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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Bible Could Soon Join Milk as State Symbol in Tennessee
Tennessee could become the first state in U.S. history to recognize the Holy Bible as its official state book after the state Senate voted 19-8 on a measure to do just that and sent it to the desk of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature.
Porn Is Occultism Aided by Unseen Criminal Spirits, Says Russell Moore
Pornography is occultism aided by unseen criminal spirits and it kills sexuality, says Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Planned Parenthood Caught Telling Mothers Aborted Babies Used to Treat, Find Cure for Cancer
Abortion giant Planned Parenthood is under fire again for the organization's controversial fetal harvesting consent form given to women considering abortion that falsely claims aborted babies' tissue has been used to "treat and find a cure" for diseases such as AIDS, cancer and diabetes.
Religious Freedom Group Fights to Protect 90-Y-O Veterans Memorial Cross
First Liberty Institute, the largest legal organization in the nation specializing in defending religious freedom, filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals Monday to protect the 90-year-old cross-shaped Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial in Maryland from an atheist group that's pushing for it's removal.
Planned Parenthood Staffer Attacks Hillary Clinton for Calling Baby an 'Unborn Person' and 'Child'
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is now facing the wrath of pro-choice activists who are attacking the former first lady for saying a baby is a "child" and an "unborn person."
Church 'Seems to Be of Little Help' in Answering Real Life Problems, Says Pastor Tony Evans
Despite an increased availability of Christian media and other resources, the Church "seems to be of little help" in providing "real answers to real problems," says Pastor Tony Evans of the 11,000-member Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Texas.
Man Gets Life in Prison for Killing 74-Y-O Pentecostal Minister With His 'Only Hammer'
A man who fatally beat beloved 74-year-old Pastor Lee Harmon to death with the preacher's "only hammer" in a "savage" unprovoked attack in 2013 was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison Thursday.
Obama Admin Publishes Faith-Based Organization Rules Aimed at Protecting Religious Freedom, Gov't Neutrality
Nine federal agencies published a final rule aimed at protecting the religious liberty of faith-based organizations and the people they serve.
Paul Crouch Jr., Son of TBN Founder, Fired by Word Network
Paul Crouch Jr., the eldest son of the late Trinity Broadcasting Network founder Paul Crouch Sr., has been fired from the Word Network described as the "largest African-American religious network in the world."
UC Berkeley Students Push for On-Campus Abortion Clinic
The student government at the University of California, Berkeley unanimously passed a proposal to install an abortion clinic on campus arguing it is a common health-care service "necessary and relevant in student-life."