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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Single Christians Can Have Sex as Long as It's 'Mutually Pleasurable and Affirming,' Pastor Says
Bucking against conservative Christian tradition advising against extra-marital sex, the Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan, a married mother of three and associate pastor for ministry with families at Union Church of Hinsdale in Illinois, says single Christians can have sex as long as it's "mutually pleasurable and affirming."
Donald Trump Says He Regrets Words That 'May Have Caused Personal Pain'
In a highly unexpected move Thursday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump expressed "regret" for some of the things he has said on the campaign trail, especially when they "may have caused personal pain."
Louisiana Flooding: Over 86,000 People Seek Help After 40,000 Homes Are Destroyed in Historic Flood
Churches in Louisiana where historic flooding has claimed 13 lives and left thousands homeless are now pleading for help as they try to recover from the deadly disaster.
Woman Convinced Illegals She Was 'Voice of God,' Forced Them to Work for Free by Threatening Them With Hell
A Texas woman who convinced two Mexican women that she was the "voice of God" forced them to work without pay for 14 years by threatening them with Hell.
80-Y-O Pastor Chases Down Man Fleeing in Truck Who Stole His Bike and Survives
An 80-year-old Washington pastor who refused to allow a man to steal his bike without a fight, chased down the thief then hopped onto the back of the criminal's speeding truck and clung to it in a daring attempt to retrieve his property.
Mark Driscoll Tells New Congregation to 'Worship God With Our Wallet' and Christian Experts Agree
It might sound rather "sleazy" but controversial pastor Mark Driscoll's recent advice to his new congregation at The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, to "worship God with our wallet" is actually sound and biblical according to some Christian experts.
White Christian America Is Dead and Trump's Loss Will Prove It, Religion Expert Robert P Jones Says
In his new book "The End of White Christian America," billed "quite possibly the most illuminating text for this election year," Robert P. Jones, founding CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, says white Christian America is dead and the general election in November could be a referendum on it.
Devout Christian QB Robert Griffin III Filing for Divorce From Wife of Three Years
Just three years after getting married and a year after he became a father, devout Christian and new Cleveland Browns starting quarterback Robert Griffin III is in the process of filing for divorce from his wife, Rebecca Liddicoat.
Donald Trump Says Thinking of Himself as God's Choice for President Is 'Too Big of a Burden'
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has no trouble vowing to restore power to "silenced" Christians through legislation if he is elected president of the United States in November. But to think of himself as God's choice for the White House is just "too big of a burden," he says.
Son Stabs Father Inside Church for Allegedly Encouraging Him to Pray During Altar Call
A 21-year-old man turned a somber altar call inside the Hillvue Heights Baptist Church in Bowling, Kentucky, into a bloody horror show Sunday when he stabbed his 40-year-old father multiple times after he was allegedly encouraged to pray.
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