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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Roe v. Wade should be overturned because it's a ‘scientific and logical disaster,’ UNC prof. says
In a sometimes testy debate with controversial Christian abortionist Dr. Willie Parker on whether abortion as a reproductive right is a moral wrong, conservative University of North Carolina Prof. Mike Adams says he believes the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision that made abortion legal deserves to be overturned because it is a “scientific and logical disaster.”
Couple sues Planned Parenthood because abortion pill did not kill son
A cash-strapped couple from Idaho, who traveled 700 miles to acquire the services of a Planned Parenthood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is now suing the abortion giant for $765,000 and other damages because the abortion pill did not kill their son.
Children’s pastor, decorated detective, commits suicide after child porn found on church computer
A Florida police detective and children's minister committed suicide after being investigated for having child pornography.
Jesus was a 'sorcerer,' Bible a 'book of magic,' say Christian witches ahead of first annual convention
The first annual Christian witches convention is set to be hosted in Salem, Massachusetts, this April and will feature internationally recognized Prophet Calvin Witcher who agrees with the convention’s host that Jesus was a sorcerer and the Bible is really a “book of magic.”
Former Harvest Bible Chapel worship leader says James MacDonald touched her inappropriately
James MacDonald, who was recently fired as senior pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel, is now facing an allegation of sexual misconduct by the church's former worship leader.
Gospel star Le’Andria Johnson reveals ‘drinking problem’ that landed her in jail for 30 days
Months after she was axed from the Essence Festival in New Orleans for an expletive-laced critique of the Church and Bishop Marvin Winans, gospel star Le'Andria Johnson revealed that she has been struggling for a long time with a “drinking problem” that was only curbed after a recent 30-day stay in jail and current surveillance through an ankle-monitor.
SBC head suggests expelling churches, creating registry to address sex abuse
A week after an investigation highlighted more than 700 victims of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of hundreds of Southern Baptist Convention leaders and volunteers, the organization’s president, J.D. Greear, suggested the possibility of expelling churches and creating a registry of offenders.
Harvest Bible Chapel promises leadership purge after James MacDonald’s firing
Just days after announcing the firing of founding pastor James MacDonald last Wednesday, the multi-campus Harvest Bible Chapel in greater Chicago said it will also be purging the church's executive leadership in the coming months.
Kentucky Senate passes bill banning abortion when baby's heartbeat first detected
A bill that would ban abortion in Kentucky once a baby's heartbeat can be detected was passed by state senators Thursday.
Beloved pastor, father of five, suffers fatal heart attack after communion service
The Rev. Charles M. Franklin Jr., a beloved father of five and pastor of Ray of Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack shortly after a communion service.
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