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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Gateway Church Pastor Robert Morris Blames America's Racism on 'Ignorant White People'
Robert Morris, founding pastor of the 36,000-member Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, has blamed America's ongoing racism problem on "ignorant" white Christians and the church for not taking a stand against it by learning more about the problem, which the Bible calls evil.
Pastor Returns Gravestone of Boy Who Died From Cancer After Removing It Over Parents' Unpaid Bill
A North Carolina pastor whose company ripped out the gravestone of a 5-year-old boy who died from cancer because his parents allegedly didn't complete the payments for the item has now had a change of heart after public outcry.
'I Feel Safer as a Citizen' Because Donald Trump Is President, Pastor David Jeremiah Says
Megachurch pastor David Jeremiah, who leads the Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, says now that Donald Trump is president, he feels a "greater sense of security" as an American citizen.
Trump Denies Telling Soldier's Grieving Widow 'He Knew What He Signed Up For'
President Donald Trump denied claims Wednesday morning that that he told Myeshia Johnson, the grieving widow of Sgt. La David Johnson who was among four U.S. soldiers killed by enemy fire during an October 4 ambush in Niger that he "knew what he was signing up for."
Years After Mother's Suicide, Christian Rapper NF's 'Perception' Becomes No. 1 Album in America
On Oct. 6, the day Nathan Feuerstein, a rising Christian rap artist from Michigan popularly known as "NF," released his third full-length studio album, Perception, he told his fans that he felt like it was "the beginning of something important."
33-Y-O Father of 9 Fatally Stabbed at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Wife Charged With Murder
A 33-year-old father of nine was fatally stabbed to death at his teenage son's bedside at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last Friday and police have charged his wife with the murder.
Megachurch Pastor Frederick D Haynes III Slams Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones for 'Plantation Politics'
Megachurch pastor and social activist Frederick D. Haynes III of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas has accused Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones of playing "plantation politics" for threatening to bench any member of his NFL team who kneels during the singing of the national anthem.
Pastor Mark Burns Says He Will 'Pray' About Challenging Lindsey Graham for Senate Seat
One of President Donald Trump's biggest evangelical supporters, Pastor Mark Burns who leads the Harvest Praise and Worship Center in Easley, South Carolina, says he mulling the prospect of challenging Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham for his seat in Washington when he's up for election in 2020.
3-Y-O Christian Girl Who Loved to Pray Drowns in Grease Pit at Ice Cream Shop
Sadie Grace Andrews, a 3-year-old Christian girl who loved to pray and regularly attended the popular Church of the Highlands with her family, tragically drowned Saturday after she fell into a grease pit while playing at a local ice cream shop in Alabama.
Beloved Baltimore Preacher Barry K Hargrove Suffers Fatal Heart Attack
Friends and family of Barry K. Hargrove, a beloved Baltimore preacher and social justice champion, are now mourning his death and getting ready to celebrate his life after he died last Friday of a heart attack. He was 51.