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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The nation's largest atheist organization says it's planning to file a lawsuit against Clemson University over the alleged influence of head football coach Dabo Swinney's Christian faith on the school's athletic program.
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A married Pennsylvania pastor who reportedly fled the country after being accused of raping and impregnating a teenage girl who was once his congregant, has promised to turn himself in after police launched a manhunt for him on Monday.
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Beloved British actor Alan Rickman, known for roles such as Professor Snape in the "Harry Potter" films and Hans Gruber in "Die Hard," died Thursday from cancer at 69.
Christian Army Colonel Under Fire for Promoting God, Prayer on Gov't Website
A Christian Army colonel who encouraged "increased prayer" to improve "spiritual fitness" on a government-run website is now under fire from a military group which has branded him a "religious extremist" and wants him punished for proselytizing.
$20B United Methodist Church Pension Fund Blacklists Israel's 5 Largest Banks
The board of the United Methodist Church's $20 billion Pension and Health Benefits Fund, has essentially blacklisted Israel's five largest banks by declaring them off limits for investment.
Ray Comfort's Living Waters Warns Against Tipping Waiters With Fake Money Bible Tracts
After a teenage waiter working a $3 an hour job was rewarded with a tract disguised as $20 for his service, evangelist Ray Comfort's Living Waters organization is warning Christians against tipping waiters with the product minus the real thing.
In Fulfilling Prophesy, Ed Newton Appointed Community Bible Church's Lead Pastor
When he was just 8 years old, an elderly Christian woman prophesied that God was going to use him greatly.
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A day that began with a longtime Christian couple worshiping in church ended tragically Sunday night in an apparent murder-suicide that their pastor has called "demonic."
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