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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Pastor Anthony Haynes gets life in prison for trafficking teenage girl after begging judge for mercy
Former leader of the Greater Life Christian Center in Toledo, Ohio, Anthony Haynes was sentenced to life in prison Thursday even though he pleaded with U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman to have mercy on him for grooming a teenage girl to have sex with him and then going on to share her with two other pastors.
Pregnant woman shot in stomach in fight charged for death of her baby; abortion advocates outraged
Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old mother who lost her unborn child after she was shot multiple times in the stomach during a fight she started in 2018, was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Wednesday, sparking national outrage among abortion advocates.
Anti-gun advocates roiled after Alabama car dealership offers free Bibles, shotguns and American flags
Anti-gun advocates are now up in arms over a small town Alabama Ford dealership’s latest promotion that offers qualified buyers a free Bible, 12-gauge shotgun as well as an American flag with the purchase of a vehicle.
Nurse calls it a ‘miracle’ after man dead for 20 minutes comes back to life with hulk-like strength
Medical staff at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan are comparing the inspiring recovery of a 20-year-old man to a miracle after he died for 20 minutes then came back to life with Hulk-like strength.
Evangelical divide explodes over migrant children after Jerry Falwell Jr. slams Russell Moore
Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has come under fire from some evangelicals, including Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. and megachurch pastor Jack Graham, for criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of detained migrant children.
With prayer and hymns Nik Wallenda, sister Lijana complete tightrope walk over Times Square
Christian high-wire artist Nik Wallenda and his sister Lijana conquered fear with faith to successfully walk about a quarter mile, 25 stories above street level in Times Square on Sunday.
Missionary accused of impersonating a doctor causing Ugandan children to die, says she’s ‘innocent’
An American missionary accused in a lawsuit of impersonating a doctor and illegally operating a medical facility in Uganda, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of children, says she is “innocent.”
Mike Pence should 'see what Jesus says about the treatment of little children,' Joe Scarborough says
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough urged Vice President Mike Pence to check his Bible to “see what Jesus says about the treatment of little children” after Pence blamed “dangerous” conditions under which migrant children are being held on Democrats in Congress.
Australian Christian Lobby donates $100K to help rugby star Israel Folau fight for religious freedom
The Australian Christian Lobby is now backing embattled rugby star Israel Folau with a $100,000 donation as well as their platform to raise money for a legal battle over his religious freedom after his contract with Rugby Australia was terminated due to his conservative Christian beliefs.
Two dead, 13 injured after church charter bus crashes on way from youth conference
A three-day national youth conference for teenagers ended with at least two people dead and 13 others injured on Sunday when a charter bus carrying a group of 15 from New Mexico crashed in Pueblo, Colorado.
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