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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'If You Ever Leave a Legacy for Your Children, Let It be That You've Taught Them Friendship With God,' Says Kathie Lee Gifford
In a moving tribute to her late husband, NFL legend and former television personality Frank Gifford who died two Sundays ago, "Today" show host Kathie Lee Gifford said her husband who "asked Jesus into his heart" as a young child, saw his relationship with God as the most important thing in life, and shared his legacy of faith with his children.
Comedian John Oliver Lampoons Televangelists on 'Last Week Tonight' Show; Opens Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Church
From Creflo Dollar to Kenneth Copeland, late night comedian John Oliver delivered a brutal takedown Sunday of a group of televangelists and related churches known for preaching "the prosperity gospel" on his HBO program "Last Week Tonight" that has now gone viral.
Pastor Leading Iraq's Only Christian Radio Station 'Not Touched' After Bomb Explodes in Garage Where He Went to Fix Church Bus
A pastor leading Iraq's only Christian radio station that reaches up to 8 million people in and around Baghdad with the Gospel, narrowly escaped death after a bomb exploded in a garage where he had gone to get his church bus fixed.
Donations, Condolences Pour in as Churches Ready to Bury Pastor's Three Daughters and Friend Killed in Crash
As they prepare for heartbreaking funerals on Saturday and Sunday, thousands of dollars in donations and a flood of support have been pouring in for the families of a Florida pastor's three daughters and their male friend who died in a horrific accident on their way home from a convention last Sunday.
Ben Carson Is 'Sickened' by 'Pathetic' Attack From Abortion Advocates; Says I've 'Spent My Entire Life Caring for Children'
Famed retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday night that he is "sickened" by allegations that he has done research on fetal tissue and dismissed them as untrue and "pathetic," while noting how he has spent his "entire life caring for children."
Pennsylvania Pastor Indicted in Largest Known Computer Hacking and Securities Fraud Scheme That Yielded $30M in Illegal Profits
Vitaly Korchevsky, a 50-year-old pastor from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, was among nine people charged in two indictments Tuesday for allegedly being involved in an international hacking and securities fraud scheme that used unpublished financial information on hundreds of publicly traded companies, stolen from the servers of three business newswires, to make trades that allegedly yielded some $30 million in illegal profits.
Donald Trump Declares His Favorite Book Is 'the Bible;' Prophet Says God Told Him Billionaire Is His 'Trumpet' to America
When it comes to books in the world of 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, "nothing beats the Bible." No, not even his second favorite book which he wrote himself, "The Art of the Deal."
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Should Help Stop ISIS, Jeb Bush Says
Calling the rise of the Islamic State around the world a "pandemic," 2016 Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said the U.S. government needs to work with social media companies to stop the Islamic militant group from using their platforms to recruit followers.
Jeb Bush Blames Rise of ISIS on Obama, Clinton; Calls Iran Nuclear Deal 'Unwise and Extreme' Urges Congress to Reject It
Former Governor Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and candidate for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination blamed the rise of radical Islamic militant group ISIS on President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday and urged Congress to vote against the pending Iran nuclear deal because it is "unwise and extreme."
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Family Christian Stores; God 'Has a Plan' for Business Says CEO Chuck Bengochea
Six months after Family Christian Stores, the nation's largest chain of Christian book and gift stores, filed for Chapter 11 protection, a Michigan judge on Tuesday approved a Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale that is expected to help the struggling business drop millions in debt and remain open.