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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Michigan Man Forced Wife to Watch as He Murdered Her 4 Children
A Michigan father who served time for viciously stabbing his pregnant first wife to death in 1991, snapped again Wednesday when he shot and tortured his current wife, then forced her to watch as he gunned down his two teenage stepchildren and poisoned their two younger children.
School District Advised to Allow After School Satan Club Because It Would Be Costly to Fight
A school district in Mount Vernon, Washington, advised by legal representation Wednesday to allow the Satanic Temple of Seattle to start an after-school program at one of their elementary schools because it would be costly and futile if officials chose otherwise.
Vigil for Terence Crutcher Draws Hundreds to Tulsa Church
A gutted group of Christians, Jews, Muslims and others from Tulsa gathered Wednesday night at the Metropolitan Baptist Church to grieve the death of Terence Crutcher, the Christian father gunned down in the street last Friday by a police officer.
Pastors Pray Against 'Concentrated Satanic Attack' Being Waged Against 'God's Choice' Donald Trump
New Spirit Revival Center church pastor Rev. Darrell Scott declared Wednesday that there is a "concentrated satanic attack" being waged against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who is believed by some evangelicals to be God's choice for president.
Women Can Have a More Fulfilling Marriage if They're Submissive, Christian Author Says
Italian writer Costanza Miriano angered women's rights activists across Europe in 2013 when she released her best-selling book, "Marry Him and Be Submissive," advising women to forsake the heresy of feminism and submit to their husbands in order to enjoy a more fulfilling life.
Trump Says Terence Crutcher Did Everything Right; Blames Tulsa Cop for Choking
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was troubled by the controversial shooting of Terence Crutcher, 40, by Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby last Friday because he looked like he did "everything he was supposed to do" but was killed anyway.
Colin Kaepernick Gets Death Threats, Says Terence Crutcher's Death 'Perfect Example' of Point He's Trying to Make
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick revealed Tuesday that he has been getting death threats for refusing to stand for the national anthem in protest of racial inequality and unfair treatment of minorities by law enforcement.
Donald Trump to Hold 'Town Hall' Addressing African-American Concerns on Heels of Fatal Police Shooting
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to address concerns of the African-Americans in a "town hall" style event at a Cleveland church Wednesday on the heels of the fatal police shooting of Tulsa father Terence Crutcher, 40.
Terence Crutcher, Man Killed by Tulsa Police, Was Family Man Who Sang in Church Every Sunday, Twin Sister Says
Terence Crutcher, 40, who is described as looking like a "bad dude" by a Tulsa police officer moments before he is shot dead on video by another colleague, was described Monday by his Twin sister Dr. Tiffany Crutcher as a family man who sang in church every Sunday.
Christian Woman Fired for Refusing to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses in Florida
Yanicka Parker, a Christian minister and former court specialist, has filed a lawsuit against Broward Clerk of Courts Howard Forman in Florida for allegedly firing her because she refused to perform same-sex marriages due to her religious beliefs.
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