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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Russia Files Petition to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses as Extremist Group
The Russian Justice Ministry filed a formal petition Wednesday with the nation's Supreme Court seeking to ban Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist group.
Christian Ecclesia College Stands by President After He Is Indicted for Mail, Wire Fraud
Two months after denying allegations that he bribed a government official to get state grants, Oren Paris III, president of Ecclesia College, a small Christian school in Springdale, Arkansas, has been indicted along with two others on 10 counts each of mail and wire fraud.
Girl, 13, Allegedly Raped by Cook at Popular Church Summer Camp
The world's largest church summer youth camp, hosted at a conference center owned and operated by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, could come under greater scrutiny this year after it was alleged in a recent lawsuit that a 13-year-old girl was tied up and brutally raped by a 35-year-old cook last summer.
Pastor, Father of 6 Fatally Stabbed by Church Member While Praying for Assailant
A beloved California pastor and father of six with a heart for "outcast and marginalized people" was fatally stabbed in the neck with a drywall saw by a member of his flock Tuesday night as he offered prayers for his alleged killer.
Hero American Mormon Missionary Disarms, Beats Up Armed Robber in Brazil
An American Mormon missionary working in Brazil is now being hailed as a hero by some after he disarmed, then beat a gunman who tried to rob him and his Christian brother Saturday.
Mother of 5 Comes Out as a Man, Her Only Son Becomes a Girl and Husband Says It's OK
Four years after her only son came out as a transgender girl, Erica Maison, a married Detroit mother of five, has decided to transition into a man named Eric and her husband of 10 years says he has no problem with it.
Anna Hayford, Wife of Former Church on the Way Pastor Jack Hayford, Dies From Cancer
Anna Hayford, wife of former senior pastor of The Church on the Way Jack Hayford, has died. She died peacefully at home last Wednesday after battling stage four pancreatic cancer, according to the church. She was 83.
Texas Senate Approves Controversial Bathroom Bill, Opponents Say It Will Hurt Transgender People
Despite opponents arguing that it will hurt transgender people by discriminating against them, the Texas Senate on Tuesday tentatively approved a controversial "bathroom" bill with a 21-10 vote.
Pastors, Counselor at Christian Boot Camp Get 20 Years for Child Abuse
Two pastors and a counselor who led a church-run boot camp for troubled teens in Alabama were each sentenced to 20 years in prison for their role in the abuse of multiple children left under their care.
SBC's Frank Page, Russell Moore Say They 'Fully Support' Each Other After Firing Rumors
Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank S. Page and the organization's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore said in a joint statement Monday that they "fully support" each other after a controversial report in The Washington Post suggested Page would ask Moore to resign due to simmering political tensions.
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