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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American Missionary Slain in Haiti Told Church Elders She Was 'Tired' and 'Scared' Two Months Ago
Beloved missionary Roberta Edwards, 55, who was gunned down in a brazen attack in Haiti on Saturday, told elders at the Estes Church of Christ in Henderson, Tennessee, who supported her work there that she had grown "tired" and "scared" just two months ago but never said what was driving her fear.
Pastor Bryan Koch Who Lost Wife and Leg in Crash Returns to Pulpit Sunday
After losing his wife, Lynn, and his left leg in a brutal motorcycle crash in June, Pastor Bryan Koch of Glad Tidings Church in Spring Township, Pennsylvania, will return to the pulpit Sunday for the first time in 19 weeks since the accident, and he is trusting God to keep him going.
19-Y-O Killed, Brother Injured in Church Assault by Parents to Allegedly Make Them Confess Sins
A 19-year-old youth was allegedly beaten to death and his 17-year-old brother severely injured during a brutal attack by their parents, sister and three other members of their upstate New York church in an attempt to force the teens to confess sins — which are still unclear, say police — and the incident has left neighbors in their New Hartford community stunned.
Playboy to Stop Publishing Images of Naked Women Because of the Internet
For the first time since the publication of the magazine's first issue in 1953, Playboy, which played a key role in America's sexual revolution, has decided to stop publishing images of naked women because the Internet now provides enough of that free of charge.
American Missionary Is Gunned Down in Haiti, Child Kidnapped
An American missionary who became a mother to orphaned children in Haiti, and kept scores of others from going hungry through a nutrition program, was viciously gunned down on Saturday while one of the children she was traveling with was kidnapped.
Police Threaten to Start Arresting Rowdy, Drunk Texas Christian University Partygoers
After weeks of complaints from angry neighbors, local police in Fort Worth, Texas, have warned Texas Christian University that they'll start arresting drunk students at off-campus parties who are "unruly, loud or obnoxious."
Obama: Trump Can't Win; I Could Win 3rd Term; America Is Safer
President Barack Obama believes America is safer since he became president, he could win a third term and Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is a "great publicity-seeker" who will not win the White House.
In New Book, John Maxwell Delivers Lessons in Faith and 'Intentional Living'
In his new book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life that Matters released on Tuesday, leadership expert John Maxwell describes a journey into a life of significance that will gut you, overwhelm you and inspire you all at the same time through truths that are so intentional, they could also possibly hurt you if have been stuck in a rut with your life for a while.
Leadership Guru John Maxwell's Dream Presidential Candidate Would Owe 'No One Anything,' Stay One Term (Interview 1/2)
Leadership expert John Maxwell has a dream. He dreams America's next president would have no strings attached except to the American people and would only be in the White House for a single term. "Wouldn't it be refreshing," he says.
Married Pastor Charged After Admitting to Stealing $21K From Church to Pay Off Mistress He Met Online
A 30-year-old pastor from St. Louis, Missouri, who allegedly stole more than $21,000 to pay off his 20-year-old mistress he met online, was charged with one count of felony stealing, leaving his neighbors in shock and his church and family stunned.