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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Dylann Roof Found Competent to Face Death Penalty Trial for Charleston Church Massacre
Dylann Roof, 22, the man charged with killing nine black worshipers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as they prayed last June has been found competent to stand trial for their deaths, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
Man Killed in Black Friday Shooting Outside Macy's
Black Friday turned deadly for a 20-year-old New Jersey man in the early hours of one of America's busiest shopping days when he was fatally shot outside the Macy's department store at Hamilton Mall in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
Verrückt Slide Where Christian Boy Died at Schlitterbahn Water Park to Be Demolished
The Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City announced Tuesday that the world's tallest waterslide, the Verrückt, on which Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Christian Republican Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab died over the summer, will be demolished.
Worshipers Give Donald Trump, Mike Pence Standing Ovation at NJ Presbyterian Church
Days after reports questioned whether "proud Presbyterian" President-elect Donald Trump would attend church during his time in Washington D.C., the New York City billionaire and his Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended a worship service at a Presbyterian Church in New Jersey Sunday and received a standing ovation.
Tullian Tchividjian Emerges From Scandal With New Wife, Preaches Sermon on God's Redemption
Tullian Tchividjian, who lost his church and wife last summer to an adultery scandal, has re-emerged with a new wife and a redeeming message about God's "magnificent intervention."
Indiana City Renames Good Friday, Columbus Day to Be More Inclusive
Good Friday and Columbus Day were officially renamed "Spring Holiday" and "Fall Holiday" in Bloomington, Indiana, on Friday to reflect more cultural inclusivity, and Mayor John Hamilton of the liberal city is now facing some flak for that decision.
Former Mormon Missionary Kills Wife, 2 Children in Apparent Murder-Suicide
A year-and-a-half after he went missing 11 days after the birth of his second child, former Mormon missionary Lance Buckley was discovered dead along with his wife and two young daughters.
Donald Trump Confirms Wife Melania, Son Barron Will Not Immediately Join Him in White House
Melania Trump, wife of President-elect Donald Trump and the couple's 10-year-old son Barron, will not be joining the New York City billionaire in the White House after his inauguration next January.
Desireé Allen, Pastor Who Got Pregnant With Twins After Sex With Fiancé, Says She Won't Stop Preaching
A New York City pastor who got pregnant with twins after premarital sex with her fiancé says she will not be "slut shamed" from the pulpit and has vowed to keep preaching with pride until she "can no longer waddle on the stage."
24-Y-O Teacher Impregnated by 13-Y-O Student Aborted Baby After Sex on 'Almost Daily Basis'
A former Texas English teacher who engaged in a months-long sexual relationship who a 13-year-old student and got pregnant by him earlier this year, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to aggravated sexual assault of a child.