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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Could 'Black Lives Matter' Be Prophetic Message to the Church?
The Rev. Brenda Salter McNeil experienced a scriptural revelation regarding the Church and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Christian Venture Capitalist Defies Sex Scandal With God's Calling
Six years ago when she was still named Catherine Rohr, Catherine Hoke was an object of shame and she wanted to die.
Pastor Tim Keller Explains Why Your Christian Identity Should Supercede All Others
Whether you're rich, poor, black, white or Asian, if you are a Christian, that identity and all the qualities attached to it should trump all else.
Prominent New Jersey Pastor Ron Christian Found Dead Inside Church
Friends and family gathered to mourn the loss of Pastor Ron Christian after authorities confirmed they found the preacher dead inside his office Friday morning.
City Asks for Further Investigation Into Alleged Shooting of Deante Smith by Pastor
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office returned a warrant request by investigators of the Detroit Police Department in the alleged shooting of 25-year-old Deante Smith by his estranged pastor inside a local church.
Outrage After Texas Student Says Teacher Told Class 'God Is a Myth' (Video)
A 12-year-old Texas Christian student is fighting back after alleging a teacher told students in her class that "God is a myth."
Ex-Episcopal Bishop Heather Cook Gets 7 Years for Death of Cyclist
Former bishop of The Episcopal Church of Maryland, Heather Cook, 59, who caused the death of a 41-year-old father in a drunken hit-and-run incident two days after Christmas in 2014, said "sorry" as she was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday.
Pastor Who Shot Football Player Denies Sleeping With His Wife
Three weeks before he shot and killed a man whose wife he allegedly impregnated, Pastor Keon Allison of City of God Church in Detroit said he's only been with one woman in the last 15 years.
Christian Teenager Murdered, Dumped in Creek on Her Way to Church
A Texas teenager who was getting ready for work in the mission field was murdered and her bloodied body dumped in a creek earlier this month while she was on her way to church.
Christian Football Player's Wife Allegedly Aborted Baby of Pastor Who Killed Him
Tykia Smith, wife of the late Deante Smith, 25, allegedly aborted a pregnancy that resulted from an affair with her pastor.