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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Amid Slipping Poll Numbers, Ben Carson Tells Supporters Media Is Twisting His Words
With less than two months to go before the Iowa Caucuses on Feb. 1 and his poll numbers slipping, GOP 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson told his supporters Friday that the media and political class "just don't understand me."
Hillary Clinton Responds to Rape Accusations Against Bill Clinton
Democratic 2016 presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton was forced by a female voter to respond to rape and sexual assault accusations against her husband, former President Bill Clinton, during a campaign event in New Hampshire on Thursday.
'Affluenza' Teen Ethan Couch Who Killed Pastor, 3 Others in Drunken Crash Seen in Beer Pong Video
Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who was sentenced to only rehab and probation after killing a beloved pastor and three others in a drunken crash in 2013 because he had "affluenza" is now being investigated after a video surfaced online this week showing him playing beer pong.
3-Y-O Boy Raped During Church Service, Parents Sue for $37.5M
The family of a 3-year-old boy who was raped in a bathroom by a teenage male volunteer as they worshipped at a Tennessee church last summer has filed a staggering $37.5 million lawsuit against the organization for negligence.
Donald Trump: Obama Has Done Nothing for Black Americans
Brash-talking billionaire and Republican 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump didn't mince his words at a rally in Manassas, Virginia Wednesday night when he said President Barack Obama has "done nothing" for black Americans.
Did Amanda Blackburn Unwittingly Predict Her Death in Prayer Journal?
Amanda Blackburn, the pregnant Indiana pastor's wife who was murdered during a home invasion last month, might have unwittingly predicted her departure from her husband's life in a newly released page from her prayer journal.
Ben Carson Says Rapture Isn't Biblical, Hell Not a Physical Place
GOP 2016 presidential candidate neurosurgeon Ben Carson shot down as unbiblical a widely held belief among Evangelicals that there will be a rapture. He also says he doesn't believe Hell is a physical place.
Ben Carson Camp: WSJ's Prostate Cancer Story 'Invasion of Privacy' (Interview)
Despite a news report claiming presidential candidate Ben Carson may have had a recurrence of prostate cancer or problems related to it in 2009, a campaign spokesperson told The Christian Post that Carson has no health issues.
Hours Before She Was Fatally Shot, Pastor's Wife Amanda Blackburn Wrote Love Letter to Jesus
Hours before she was fatally shot multiple times in her home on Nov. 10, Amanda Blackburn, 28, the pregnant wife of Indiana pastor Davey Blackburn, expressed her adoration for Jesus in a heartbreaking journal entry.
Pastor Davey Blackburn Says His Murdered Wife Amanda Is Sun Tanning in Heaven
Grieving Indiana Pastor Davey Blackburn of Resonate Church whose pregnant wife, Amanda, was murdered during a home invasion three weeks ago, believes she is now sun tanning in Heaven.