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 Accidentally Shoots Wife in Head He Has Known Since 12, Police Investigate
A Florida pastor who said he accidentally shot his wife in the head while cleaning his gun Monday is being investigated by police as neighbors were left stunned by the tragedy.
Christian Schoolteacher in UK Gets 22 Life Sentences for Raping as Many as 200 Christian Children
A Christian schoolteacher from England who police believe sexually abused as many as 200 children from poor communities in Malaysia and bragged about his exploits online, was given 22 life sentences after admitting to 71 charges of sex abuse against children aged 6 months to 12 years.
Gay Christian Grandson of Hamas Founder Says He Fled to America to Escape Certain Death in West Bank
The grandson of a founding member of the Palestinian Sunni-Islamic terror group Hamas says he's fleeing "certain death" at the hands of his family in the West Bank after revealing that he's a gay Christian.
Televangelist Frank Amedia Claims God Raised Up Donald Trump to Help Pave Way for Second Coming
Televangelist Frank Amedia, who leads Touch Heaven Ministries in Ohio, says he was told by God last year that Donald Trump would be the GOP presidential nominee and he believes God "raised up" the real estate mogul to help pave the way for the Second Coming.
Former MLB Player Curt Schilling Warns 'White Christians Are Under Attack' as Left Pushes 'Civil War'
Curt Schilling, the Christian former All-Star and World Series champion pitcher who was fired from his job as a high-profile analyst with ESPN in April over a controversial anti-transgender meme, has warned that "white Christians are under attack" and the left is pushing a civil war they want the government to fight for them.
Women Who Remain Virgins Before Marriage Least Likely to Divorce, Study Finds
Women who were virgins before they got married are the least likely to divorce after five years, but these brides are scarce, according to the results of a new study released Monday by the Institute for Family Studies.
Bill Clinton at Black Megachurch: Trump's 'Make America Great Again' Slogan Is Code for Segregation
Without once naming presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in his speech, former President Bill Clinton warned congregants at a popular black California megachurch on Sunday that the billionaire's campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" is a code that means "way more than what it sounds like."
'We Bled, Sweat, Cried and Cussed,' Says Pastor Jamal Bryant After Unity Meeting With PFK Boom
In a meeting where "we bled, sweat, cried and cussed," Pastor Jamal Bryant of Baltimore's Empowerment Temple church revealed Thursday that he has settled differences with grassroots activist PFK Boom and his "300 Gangstas" organization after an altercation last week in which he was chased off a Baltimore Street by Boom.
Robertson McQuilkin, Fmr. Pres. of Columbia Bible College and Marriage Icon, Dies at 88
Robertson McQuilkin, a former missionary and president of Columbia Bible College in South Carolina who inspired thousands with his love for his first wife, Muriel, when he resigned so he could care for her after she was stricken with Alzheimer's, died on Thursday. He was 88.
Father of Murdered Christian Teen Explodes on Daughter's Killer for Taunting Family in Court
A grieving father struggling to forgive a serial killer who took the life of his devout teenage Christian daughter exploded in an Ohio court Thursday after the killer taunted him.
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