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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Governor, Pastors to NFL on Bathroom Bill Threat: Don't Mess With Texas
The governor of Texas and a group of pastors have advised the NFL to stay out of the affairs of Texas in response to a boycott threat.
Unemployed Man Admits to Stealing $7 Billion, Claims Jesus Wanted Him to Do It
An unemployed Lakeland, Florida, man is now facing a five year prison sentence and a fine of $250,000 after admitting to authorities that he made some $7 billion in fraudulent online payments because Jesus wants him to be rich.
Indigenous People Should Have Rights Over Their Land, Pope Francis Says
Days after a federal judge refused to halt work on the final stretch of the Dakota Access pipeline opposed by American Indians for religious and safety reasons, Pope Francis said Wednesday that indigenous people must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands.
Donnie McClurkin Says He Was Wrong to Say Christians Shouldn't Protest Donald Trump
Two weeks after urging Christians not to protest President Donald Trump and to pray for him instead, popular gospel singer Donnie McClurkin says God has revealed to him that he is wrong.
Chicago Pastor Who Interrupted Trump Rally Attempts Suicide, Sparks Feud Over Dead Nephew
The Rev. Jedidiah Brown, a Chicago pastor and activist who disrupted one of Donald Trump's presidential rallies last March at the University of Illinois, attempted to take his life while listening to gospel music in a Facebook Live broadcast Sunday. He was saved after local police intervened.
Church Singer Who Overcame Isolation to Find Voice Dies in Fire
In 2009, after years of living a life of isolation and depression, Carol Herbin found her voice and a new life at the United Methodist Church For All People in Columbus, Ohio, but tragically died in a house fire on Saturday.
NC Could Lose More NCAA Events Over Transgender Bathroom Bill; Former Gov. Cries 'Selective Hypocrisy'
North Carolina can expect to lose even more NCAA events in the coming years if the state fails to repeal the controversial House Bill 2 which bans transgender people from using the bathrooms in state-run facilities that matches their gender identity, officials said.
Cancer Kills Couple Five Days Apart; Thousands Donate More Than $200K to Help Children
Thousands of people banded together to donate more than $200,000 to help support the three children of a loving mother and father who died five days apart from terminal cancer. And as of Monday afternoon, donations were still pouring in.
Hope Christian Church Accused of Stalking, Hazing at Arizona State University
Hope Christian Church ASU, a ministry that welcomes hundreds of students, parents and community members to worship services on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University each week is now being investigated for allegations of stalking, hazing, and other misconduct.
Democrat, Republican Fla. Lawmakers Seek to Protect Prayer in Public Schools
Two Christian lawmakers in Florida on different sides of the political divide have joined forces to push for prayer and other religious expression to be given equal weight as secular activities in public schools.
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