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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Presidential Poll Update 2016: More Than Half of White Evangelical Voters Now Favor Donald Trump
More than half of white Evangelical voters now have a favorable view of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, up from just under 40 percent a few months ago according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute.
Grandmother, Two Kids Killed on Way to Church in Heartbreaking Crash
A 75-year-old grandmother and her two grandchildren were killed on their way to church in College Park, Georgia, Sunday after a suspected car thief being chased by local police crashed into their car.
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told voters Saturday that it is time to "awaken the body of Christ that we may pull back from the abyss."
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump went to church in Iowa again on Sunday and momentarily mistook the Holy Communion plate being passed around with sacraments as an invitation to give money.
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The Satanic Temple in Phoenix, Arizona has been given the green light to deliver prayers at an upcoming meeting of the Phoenix City Council in the name of religious freedom.
Ohio House Speaker Cuts Off Pastor for Praying Too Long
Republican Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger said he felt "terrible" after he was forced to abruptly end the opening prayer of a pastor for the House which had gone on for more than five minutes making several references to Jesus and His blood.
Huckabee, Santorum Unite With Donald Trump at Iowa Fundraiser Raising $6M for Veterans
In a rare show of solidarity, Donald Trump's Republican presidential rivals Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum joined the billionaire frontrunner Thursday night at a benefit event for veterans in Iowa which raised some $6 million for several veteran organizations.
Ted Cruz Admits He Has Not Been a Faithful Tither
Just days after he admitted to not being a faithful tither, a new Monmouth University Poll showed Wednesday that Republican 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is now trailing his rival Donald Trump in Iowa.
Jeb Bush Suggests Trump Isn't Christian, Questions Jerry Falwell's Endorsement
Republican 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush suggested Tuesday that rival presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is peddling his avowed Christian faith for political gain and wasn't "serious" about having a relationship with God.
How Evangelist Dave Sterrett Would Sway Christians Who Support Abortion
It's a little bit of show and tell if you ask him about his strategy to change the minds of pro-choice Christians, but it also involves asking philosophical questions like, "What does it mean to be human?"
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