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 Greg Locke: Joel Osteen Was 'Shamed' Into Opening Lakewood Church for Harvey Victims
Popular internet preacher and leader of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, Greg Locke, insisted Tuesday that Pastor Joel Osteen was "shamed" into opening up the doors of his Houston megachurch to victims of Tropical Storm Harvey.
'Our Worst Fears Have Been Realized;' Police Find Bodies of 6 Family Members Who Drowned in Harvey
Texas police confirmed Wednesday that they have found the bodies of six family members who drowned after a van they were travelling in plunged into a bayou as they desperately tried to escape flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston Sunday.
Elderly Couple Held Hands, 4 Great Grandkids Screamed as They Drowned in Harvey Floodwaters
The family of an elderly couple who drowned with their four great-grandchildren in raging floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, revealed they died holding hands as the children screamed for help trapped inside a sinking van Sunday.
70-Y-O Widow Found Dead in 'Hideous' Murder Inside Church Late Husband Founded
A Kentucky church is now reeling in shock after Ruthie Carolyn New, also identified as Carolyn Elliott New, the 70-year-old widow of their late founding pastor, J.S. New, was found murdered in the fellowship hall of the church last Thursday.
Harvey Floodwaters Could Unleash 350 Alligators From Texas Tourist Attraction
Gary Saurage, founder of Gator Country, a sanctuary for nuisance alligators and other reptiles in Beaumont, Texas, believes some 350 alligators housed on the property could escape in floodwaters as the National Weather Service forecast up to an additional 12 inches of rain from Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday.
Family of 6 Drowns Inside Van While Trying to Escape Harvey; Officials Fear More Dead
A desperate escape plan turned into a tragic horror story for six family members in Houston, Texas, Sunday after they were swept away then submerged in raging floodwaters from tropical storm Harvey while still trapped inside a van in which they were trying to find safety.
Christian Man Allegedly Shoots Mother-in-Law, Tries Killing Wife Inside Christian Bookstore
A Christian man allegedly shot his mother-in-law in an attempt to kill her and his estranged wife inside the beloved Father Son Holy Spirit Christian bookstore where his mother-in-law prayed for people daily in the small rural city of Chester, South Carolina, police say.
Pastor Trapped in Houston Describes 'Traumatic' Flood as Experts Say It Could Make Natural Disaster History
A Kentucky pastor who got trapped by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, after traveling there with his wife so she could get surgery last Friday described "traumatic" flooding in the city as the now tropical cyclone continues pounding the area, threatening to make natural disaster history.
Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan Declares Jesus Is His Redeemer, Says Devil Can't Have Him
Reflecting on his inevitable physical death, leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, 84, declared in a controversial video recording Tuesday that Jesus will save him from the grip of death despite his organization's creed that there is only "One God whose proper Name is Allah."
New York Mayor Could Remove Christopher Columbus Statue in Review of 'Symbols of Hate'
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said a more than 100-year-old statue of Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus by sculptor Gaetano Russo could be removed from the middle of Columbus Circle in Manhattan in a review of "symbols of hate."
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