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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Obama Admin. Climate Change Study Was Manipulated to Support Political Agenda, Retired NOAA Scientist Says
An Obama administration report on climate change used fudged data, a House investigation alleges.
Pastor Dies in House Fire; Paralyzed Son, Daughter-in-Law Manage to Escape
A beloved Minnesota pastor died tragically in a fire at his family home Saturday. His paralyzed son and daughter-in-law managed to escape.
Nationwide Protests to Hit Planned Parenthood Facilities Saturday
Anti-abortion protesters are expected to gather at nearly 200 Planned Parenthood facilities across the nation Saturday to rally support for an ongoing effort aimed at urging the federal government to defund the abortion giant.
A 200 Word Essay Can Win You This $750K Lakefront Lodge
A New Jersey couple looking to unload a luxury $750,000 lakefront lodge located in the Catskills of New York have announced they will give it away to the winner of a 200-word essay contest.
Fired NewSpring Pastor Perry Noble Returns to Pulpit at Elevation Church
Just weeks after shooting down concerns that he was returning to ministry too soon after his July 2016 firing from NewSpring Church in South Carolina, megachurch founder Perry Noble returned to the pulpit at Elevation Church this past weekend with the blessing of his friend and confidante, Steven Furtick.
Man Fatally Stabs Worship Leader Wife After Church Service as Their Children Listen
A Missouri man who claims he can't remember murdering his wife has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after his children told police he butchered their mother inside the family's home after a nasty argument at church on Sunday.
Zachery Tims' Ex-Wife Riva Explains Why Churches Fail at Restoring Fallen Pastors
After suffering through a very public divorce from her late megachurch pastor husband Zachery Tims in 2009, whose affair with drugs and sex ultimately ended his life two years later, Riva Tims is opening up about life after his death. She also has some advice on how churches can better serve fallen pastors.
Church Whose Pastor Was Caught Sleeping With Married Congregant Says 'We're Prayerful'
Despite a firestorm of media reporting on his conduct, the congregation of a Tallahassee, Florida, pastor who was forced to flee naked after he was caught having sex with a parishioner's wife are standing by their pastor but said they are "prayerful" about the situation.
62-Y-O Pastor Murdered; Younger Boyfriend 'Devil in Disguise' Is Charged
He was "the devil in disguise," Shameka Tukes said of her mother's alleged killer, David Chavell Monroe, 39.
Did Black Clergyman Defiantly Snub Trump at National Prayer Service?
The Washington National Cathedral has denied allegations that a now viral video clip circulating on social media shows a black clergyman delivering a defiant and subtle snub to President Donald Trump during a recent prayer service held at the church.
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