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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John Piper on Hearing the Voice of God
John Piper, chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minnesota, says he is concerned about what he sees as the elevation of extra-biblical words over the voice of God in Scripture.
Evangelicals Love Donald Trump Because They Are in Love With The World, Pastor Says
Evangelicals love Donald Trump because they are in love with the world and current Church culture is to blame, according to the Rev. Robert Cunningham.
Fewer Americans Now Pray or Believe in God, Study Claims
The number of Americans who pray or say they believe in God hit "an all-time low" in 2014, according to a new study published in the journal Sage Open.
American College of Pediatricians Says Teaching Children Transgenderism Is Normal Is Child Abuse
The American College of Pediatricians warned legislators and educators Monday to reject all policies that condition children to accept transgenderism as normal, adding that attempts to normalize a condition classified as a mental illness is child abuse.
Coral Ridge Removed Elder and Apologized on Sunday for Handling of Tullian Tchividjian Affair, Sources Say
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida announced Sunday that it removed an elder who withheld information that the church's former pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, had engaged in an adulterous affair with a married member of the flock and advised him to keep it secret from his wife, according to informed sources intimately familiar with the controversy.
Coral Ridge Elders Knew of Tullian Tchividjian's Affair With Married Woman, Advised Him to Keep Secret, Source Alleges
At least two elders at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida allegedly had knowledge that their former pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, grandson to evangelical icon Billy Graham, had engaged in an adulterous affair with a married member of his flock and advised him to keep it secret from his wife.
Willow Creek Fires Tullian Tchvidjian After He Confesses to Another Affair
Willow Creek Church in Winter Springs, Florida, confirmed Thursday that they have fired Tullian Tchvidjian, 43, grandson of evangelical icon Billy Graham, after he revealed a previously unconfessed affair he had with another woman.
Who Is Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland?
President Barack Obama nominated fellow Chicagoan Merrick Garland, 63, chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
'I've Made My Decision,' Says President Barack Obama on Supreme Court Nominee
President Barack Obama announced early Wednesday that he has decided on a nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and is expected to reveal his decision in an official announcement at 11:00 a.m.
Mississippi House Passes Bill Requiring Teachers to Grade Parents' Involvement in Child's Education
In an effort to increase parental involvement in schools, the Mississippi House has passed a bill that would allow teachers in low-performing school districts to grade parental involvement on report cards.