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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Historic Serbian Orthodox Church Destroyed in NYC Blaze Was Negotiating With Developer
The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava that was gutted in a massive blaze on West 26th Street in New York City Sunday was engaged in a contentious negotiation process with luxury real estate developer Madison Equities to raise funds to help restore the historic church.
FBI to Join Investigation of American Missionaries Murdered in Jamaica
Officers from multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies including the FBI will reportedly join local police in Jamaica in the investigation of the gruesome murders of American missionaries, Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53, on the island Saturday.
Church Brother Dies With Friend He Was Trying to Save From Drowning at Men's Retreat
The senior pastor of a Florida church is now grieving with the families of two men in his congregation who drowned Saturday during a men's retreat.
American Missionaries Found Brutally Murdered in Jamaica
At about noon on Saturday, shocked residents of the Boscobel, St. Mary community on the Caribbean island of Jamaica stumbled upon the bound and lifeless body of missionary Randy Hentzel, 48.
Satanists Fuming Over Boehner Comparison of Ted Cruz to Lucifer
Satanists are on fire over former House Speaker John Boehner's contemptuous comparison of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz to the prince of Hell, Lucifer.
Man Killed Inside Church After Argument Over Seats Reserved With Bibles, Authorities Say
A troubled man who eyewitnesses say just wanted to worship his "own way" on Sunday was shot dead during a service at the Keystone Fellowship Church in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, following a fight over seats, says authorities.
Liberty University Students Get OK to Keep Handguns in Dorm Rooms Next Fall
Come this fall, Liberty University, the world's largest Christian University and America's fifth largest university, will allow students with concealed handgun permits from the state to keep their weapons inside their dorm rooms with permission from the school.
Tabloid Claims Prince Had AIDS, Thought Prayer Would Cure Him
A tabloid newspaper claims that Prince, the popular rock star who died last Thursday at the age of 57, was diagnosed with AIDS about six months ago and believed prayer could have cured him.
Pediatric Experts Clash Over Liberal AAP Teaching Children It's Healthy to Be Transgender
In 2002 a group of pediatricians and related professionals split from the 86-year-old American Academy of Pediatrics over the organization's support for abortion and homosexual adoption. Some 14 years later, now called the American College of Pediatricians, the group is challenging the AAP on transgenderism.
Tennessee Therapists, Counselors, Can Now Refuse to Treat Patients Based on 'Sincerely Held Principles'
In a move the American Counseling Association has described as hateful towards gay and transgender people, Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a controversial bill into law Wednesday that allows a licensed counselor or therapist to refuse service to clients whose "goals, outcomes or behaviors" conflict with their "sincerely held principles."