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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Roscoe D Cooper III, Popular Baptist 'Minister of the Year' Arrested for DUI
Weeks after reminding his followers that flawed people are still good, Dr. Roscoe D. Cooper, III, a popular third generation pastor and vice chair of the Henrico County School Board in Virginia, was arrested for driving under the influence in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
11 'Mostly Children and Elderly' Killed, 18 Injured in Bloody Massacre at Nigerian Church
In an attack Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned as "unspeakable sacrilege," an early morning mass at St. Philip's Catholic Church in Ozubulu was turned into a bloody massacre on Sunday as gunmen entered the church and fatally shot at least 11 people and injured 18 others.
Pastor, Wife Allowed Son to Start Identifying as Girl Because He Liked 'All Things Girly'
A New Jersey pastor and his wife who allowed their now 10-year-old son to start identifying as a girl say they made the decision to let him live as he liked because he gravitated to "all things girly" as a child and was so unhappy with his life as a boy he tried to kill himself.
Lebanese Are Descendants of Immoral, Idolatrous Canaanites God Wanted Destroyed, Study Suggests
While uncertainties endure about the fate of the idolatrous and immoral people of Canaan God commanded to be destroyed in the Bible, a new study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics Thursday suggests many survived and their descendants are living in present-day Lebanon.
Pregnant Christian Woman, 3 Sons Killed in Crash on Way to Vacation Bible School
A devout pregnant Christian woman who was driving her three young sons to Vacation Bible School in Beecher, Illinois, was instantly killed with one of her boys in a two vehicle crash Monday. A day later, another of her sons doctors tried desperately to save died. Then on Thursday, after many prayers, her oldest son passed too.
US, Brazil Officials Investigate Word of Faith Church Accused of Using Students, Tourists 'Like Slaves'
Officials in Brazil and the U.S. announced Wednesday that they are investigating the controversial evangelical Word of Faith Fellowship Church in Spindale, North Carolina, after the sect was accused of enticing young members of the Brazilian branch of their church to come to America on tourist and student visas, then coercing them to illegally work "like slaves" with little or no pay.
Cancer-Causing Agents Detected in Tap Water Nationwid, Report Claims
Scores of potentially harmful chemicals that could lead to cancer, brain and nervous system damage, developmental harm to children, fertility problems and hormonal disruption have been detected in public water systems nationwide, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.
Single Christian Women Finding Solace in New Meditation App 'Abide'
It happened in the last three months or so. Neil Ahlsten didn't even know it was a "thing." Single Christian women having a hard time dealing with their status have been flocking to his new meditation app called Abide to find solace.
Justin Bieber Denies Canceling 'Purpose World Tour' for Jesus
Pop singer Justin Bieber has denied viral reports blaming the abrupt cancellation of his Purpose World Tour this week on a revival of his Christian faith.
Christian Rocker Brian Welch of Korn Says Linkin Park's Chester Bennington Chose 'Cowardly Way Out'
Brian "Head" Welch, 47, Christian guitarist and co-founder of the nu metal band Korn, said Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, 41, chose "the cowardly way out" when he committed suicide at his home last Thursday.