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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Jimmy Evans leaving XO Marriage amid Daystar TV imbroglio
Thirty years after founding XO Marriage to help couples build healthy and sustainable unions, former Gateway Church lead apostolic senior pastor Jimmy Evans is stepping away from the ministry to focus full-time on his endtimes.com Tipping Point Ministries.
Officer killed outside Church of the Highlands during fast
Lieutenant Mark Alan Meadows, a beloved police officer in Irondale, Alabama, died tragically on Monday after he was struck by a motorist while directing traffic during Church of the Highlands’ fasting event called “21 Days of Prayer.” He was 60.
Todd Bentley claims souls of suicide victims are ‘most tormented in Hell’ after near-death experience
Weeks after surviving a near-death experience in which he was comatose for 10 hours, Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley says he traveled in the spirit to the gate of Hell during the ordeal and saw people who had died prematurely including suicide victims, and their souls were the most tormented in Hell.
Lifetime registered sex offender once on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ leads church in Texas
Chuck Adair, a lifetime registered sex offender who was once listed on “America’s Most Wanted” for running off with an underage parishioner, is now a ministry leader at Grace Place Church of Christ in Duncanville, Texas, and a part-time staffer with Watermark Community Church in Dallas.
Pastor questioned, congregants searched as Miami police interrupt service in search of children
Pastor E.J. Newton of 433 Church in Miami, Florida, says he was questioned and his congregants searched after officers from the Miami Police Department forced an abrupt end to his sermon over a child custody dispute between him and his ex-wife Marissa Pardun.
Louisiana AG offers prayers after prosecutor investigating sex crimes found dead in apparent suicide
Louisana Attorney General Liz Murrill has offered her prayers and support to the family of New Orleans Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting who was found dead at work from an apparent suicide, according to local police.
Australian MP slams charity watchdog's handling of Hillsong's compliance failures
A member of the Australian Parliament has dismissed the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission as a "toothless tiger" for accepting a remedial plan from Hillsong College after an investigation found it failed to meet several compliance standards.
Former Getwell Church youth pastor charged with having sex with girl, faces 30 years for abuse of minor
Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister with Getwell Church in Hernando, Mississippi, is now facing 30 years in prison after she was charged with having sex with an underage girl under her guardianship.
Surgeon General calls for cancer warning on alcoholic drinks
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include the risk of cancer citing data showing alcohol consumption leading to 20,000 cancer deaths annually and the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States.
Vineyard Church facing 9 civil lawsuits after Jackson Gatlin plea deal for abusing minors
The Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, and its parent organization, Vineyard USA, have been named in nine civil lawsuits alongside Jackson Gatlin, a former young adult and online community pastor at The Vineyard Church who accepted a plea deal in November for criminal sexual conduct with a child.
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