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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Fewer than half of Evangelicals believe Bible is literally true: study
While biblical literalism has long been held as the most dominant method of interpreting Scripture among Evangelicals, results of a new poll released by Gallup show that fewer than half of Evangelicals and born-again Christians believe the Bible should be taken literally.
10 reactions to Japan’s Shinzo Abe assassination: Biden ‘stunned,’ Trump calls it ‘bad news for the world’
World leaders reacted with a range of emotions shortly after the assassination of Japan’s former and longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, Friday morning. Abe died at the age of 67 after he was shot while campaigning for a candidate ahead of national elections.
$50K reward offered for return of $2M gold tabernacle stolen from Brooklyn church
A $50,000 reward is now being offered for the return of a centuries-old solid gold tabernacle worth $2 million that was ripped from the altar of the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, New York in May.
Pastor convicted of raping grandchildren awarded $2M after prison beating
Roy Harriger, a 79-year-old New York pastor convicted of raping two of his grandchildren and allegedly sexually abusing his oldest son and his sister, can now collect $2 million from the state for beatings he received at Attica Correctional Facility.
Single, non-religious young adults are most unhappy Americans post-COVID-19: report
Young adults under 35 who are single and non-religious report the highest levels of unhappiness since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since 1972, when the General Social Survey began measuring levels of happiness among Americans, a new analysis from the Institute of Family Studies suggests.
Robert Jeffress rejects ‘Christian nationalist’ label, says America founded as ‘Christian nation’
Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress told his congregation Sunday that he is not a "Christian nationalist" but insisted that the United States was founded as a "Christian nation." The senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas suggested that a perversion of the Constitution by liberals, atheists and others over the years has led to the creation of a secular nation now defined by a culture that is both tragic and decadent.
Televangelist Creflo Dollar says teachings on tithing ‘not correct’ but won’t apologize to followers
Challenging popular Evangelical belief, controversial televangelist Creflo Dollar, one of America’s most flamboyant proponents of the prosperity gospel, has renounced tithing and all his previous teachings on the subject as “not correct.”
Catholic nun, Greek Orthodox priest among 17 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Two Christian leaders are among 17 accomplished civilians who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House Thursday.
Pastors who prioritize self-care less likely to feel like quitting: study
As an increasing number of pastors are now reporting they have considered quitting their jobs due to stress, loneliness, political divisions and worries like their church being in decline among other things, a new report from Barna shows that pastors who prioritize self-care are less likely to feel this way.
‘Christian Taliban’: Rep. Adam Kinzinger slams Lauren Boebert’s call for Church to direct government
Christian Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois accused his colleague and sister in the faith Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., of advocating for "the Christian Taliban" after she suggested to members of a Colorado church Sunday that the First Amendment's Establishment Clause is "junk" and the Church should be directing the government.
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