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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Pastor E. Dewey Smith Slams Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani for Calling Black Lives Matter Racist
E. Dewey Smith Jr., senior pastor of The House of Hope Atlanta (Greater Travelers Rest) church in Decatur, Georgia, delivered a wincing takedown of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday for calling Black Lives Matter racist.
Michelle Obama: Election Is 'About Who Will Have the Power to Shape Our Children'
Speaking to a crowd of fellow Democrats energized by her presence on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Obama said she believes this election is "about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives."
African-American Church in North Carolina Endorses Donald Trump
Antioch Road to Glory International Ministries, a black church in the swing state of North Carolina, hosted a rally Sunday in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump who the latest CNN/ORC poll shows has overtaken his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump Recommitted His Life to Jesus a Decade Ago, Pastor Jentezen Franklin Says
Donald Trump, the newly-minted 70-year-old Republican presidential nominee whose controversial relationship with God has often been the stuff of headlines, recommitted his life to the Lord about 10 years ago, according to Gainesville, Georgia Pastor Jentezen Franklin.
Former NewSpring Pastor Perry Noble Checks Into Treatment Center for Alcohol Addiction
Some 19 days after his firing from NewSpring Church in South Carolina for alcohol addiction and other "unfortunate choices and decisions," Pastor Perry Noble checked into a treatment center to begin his journey to recovery last Wednesday.
Blessed by God, I Overcame Odds to Walk Again, Brock Mealer Says, Comparing Himself to Trump
Brock Mealer, an Ohio man who learned to walk again after doctors told him he only had a one percent chance of getting back on his feet after he was paralyzed in a car crash in 2007, walked out on stage at the Republican National Convention Thursday declaring how Jesus made his comeback a reality.
5 Things to Know About Clinton's VP Pick Tim Kaine
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her vice-presidential pick Friday. Kaine was selected among a binder full of men her campaign chairman, John Podesta, kept for her. Here are five things you should know about him.
Donald Trump Pledges to Help Evangelicals in Nomination Acceptance Speech
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reiterated a pledge to repeal a controversial piece of legislation commonly known as the Johnson Amendment that penalizes charitable organizations including churches, for endorsing political candidates as he officially accepted his party's nomination Thursday night.
Donald Trump Is Experienced, Bible-Believing Dealmaker, Pastor Darrell Scott Tells RNC
Cleveland pastor Darrell Scott of the New Spirit Revival Center rallied delegates on the third day of the Republican National Convention in his hometown Wednesday by painting Donald Trump, the party's newly minted presidential nominee, as an experienced Bible-believing dealmaker.
Mike Pence: 'I'm a Christian, a Conservative, and a Republican, in That Order'
Despite his quiet demeanor, Mike Pence quickly delivered some stealthy blows to the campaign of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, and said he had every intention to win the White House with Donald Trump in November.
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