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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Ron Sider, professor emeritus at Palmer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and founder of Evangelicals for Social Action charged Thursday that white Evangelicals should get behind the Black Lives Matter movement because it is a pro-life issue.
CNN's Don Lemon Reveals How T.D. Jakes Changed His Life
In a revealing interview aired on CNN Wednesday, one of the network's most notable anchor's, Don Lemon, revealed that megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes played a huge role in his success as a journalist.
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Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin, delivered a high-energy endorsement of 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in Ames, Iowa Tuesday declaring "this is going to be so much fun."
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Ben Carson Suspends Campaign After Death of Volunteer Braden Joplin in Crash
A teary-eyed Ben Carson announced Tuesday that he would suspend his campaign briefly after one of his young campaign volunteers died in a crash which left several others with injuries.
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Liberty U Pres. Jerry Falwell Jr. Says Jesus-Follower Trump Like MLK and His Dad
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Planned Parenthood Files Suit Against Undercover Video Filmmakers in Baby Body Parts Scandal
Abortion giant Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit against anti-abortion group The Center for Medical Progress, claiming that series of videos alleging the business trafficked in fetal tissue "a reckless smear campaign" and are seeking extensive monetary damages.