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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Robert Morris appears in court with wife for child sex abuse charges
Founder of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, Robert Morris, appeared in Osage County Court, Oklahoma, with his wife, Debbie, and his attorney, Mack Martin to answer to multiple counts of child sex abuse Friday.
Man who alleges TD Jakes sexually abused him refiles motion to dismiss pastor’s defamation lawsuit
Former-pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood has refiled a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him and 10 other unidentified individuals by Bishop T.D. Jakes, for alleging Jakes sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager some 40 years ago.
Frank Damazio, author, former megachurch pastor, dies at 75
Mannahouse Church, formerly City Bible Church in Portland, Oregon, has announced the death of its former longtime pastor and author, Frank Damazio. He was 75.
Vineyard Church pulls statement backing pastor who claims he visits Hell with Jesus every Easter
Days after publicly defending his longtime friend and prophetic ministry pastor, Micah Turnbo, from allegations of being a false prophet, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church Northwest in Cincinnati, Ohio, Luke Haselmayer, has withdrawn his comments from social media.
Vineyard Church pastor defends 'prophet' who claims to travel to Hell with God ‘every Easter’
Luke Haselmayer, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church Northwest in Cincinnati, Ohio, defended his prophetic ministry pastor, Micah Turnbo, on Monday after he was recently dismissed as a false prophet by Mike Winger of the BibleThinker online ministry.
Pastor John Gray apologizes for ‘failures,’ reveals healing in marriage with wife Aventer
Megachurch Pastor John Gray has publicly apologized to his wife, Aventer, and thousands of followers for inappropriate relationships that almost ended his marriage and ministry and blamed his actions on sexual repression and childhood sexual abuse manipulated by demonic forces.
More churches embrace AI in ministry but pastors leave sermons to Holy Spirit: Study
More churches across the U.S. are embracing the use of Artificial Intelligence in their ministries, but pastors have stopped short of using the technology to prepare their sermons, data from the State of the Church Tech 2025 report shows.
New River Pastor William Schonemann found dead in bed with hands pinned to wall, sources say
The death of beloved Pastor William Schonemann of New River Bible Chapel in Arizona has been ruled a homicide as sources reveal disturbing details about what police found when his body was discovered inside his home on Monday.
Mother’s Day will be boon for church attendance, retailers expecting $34.1B in spending
Come May 11, as the nation celebrates Mother’s Day, most pastors say it will be one of their biggest church attendance days of the year while retailers expect spending to honor mothers will jump from $33.5 billion last year to $34.1 billion this year.
Man convicted of murdering pastor in road rage incident prays for healing and forgiveness
Deshawn Longmire, a 26-year-old man who was charged with fatally shooting beloved Texas Pastor, the Rev. Ronald K. Mouton during a 10-second road rage argument in 2022, prayed for healing and forgiveness from the pastor’s family after he was found guilty Thursday.
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