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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3 more missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released; prayers urged for release of remaining 12
Three more of the 17 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries kidnapped in Haiti on Oct. 16 were released Sunday night, the Ohio-based international aid ministry announced Monday as it urges continued prayers for 12 colleagues still held captive by the notorious 400 Mawozo gang.
Parents of Oxford shooting suspect charged with involuntary manslaughter
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the 15-year-old Oxford High School shooting suspect in Michigan, were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald on Friday for their alleged role in the tragedy that left four students dead and several others injured. The couple hasn't been located and they're being sought by authorities as fugitives.
Money found in Lakewood Church wall may be connected to 2014 theft, police say
Houston police have confirmed that evidence from checks found inside a wall at Lakewood Church last month suggests they are connected to the March 2014 theft from the Joel Osteen-led megachurch.
‘Happily married’ music minister fatally shoots wife, adult son and daughter
William Conway Broyles, the “happily married” longtime music director of Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Florida, stunned his neighbors and church when he confessed to fatally shooting his wife, daughter and one of his two adult sons in their home Wednesday morning, but told police he was “too scared” to kill himself.
Ex-con with history of sexual assault arrested for murder of woman inside church bathroom
Manzie Smith Jr., a 62-year-old ex-convict with a lengthy rap sheet has been arrested and charged with the murder of 69-year-old retiree Evelyn Player, who was found stabbed to death two weeks ago inside a bathroom at the Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, Maryland.
Parents of Oxford shooting suspect met with school about concerning behavior hours before massacre
Hours before the 15-year-old Oxford High School shooting suspect went on a deadly rampage at the Michigan school on Tuesday, his parents met with school officials about “concerning” behavior in class, according to investigators.
15-year-old Oxford High School student charged as adult in shooting that left 4 dead, 7 injured
A 15-year-old suspect in the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan that left four students dead and seven others injured was charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder and other charges, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Wednesday.
Thousands call for Oxford High stadium to be renamed after hero student who tried to disarm shooter
More than 66,000 people have backed an online petition calling for the Wildcat Stadium of Oxford High School in Michigan to be renamed after standout football player Tate Myre, who died along with three others after reportedly attempting to disarm the 15-year-old sophomore who went on a shooting rampage at the school Tuesday.
Community turns to prayer after shooting rampage leaves 4 dead, 7 injured at Oxford High School
Scores of students and adults in Oxford, Michigan, sought solace in three separate prayer meetings Tuesday night hours after a 15-year-old sophomore shattered the peace of their community when he went on a shooting rampage at Oxford High School killing four students and injuring seven others.
Most Catholics, mainline Protestants say faith in God not required to enter Heaven: study
The majority of Catholic and mainline Christians say that people who don’t believe in God can go to Heaven, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. The study was released three years after Pope Francis sparked a firestorm of religious debate by telling a young boy that his deceased atheist father might still end up in Heaven.
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