godlier candidate
Saddleback Church Lead Pastor Andy Wood urged members across the megachurch’s 15 locations in Southern California to apply their faith and conscience and vote for the candidate whose life and policies “more closely align with the Word of God” come Election Day on Nov. 5.
Alleged child sex abuse survivor of Gateway founder Robert Morris wants to ban NDAs that 'silence victims'
Cindy Clemishire, the woman who alleges she was sexually abused by Gateway Church founder Robert Morris beginning when she was 12 years old in the 1980s, has asked Texas lawmakers to ban the silencing of victims through non-disclosure agreements and extend the statute of limitations on child sex abuse in the state.
Kamala Harris hailed as ‘phenomenal servant of God’ as she speaks from Galatians 6 at NC megachurch
Vice President Kamala Harris was hailed as a “phenomenal servant of God” Sunday by Bishop Rosie O'Neal, founder and senior pastor of Koinonia Christian Center Church in Greenville, North Carolina, moments before she encouraged congregants at the megachurch not to grow weary in well-doing from Galatians 6.
Abyssinian Baptist Church congregants ask court to nullify election of new pastor
Approximately two weeks after he was installed as the new senior pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, a group of congregants at the more than 200-year-old renowned black Baptist Church have asked a judge to nullify the election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson.
Christians who don’t vote are rebelling against God, says megachurch Pastor Josh Howerton
As new research shows as many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the presidential election, Josh Howerton, senior pastor of the multi-site Lakepointe Church in Texas, has warned that Christians who choose not to vote will be in “passive rebellion” against God.
Pastor accused of fatally shooting wife’s lover offered bail after 2-year wait
More than two years after he was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his wife’s lover after discovering their affair, Matthew Dedmon, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville, Missouri, has been offered bail.
Fired megachurch pastor charged with sending nude photos of congregant arrested again
Just seconds after pleading not guilty at a preliminary hearing to two counts of capturing an intimate representation without consent, Gabriel Mills, the recently fired guest experience pastor at the Kenosha campus of the multisite Journey Church, who allegedly sent himself nude photos of a female congregant from her husband's cell phone, was arrested again for a similar crime.
More than 100M people of faith could sit out 2024 election: study
As many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the upcoming 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5 mainly due to lack of interest, research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.
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