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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Southern Baptist Convention Offers to Cover Funeral Expenses for All 26 Church Shooting Victims
The North American Mission Board, the domestic missions agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, has offered to cover the funeral expenses for the families of the 26 people killed inside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, at the hands of Devin Kelley on Sunday.
Physicist Stephen Hawking Warns Against Dangers of AI as Saudi Arabia Gives Citizenship to Robot
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking warned against the dangers of artificial intelligence Monday as Saudi Arabia recently announced that it had become the first country to grant citizenship to a humanoid robot named Sophia.
Pregnant Mom Killed With 3 of 5 Children and Extended Family in Texas Church Massacre
A pregnant mother and three of her five young children along with several other members of her extended family were among the 26 people murdered inside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday.
Is the Left Eating Itself on College Campuses?
For some left-wing advocates, the answer is a clear "yes" or "no," for others, however, deciding whether or not the Left is eating itself is a bit more complicated when it comes to assessing restrictions on free speech on college campuses today.
5-Y-O Boy Survives After Being Shot 5 Times in Texas Church Massacre, Mother and 2 Sisters Die
A 5-year-old boy who lost his mother and two of his sisters in the massacre at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 people dead and 20 others injured, is fighting to stay alive after he was found among the pews suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Sunday.
72-Y-O Pastor, Charged With Abusing Underage Girls After Luring Them With Candy, Attempts Suicide
A longtime Indiana pastor arrested last month on charges of sexually molesting several underage girls after luring them to his office with candy tried to commit suicide on Friday.
Texas Gunman Devin Kelley Was Atheist Who Taught Vacation Bible School
Devin Kelley, the 26-year-old suspect in the mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs that left at least 26 people dead and another 20 injured, was an avowed atheist who once taught Vacation Bible School.
Controversial Spiked Editor Brendan O'Neill Says Nazis Deserve Free Speech, Draws Applause at NYU
Once branded the most hated man on university campuses in the U.K., Brendan O'Neill, a controversial free speech advocate and editor for the libertarian British online magazine Spiked, drew applause from an audience at the New York University Law School in lower Manhattan Thursday when he explained why Nazis should be allowed to have free speech.
Tennessee Church Shooter Emanuel Kidega Samson Is Going to Be a Father, Hopes to Get Out of Jail
Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, the amateur bodybuilder and former member of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, who fatally shot a beloved mother and wounded six others at his old church last month is about to be a father and hopes to get out of jail soon.
FBI Nabs Second Man Connected to NYC Terror Attack as Sayfullo Saipov Is Arraigned
A second man wanted in connection with the deadly terror attack in New York City that left eight people dead and at least 11 others injured Tuesday, was located by federal authorities Wednesday as Sayfullo Saipov, the main suspect in the attack, faced the court.