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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Pastor Davey Blackburn Taking Time to 'Get Healthy,' Asks Church Not to Let Wife's Death Go to Waste
Indiana Pastor Davey Blackburn whose pregnant wife, Amanda, was fatally shot during a home invasion, says he's taking time away from the pulpit to get healthy and asked his congregation not to let his wife's death go to waste.
Donald Trump Says Many of His Muslim Friends Agree With Temporary Ban
Republican 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump remained unfazed by harsh criticism for his proposal to temporarily stop Muslim immigration to the U.S. Wednesday charging that he is "doing good for the Muslims."
Pastor E.A. Adeboye Tells Members Don't Give Offering If They Are Unsure of Salvation
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who was named one of the world's 50 most powerful people in 2008 by Newsweek, told his congregants not to give an offering if they are unsure of their salvation.
Perry Noble Says Amanda Blackburn Made Her Husband a 'Better Man'
Senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, Perry Noble, said the first time he met Davey Blackburn he had reservations about him, but that all changed after he met his then fiancé, Amanda.
Atheists Call for 'Bible-Free' Hotel Rooms, Want Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' Instead
The Freedom from Religion Foundation, America's largest association of atheists and agnostics, began a campaign Monday to rid all hotel rooms of Bibles distributed by The Gideons International and replaced with copies of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species."
Norway Offers Free Flights and Cash for Refugees to Leave Country
Norway's conservative government is now offering refugees seeking asylum there a free flight home plus more than $9,000 in cash if they choose to go back to their home country.
Man Sues 'the Met' for Making Jesus White
One of New York City's most iconic museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is being sued by a Manhattan man for portraying Jesus as white in "racist" paintings.
IRS Proposes Churches, Nonprofits Get Social Security Numbers From Donors
The IRS may soon require churches and other nonprofit charities to report the Social Security numbers of their donors contributing at least $250 annually.
Pastor Davey Blackburn Says God Allowed Wife's Murder So Church Could Live
Davey Blackburn, the grieving Indiana pastor whose pregnant wife, Amanda, was shot dead during a home invasion on Nov. 10, said God told him he allowed his wife to die so the church could live.
Jimmy Carter Says His Cancer Is Gone
Former President Jimmy Carter who revealed this summer that he had been diagnosed with advanced cancer that had been found on his liver and brain, announced Sunday that the cancer is gone.