Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
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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‘Evil piece of flesh demon:’ Woman sentenced to death for killing pregnant friend to steal unborn baby
Taylor Rene Parker, a 29-year-old mother who can no longer have children due to a hysterectomy, was sentenced to death by a jury in New Boston, Texas, Wednesday for the 2020 murder of her heavily pregnant friend, Reagan Simmons-Hancock, 21, whose child she attempted to pass off as her own after harvesting the infant from her friend’s womb with a scalpel during the attack.
Suspect arrested in torching of 2 black churches in what Democrat claims was tactic to suppress votes
Investigators at the Jackson Police Department have arrested 23-year-old Devin McLaurin on suspicion of starting seven fires across Jackson, Mississippi, Tuesday, including two at historically black churches one of which was completely destroyed.
Church elder killed in pit bull attack is mourned by church, family, friends
Members of the First Baptist Church of South Richmond are grieving the loss of longtime member and elder Evangeline Brooks, who was mauled to death by a pit bull as she walked toward her sister's mailbox in Virginia Monday. She was 88.
10-year-old boy could face charge after school counselor told police he touched her inappropriately
A 10-year-old Florida boy is facing a potential misdemeanor battery charge after a counselor at Holly Hill School in Volusia County told police that the fourth grader touched her inappropriately while giving her a hug. The student was suspended as a result and his family is disputing the allegation, arguing that it is rooted in racism.
42% of Gen Z have diagnosed mental health condition, majority worried about future: study
Nearly 70% of Generation Z, people born between 1997 and 2012, say their mental health was adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 42% of adult members of the cohort reporting that they have been diagnosed with a mental health condition and many of them say they are worried about the future, a new study from data management firm Harmony Healthcare IT shows.
Ex-megachurch elder charged with murder of adopted 11-year-old daughter months after husband’s suicide
Leticia McCormack, a one-time elder and ministry worker, has been arrested and charged with murder and several other crimes related to the death of her 11-year-old adopted daughter.
Pastor Perry Noble opens up about repentance and scripture that helped him after ‘screw up in 2016’
Second Chance Church founder and Senior Pastor Perry Noble, who was fired from NewSpring Church in South Carolina in 2016 for alcohol abuse and other "unfortunate choices and decisions," says he didn’t truly repent of his failures until he started viewing the situation from a Christlike perspective.
Tickets for Migos rapper Takeoff’s funeral available online as pastor reveals he ‘loved coming to worship’
Popular Migos rapper Takeoff, who was shot and killed in Houston at the age of 28, is remembered by his pastor as a church member who loved coming to worship and being with his family.
Most US adults say church buildings are 'transcendent' spaces but majority don’t visit regularly
While most U.S. adults view church buildings as transcendent spaces where they can experience a sense of peace and a connectedness to the divine, the majority, including self-identified Christians, do not regularly visit a space they consider transcendent, new research shows.
Community mourns 6 children found dead with parents in suspected murder-suicide
Elected officials and several pastors banded together Sunday with community members at a prayer and healing service hosted by First Baptist Church Broken Arrow in Oklahoma to grieve the loss of six children and their parents found dead less than two weeks ago in what police suspect was a murder-suicide.
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