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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Controversial Georgia pastor Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia said this weekend that his shocking weight loss is due to a new vegan diet which has made him healthier than he has been in years.
Rick Trotter, Fired Memphis Grizzlies Announcer, Arrested for 'Making Upskirt Videos of Church Members'
Rick Trotter, the man behind the voice of the Memphis Grizzlies who also served as an employee of Downtown Church in Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested Tuesday for "making upskirt videos of church members," reportedly "while services were going on."
Donald Trump Promises Evangelicals 'Great Power,' Higher Church Attendance
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised a group of pastors Thursday that he will unmuzzle and empower the "silenced" church and increase church attendance by repealing the Johnson Amendment if he is elected president in November.
36-Y-O Mother and Son, 19, Fight for Right to Maintain Sexual Relationship 'Just Like the Gays'
Monica Mares, a 36-year-old Clovis, New Mexico mother and her 19-year-old son, Caleb Peterson whom she recently reunited with after she gave him up for adoption when she was just 16, are now fighting for the right to maintain their sexual relationship "just like the gays" after they were arrested and charged with incest.
Bumper Crowd Shows Up at Schlitterbahn as Park Reopens Just 3 Days After Caleb Schwab's Death
A bumper crowd showed up to have fun at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City water park Wednesday with mixed reactions to the ghastly death suffered by 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on the Verrückt slide just three days earlier.
Verruckt Water Slide Where Caleb Schwab Died Remains Closed as Inspection Report Shows Little Gov't Oversight
The 17-story Verrückt water slide at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City park where Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Christian Republican Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab died Sunday, will remain shuttered for the rest of the season.
Caleb Schwab Wanted to Ride Schlitterbahn Slide With Brother, but They Didn't Meet Minimum Weight, Report Says
When Nate Schwab climbed up the now infamous Verrückt water slide at the Schlitterbahn water park with his younger brother, Caleb, in Kansas City on Sunday, he planned to enjoy the thrill ride with his sibling but ended up watching Caleb die instead.
Caleb Schwab, 10, Attended Church With Family Hours Before Death on Verrückt at Schlitterbahn Water Park
The Christian family of Republican Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab attended a worship service just hours before the lawmaker's son, Caleb, was decapitated on the Verrückt slide at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas on Sunday.
Caleb Schwab, Son of Christian Lawmaker, Was Decapitated During Schlitterbahn Water Park Accident
Caleb Schwab, the 10-year-old son of Christian Republican Kansas state Rep. Scott Schwab, who died at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City on Sunday while riding the Verrückt, known as the world's tallest water slide, was decapitated during the ride, local police and eyewitnesses confirmed Monday.
World Vision Questions Sum of Money Israel Alleges Gaza Strip Director Sent to Hamas
International Christian humanitarian organization World Vision said Monday that allegations from Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency that the organization's Gaza Strip director, Mohammed El Halabi, siphoned about $7.2 million a year to the Islamic militant group Hamas over a period of five years does not add up.
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