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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Mark Driscoll draws ire of pro-life leader for rebuking stay-at-home dads as unbiblical
The outspoken senior pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mark Driscoll, has drawn the ire of pro-life activist and Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins for calling Christian stay-at-home dads "worse than a non-Christian."
Francis Chan reveals why he left his megachurch for house church movement
Former megachurch pastor Francis Chan, who founded the We Are Church house church network in 2011, says he stepped away from the megachurch model of worship due to a confluence of reasons.
Pastor Jamal Bryant calls for electronic protest of Dollar General amid Target boycott
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant has called for an electronic protest of the popular discount chain Dollar General starting immediately amid an ongoing boycott of retail giant Target for scaling back diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
TD Jakes stands by defamation lawsuit against man accusing him of sexual abuse
With the help of his high-profile attorney, Dustin Pusch, founder of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, Bishop T.D. Jakes insisted Tuesday that former-pastor-turned-registered sex offender Duane Youngblood fabricated a claim that Jakes sexually assaulted him when he was a teenager some 40 years ago.
TD Jakes warns college graduates about AI, saying it’s impossible to prepare for 'what’s next'
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently warned graduates at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, that nothing will prepare them for the impact of artificial intelligence on society, and the only thing that can be sure of is God.
Pastor Jamal Bryant protests Target’s DEI rollback on anniversary of George Floyd’s death
Megachurch Pastor Jamal Bryant led a prayerful protest outside a Target store in Conyers, Georgia, on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's killing by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while pushing a national boycott of the retail chain over its decision to scale back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Church pulls endorsement of Christian YouTuber Kris Williams over alleged online adultery
Heritage Grace Community Church in Frisco, Texas, has announced that Christian YouTuber and church member Kris Williams, aka Kris Kdub of "All Things Theology," no longer has their endorsement due to an alleged ongoing engagement in an adulterous online relationship, which has caused him to seek a divorce from his wife.
Gateway Church announces Lifepoint Church founder Daniel Floyd as new senior pastor
Gateway Church announced Sunday that Pastor Daniel Floyd, founder of the multi-campus Lifepoint Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has been selected as the new senior pastor of the embattled megachurch based in Southlake, Texas.
Though it’s forbidden, more than a quarter of Christians believe in astrology: study
Though consulting astrology or horoscopes is forbidden in Scripture, more than a quarter of Christians say they believe the stars and planets have some impact on human destiny, according to a Pew Research Center study.
Pastor John Gray hails benefits of therapy but most pastors don’t seek professional mental help
For embattled megachurch pastor John Gray and his wife, Aventer, it was God and therapy that helped save their marriage after a series of inappropriate relationships. But unlike Gray, Barna Group data shows that most never seek professional help.
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