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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Emanuel AME Church under investigation after alleged mishandling of donations for massacre victims
The finances of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine members were gunned down by an avowed white racist during a Bible study in June 2015, are being investigated by state authorities over the alleged mishandling of millions in donations following the tragedy.
9 members of Mormon family, including 6 children, executed in Mexico
Six children and three women are reportedly dead after a prominent Mormon family of dual Mexican and American citizens were shot and torched in a brazen attack in Mexico by gangsters whom President Donald Trump called “monsters” on Tuesday.
After rape allegation, House of Hope megachurch enforced agreement to silence media personality
Popular online media personality and former pastor Larry Reid says the House of Hope Atlanta took legal action that silenced him for weeks after he interviewed a woman who claims she was threatened for reporting a rape that church officials allegedly have been trying to cover up for the last four years.
Former pastor Joshua Harris says he 'excommunicated' himself after renouncing faith
In his first interview since he announced he was renouncing his faith and ending his marriage, Joshua Harris, who authored the Christian cult classic I Kissed Dating Goodbye, admitted he excommunicated people from the church and eventually excommunicated himself.
Paula White says Trump wanted to build ‘Crystal Cathedral for God’ with her in charge
A day after the White House confirmed televangelist Paula White would be joining the administration last Thursday, President Donald Trump’s personal pastor says he wanted to build her a megachurch similar to the Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles where she would be in charge.
Full Gospel Baptist founder Bishop Paul S. Morton warns Dems Christians won’t back gay candidate
In a blunt warning to Democrats pushing openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as a viable nominee, Bishop Paul S. Morton, founder of Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, said Bible-based Christians will not support “a man with his husband” by his side for president of the United States.
Over 87K sign petition seeking release of American pastor detained in India
Over 87,000 people have signed a petition calling on authorities in India to release a beloved Tennessee pastor who was arrested as a result of his Christian faith, according to the American Center for Law and Justice.
Co-founder, CEO of Christian group killed in South Africa; police open investigation
Miranda Harris, co-founder of international Christian conservation organization A Rocha, was killed in a crash in South Africa Monday along with the organization’s CEO, Chris Naylor, and his wife, Susanna.
Televangelist Paula White joins White House staff as critics protest
Two weeks after publicly recalling how God chose her to “shake nations” and disciple President Trump, televangelist Paula White is now officially a staff member at the White House.
Scripture Candy gives hope to Christians on Halloween while struggling with Trump’s trade war
A company called Scripture Candy based in Alabama is offering blessed candy wrapped in bits of Scripture and inspirational messages to share with those who come to your door for Halloween.
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