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.
Latest
Donald Trump Announces Run for President; 'I Will Be the Greatest Jobs President God Ever Created'
Real estate mogul and reality star Donald Trump became the 12th candidate to jump into the growing pool of 2016 Republican presidential candidates Tuesday when he declared in a 45-minute speech that he wants to be in the White House and promised that he "will be the greatest jobs president God ever created."
Elisabeth Elliot, Iconic Christian Missionary and 'Through Gates of Splendor' Author Is Dead; Exemplary Life Celebrated
Iconic evangelical Christian missionary and prolific author Elisabeth Elliot, who continued to minister to the Auca tribe in Ecuador years after her first husband, Jim, and four other missionary workers were "speared to death" in the 1950s, died Monday after battling dementia for about a decade. She was 88.
New National Poll Shows Most Republicans Want Ben Carson at Top of 2016 GOP Ticket; Jeb Bush in Third
Even though he's ahead by just a slim margin, results of the latest Monmouth University Poll released Monday shows most Republican voters want renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson as the 2016 GOP presidential nominee.
Woman Sues Fishbones Restaurant After Security Orders Her Out of Female Bathroom Thinking She Was a Man
A woman who was ordered out of the female restroom of a popular Fishbones restaurant in Detroit after security mistook her for a man is now suing the popular Greektown eatery for emotional distress and alleged civil rights violations.
Pastor Says He Banned Couples From Church on Facebook for 'Telling Lies, Causing Problem;' They Suggest It's About Tithe
A North Carolina pastor sparked a fiery debate online Thursday for publicly banning several of his members from church on Facebook for, among other things, "telling lies, causing problems and sowing discord." And he says Jesus told him to do it.
White Texas Elementary School Teacher Fired for Saying 'Blacks' Should Be 'Segregated' in Facebook Post on McKinney Incident
A white Texas elementary school teacher who suggested on Facebook that "blacks" may be better off being "segregated on one side of town" in response to the controversial pool party incident in McKinney has been fired.
Christian Singer Michael Gungor's 'Liturgists' Group Charging 100 People $300 to Question Orthodox Beliefs of the Church
Popular alternative Christian rock musician Michael Gungor of the musical collective Gungor, along with an eclectic mix of people belonging to a group called The Liturgists, is offering 100 people a $300 chance to join the group in a high level conversation expected to, among other things, discuss the "cultural ghettoes" of the church and secular society.
'God Corrects but Does Not Punish,' Says Creflo Dollar; World Has Twisted 'Perception of What We Think God Is Like'
Popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International, Creflo Dollar, says the world's perception of God is twisted, particularly when it comes to His treatment of sin.
Heartbreak: Bryan Koch, Pastor Who Lost Wife Lynn in Deadly Motorcycle Accident Sunday, Still Doesn't Know She's Dead
It will be a painful awakening for pastor Bryan Koch of Glad Tidings Church in Spring Township, Pennsylvania, in more ways than one when he emerges from the sedated state he has been in since a deadly motorcycle accident that took the life of his wife, Lynn, and severed one of his legs Sunday.
Former White Sox Player-Turned-Pastor Loses Wife and Leg in Deadly Crash; Now Fighting for His Life
Thousands of congregants at Glad Tidings Church in Spring Township, Pennsylvania, are now praying for their longtime pastor Bryan Koch, a former catcher and first baseman with the Chicago White Sox, after a deadly motorcycle accident took the life of his wife, Lynn, and severed one of his legs. He is currently fighting for his life in a local hospital.
Most Popular
5 things to know after the storming of a Minnesota church by Anti-ICE activists
Why are 64% of American churchgoers wrong about Heaven?
3 things to know about Trump's new immigration visa freeze
Fernando Mendoza thanks God after Indiana wins National Championship, drops F-bomb
Here’s why there are more ICE raids in blue states
MUST READ
Trump's week in review: Announces 'great healthcare plan,' freezes funding to sanctuary cities
5 Supreme Court decisions to watch in 2026
Lecrae is no longer worried about pleasing everyone in the room after finding freedom
Street evangelists charged with misdemeanors, accused of disrupting Muslim prayer event in Florida
5 things to know about the late Michael Reagan: 'I was a chosen one'
5 things to know about Greenland, why Trump wants to acquire it for the US
Jamal Bryant slammed for buying wife flesh-colored gala dress: 'Lowering of standards'
Philip Yancey admits extramarital affair, will step away from ministry work to focus on marriage
5 things to know about Venezuela's oil industry, US involvement
US Evangelical leaders react to Trump’s capture of Maduro
HHS freezes childcare funds to Minnesota after report on Somali daycare centers: 'Blatant fraud'
Franklin Graham attributes rising church attendance to young people's rejection of 'anti-God socialism'
Pastor outraged after friend jailed for refusing to apologize over drag queen story hour protest: 'Minions of Satan'
A look at how world’s 5 Communist countries are cracking down on Christians: report
Did India deny a visa to Franklin Graham ahead of a crusade? Here's what we know
