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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Deacon, Wife, Two Children Die in Tragic House Fire
A South Carolina deacon, his wife and two of their young children died in a tragic fire that ripped through their family home Tuesday morning.
HeartCry Missionary Paul Washer Expected to Be Released From Hospital by Weekend
After suffering a massive heart attack and forced to undergo emergency surgery on Monday night, founder, director and missions coordinator of HeartCry Missionary Society, Paul Washer, is expected to be released from the hospital by the weekend.
Princeton Seminary Cancels Award to Tim Keller After LGBT Complaint
A week after disgruntled Princeton Theological Seminary alumni complained that Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, should not receive the school's Kuyper Prize because of his church's position on the ordination of women and LGBT individuals, the seminary decided Wednesday not to give the award this year.
Tillerson Says Wife Told Him to Take State Sec. Job: 'God's Not Through With You'
In his first interview since taking office, former ExxonMobil CEO turned Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, revealed that he didn't want the job which President Donald Trump offered him at the end of their very first meeting.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Criticized for Giving Eddie Long Highest Honor at Funeral
Two months after the death of controversial megachurch Pastor Eddie Long, some high-profile members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, which he was a member of, are criticizing the organization for recognizing him with its highest honor despite his scandal-scarred life.
'The Earth Is Flat, Yes, It Is,' Shaquille O'Neal Says
Retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal joined a growing chorus of athletes who reject the idea of a round earth last Thursday when he declared in an interview that "the Earth is flat. Yes, it is."
Paul Washer, HeartCry Missionary Society Founder, Suffers Heart Attack
Supporters of Paul Washer, 55, founder, director and missions coordinator of HeartCry Missionary Society, are now asking for prayers after he suffered a heart attack Monday night and was forced to undergo emergency surgery.
Fast-Growing Christian Movement Attracts the Young, Upends Religious, Political Landscape
An entrepreneurial Christian movement described as "Independent Network Charismatic" or INC is now the fastest growing Christian group in America, two researchers say, and it is attracting the young and wielding powerful influence on both the religious and political fronts.
'I Kissed a Girl' Singer Katy Perry Says She Spent Childhood Trying to 'Pray the Gay Away at Jesus Camps'
Preacher's kid and "I Kissed a Girl" singer Katy Perry revealed on Saturday that she did a lot more than kiss a girl growing up as a conservative Christian and spent her time trying to "pray the gay away at Jesus Camps."
Coptic Christian Sues After Florida DOT Fires Him, Tells FBI He Is a Muslim Terrorist
Michael Rezk, an Egyptian and Coptic Christian who became a U.S. citizen in 2015, is suing the Florida Department of Transportation for religious and national origin discrimination after the agency fired him and reported him as a Muslim terrorist to the FBI, causing his arrest.
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