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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Ark. church coronavirus infections rise to 37 as it grieves death of beloved greeter
Greers Ferry First Assembly in Cleburne County, Arkansas, is now mourning their beloved long time greeter who passed away Tuesday from the new coronavirus as the number of infected persons connected to the church rose to 37 Wednesday, their pastor said.
President Trump hopes America can get back to ‘packed churches’ by Easter Sunday
President Trump isn’t sure if he’ll meet the deadline but he’s hoping America can open for business as usual and get back to having “pack churches” again by Easter Sunday.
TD Jakes says churches ‘across the board’ struggling to ‘maintain financial impact’ amid pandemic
Prominent megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes says churches “across the board” are being impacted financially by the coronavirus pandemic as other evangelical leaders such as fellow televangelist Paula White-Cain urges Christians to remember their covenant to support the church.
Greeter is first coronavirus death at Ark. church where 34 infected
William “Bill” Barton, a greeter at Greers Ferry First Assembly in Cleburne County, Arkansas, where at least 34 people have been struck by the new coronavirus became first of the infected to die Tuesday. He was 91.
Liberty University says thousands of residential students can now return to campus
Liberty University announced Monday that they had begun allowing thousands of residential students to return to campus as Gov. Ralph Northam announced statewide closures of some non-essential businesses and K-12 schools to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus strikes pastor, wife and over 30 others at Ark. church
An Arkansas pastor who was recently struck with the deadly coronavirus along with his wife, Dena, and more than 30 others connected to his church is now warning others not to underestimate how dangerous the virus is and treat it with “wisdom and restraint.”
Seniors left to die at retirement homes amid coronavirus outbreak, Spain’s defense minister reveals
Several patients at senior homes in Spain have been found dead after being abandoned by staff during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the country’s defense minister revealed, and prosecutors are now promising to prosecute those responsible.
Rationing healthcare based on age or disability violates federal law, legal scholars warn
A group of high-profile legal scholars warned Monday that rationing healthcare based on age or disability is a violation of federal law as an increasing number of health systems across the country begin considering the concept amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Homeowners arrested in New Jersey after neighbors report wedding gatherings
Two homeowners were arrested in Lakewood, New Jersey, for hosting large wedding parties amid the coronavirus outbreak last week after concerned neighbors reported them to authorities.
Beloved ORU grounds manager, Pentecostal minister is first coronavirus death in Oklahoma
The Rev. Merle Dry, a beloved grounds manager at Oral Roberts University and Pentecostal minister, became the first casualty of the deadly coronavirus in Oklahoma last Wednesday. He was 55.
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