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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HB Charles Will Be First Black SBC Pastors' Conference President in 172 Years
For the first time in the organization's 172-year history, a black pastor, H.B. Charles Jr. of Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, Florida, has been nominated to serve as president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference.
Televangelist RJ Washington's Funeral Set for Saturday
Members of the Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church in Jacksonville, Florida, are set to bid a final farewell to their beloved late pastor, R.J. Washington Sr., Saturday after his tragic death from an unspecified cancer on Tuesday.
Actor Val Kilmer Says Faith in Love of Jesus Healed Him of Cancer
Devout Christian Scientist and actor Val Kilmer is attributing his recent recovery from oral cancer to his faith in the love of Jesus.
Crosspoint Church Pastor Chris Meade in Critical Condition After Hit-and-Run
Prayers are now being made in earnest for 52-year-old Pastor Chris Meade of Crosspoint Church in Taylorsville, North Carolina, after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday.
St. Olaf Students Demand 'Christian Zionist' Adviser Arne Christenson Be Removed
A coalition of students at St. Olaf, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has demanded the removal of Arne Christenson, head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, from an advisory board at the school due to his association with the pro-Israel organization.
Beloved Megachurch Pastor, Televangelist RJ Washington Dies From Cancer
R.J. Washington Sr., the beloved leader of the Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church in Jacksonville, Florida, tragically died from an unspecified cancer Tuesday, an immediate family member confirmed. He was 54.
Christianity Growing in North Korea Despite Persecution, Defector Says
Kim Chung-seong, a North Korean defector now working as a Christian missionary, says despite the persecution faced by Christians in the world's most difficult place for Christians, the church continues to grow there.
James Woods Slams Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards for 'I Love You Mom' Tweet
Actor James Woods slammed Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards Sunday for advising her supporters on how to say "I love you, Mom" despite her organization's glaring reputation as an abortion industry.
Christian Mom Glennon Doyle Melton Marries Soccer Star Girlfriend Abby Wambach
Months after revealing she had divorced her longtime husband Craig Melton and found love in the arms of retired female U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach, popular Christian mom and blogger Glennon Doyle Melton revealed she got married to Wambach on Mother's Day.
14-Y-O Graduates From Texas Christian University With Physics Major, Double Minor in Math, Chinese
A 14-year-old student became the youngest graduate ever of Texas Christian University on Saturday when he was awarded a degree in physics, the school announced.
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