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.
Days after MorningStar Ministries leader Chris Reed abruptly resigned Monday, citing, among other things, the sexual abuse of minors by a former volunteer and police officer, the organization's founder, Rick Joyner, blamed his departure on "the most deceptive spirit" he's ever encountered, suggesting Reed "is in a battle for his future."
As a standoff between controversial megachurch Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and Philippines police seeking to arrest him for child-sex trafficking entered its sixth day Wednesday, local officials say it will take more than 2,000 police to arrest the fugitive televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader at his 74-acre compound in Davao City where he's believed to be hiding in an underground bunker.
MorningStar Ministries leader Chris Reed resigned from all his leadership roles with the organization effective Monday, including his job as senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church in Fort Mill, South Carolina, citing, among other things, the sexual abuse of minors by a former volunteer and police officer.
After working with the embattled Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, for several years, one former employee and most of her family cannot picture themselves worshiping at a megachurch or being involved in any kind of organized religion again.
The Philippine National Police remained resolute in their mission to arrest fugitive televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy as they vowed to continue searching for him at his 74-acre compound Tuesday until they have him in custody for child abuse and human trafficking charges.
Some 5,000 employees and retirees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who filed a class-action lawsuit against the denomination in 2022 after a former church executive allegedly squandered some $90 million of their retirement savings on “foolish" and risky investments, have reached a settlement that will begin restoring some of the lost money.
After topping America’s fast-food market for nearly a decade while remaining closed on Sundays, Chick-fil-A, the Christian-owned fast-food chain known for its signature chicken sandwich, is expected to join the crowded video streaming market this year alongside familiar brands like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte criticized leaders of the Philippine National Police Monday after some 2,000 officers raided the 74-acre compound of fugitive televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy in a bid to arrest him on charges of child abuse and human trafficking, which he and his followers have denied.
Hillsong Church founders Brian and Bobbie Houston made good on an earlier announcement that they would make a comeback in 2024, unveiling their new Jesus Followers online ministry, which they say is now in "desperate" need of a television production studio.
Three weeks after the resignation of Cross Timbers Church Lead Pastor Josiah Anthony in Argyle, Texas, over sexual messaging with women and other inappropriate behavior that was followed by the resignation of Executive Pastor Byron Copeland, the church’s founding pastors Brian Hackney and his wife, Jamie, have also resigned.
