Leonardo Blair
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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Georgia Megachurch Denies Eddie Long's Successor, Bishop Stephen Davis, Has Resigned
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, shot down online rumors Monday that Bishop Stephen A. Davis, the church's senior pastor and successor to the late Bishop Eddie Long, had resigned after just a year on the job.
Doug Sager, Pastor Who Led Knoxville Megachurch, Dies After Experiencing Heart Trouble
Doug Sager, a beloved pastor who led the multi-campus First Baptist Concord church in Knoxville, Tennessee, for 20 years until his retirement in 2013, has died. He was 78.
Church Worship Leader Jordan Baird Sentenced to 8 Months for Sexual Abuse of Minor, Victim Forgives Him
Approximately one month after he was convicted and jurors recommended he spend five months in prison for five counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor, Jordan Baird, a Christian pop singer and the son of Senior Pastors David and Jo Ann Baird of The Life Church in Virginia, was sentenced to eight months in jail Wednesday.
'Hero' Dog Takes 3 Bullets While Defending Life of 16-Y-O Owner During Home Invasion and Survives
A 2-year-old German Shepherd named Rex that took three bullets and a battering while defending the life of its 16-year-old owner during a home invasion in Renton, Washington, is now being hailed a hero as thousands in donations pour in to help with the dog's recovery.
Paula White to Join David Taylor, Vicki Yohe at Massive Cancer-Healing Crusade
President Donald Trump's spiritual adviser and televangelist Paula White is set to join gospel singer Vicki Yohe and controversial Pastor David E. Taylor of Joshua Media Ministries International at a cancer-busting miracle crusade this summer that organizers promise will be "huge."
Televangelist Benny Hinn Admits Going Too Far With Prosperity Gospel in Wake of Billy Graham's Death
In the wake of the death of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, controversial faith-healing televangelist Benny Hinn, who has often been criticized for his endorsement of the prosperity gospel, said in a stunning confession Wednesday that sometimes he has taken the erroneous gospel too far.
Rachel Laser, Fmr. Planned Parenthood Lawyer, to Lead Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Rachel Laser, an attorney who worked for Planned Parenthood and is known for advocating for abortion, LGBT issues and fighting against racial discrimination, has been named as the first non-Christian to lead Americans United for Separation of Church and State in the 71-year history of the organization.
Army Awards Medals for Heroism to 3 Students Killed in Florida High School Massacre
The U.S. Army has awarded medals to three Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets who were among 17 persons fatally gunned down in a bloody massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Ash Wednesday.
Woman Who Killed Self, Entire Family Was Shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses for Sending Kids to College
A Michigan woman who fatally shot her husband, their two adult children, then turned the gun on herself in their home on Friday was driven to the point of no-return because she was shunned by her local Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall after she decided she wanted her children to attend college, her friend says.
Christian Radio Host on School Shootings: We Need More God, Guns on Campus
As America continues to reel from the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, American Family Radio host Bryan Fischer has blamed the ongoing culture of school shootings on not having enough prayer and guns on school campuses.