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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East Texas Pastor, Father of 5, Killed as Plane Crashes Shortly After Takeoff
A doting father of five and Marine Corps veteran who served as pastor of an East Texas church died tragically Thursday morning when a plane in which he was traveling crashed near Tyler Pounds Regional airport shortly after takeoff.
Study Shows Chemicals That Alter Male Hormones Prevalent in Boxed Mac & Cheese
A new study has found that phthalates, a group of chemicals already banned from use in children's toys because they are known to alter male hormones like testosterone, have been found prevalent in popular box mac and cheese products.
Christians to Protest America's First Satanic Monument on Public Property
A group of Catholics are set to protest Saturday against a controversial monument described as the "first public satanic monument in American history" that will be mounted in Veterans Memorial Park in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.
Actor Shia LaBeouf Seeks Forgiveness After Telling Officer He's 'Going to Hell' Because He's Black
Troubled actor Shia LaBeouf is now seeking forgiveness after going on a drunken racist tirade at the Savannah Police Department in Georgia where he told a black officer that he will be "going straight to hell" because of his race.
Married Christian Mother Robbed, Sexually Assaulted by 5 Men After Prayer Meeting
A born-again Christian mother of two, who stayed behind for a few extra minutes of prayer and a brief meeting with her pastor after a prayer meeting at a Queens church on Tuesday night, was brutally robbed and sexually assaulted by a gang of five men just a few minutes after she left for home.
Georgia Pastor Accused of Rape, 'Body Anointings' and Paying for Abortions
A married Georgia pastor who preaches against the sins of the flesh and the "tragedy of the carnal mind" has been accused of rape by two former congregants, one of whom claims she aborted two of his children after she became pregnant by him as a teenager.
Christian Parents Who Die for Children Can Now Become Saints Under Pope's New Rule
While their deaths may not be classified as martyrdom, which requires the presence of a persecutor, Pope Francis announced Tuesday that Christians who lay down their life to save others such as mothers who risk their life to save an unborn child, can now be considered for beatification — the first step toward sainthood.
Pastor, Wife Who Lost Two Sons in Crash Welcome Twin Boys
Two years after losing their two young sons in a tragic car crash, North Carolina Pastor Gentry Eddings and his wife, Hadley, welcomed the birth of twin boys on Monday.
Three Michigan Women Pledge Virginity in Wedding to Jesus
Three Michigan women donned elegant wedding gowns and vowed to be lifelong virgins for Jesus in a ceremony conducted by the Archbishop of Detroit Allen H. Vigneron before hundreds of guests late last June.
Samford University Declines $3M From Baptist Convention After Row Over Student LGBT Group
Samford University, a top-ranked private Christian University in Birmingham, Alabama, announced Friday that it will not accept an expected annual $3 million funding allocation from the Alabama Baptist State Convention starting Jan. 1, 2018, after a tense exchange over an LGBT student group.
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