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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Christian Hollywood film producer Tyler Perry is facing criticism from his fans for not practicing the faith he preaches after he announced that he's expecting a child out of wedlock with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Gelila Bekele, a 28-year-old Ethiopian model.
Ebola Patient Identified as Thomas Eric Duncan; Feds Say Nearly 100 People May Have Had Contact as Family Prays With Him by Phone
The Ebola patient who became the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly disease in the United States has been identified as Thomas Eric Duncan, a former chauffeur from Liberia whose family says they prayed with him on the phone Wednesday as he waits to be treated with the experimental serum Zmapp.
Minnesota's Largest Church Opens Modern Woodbury Campus With More Space Than a Football Field
After three years of worshipping at the East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minnesota, Eagle Brook Church, the largest church in that state and one of the top 20 largest in the U.S., officially opened its newest campus in Woodbury on Saturday and it is lavish, modern and boasts more space than a football field.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Tuesday that a patient at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas became the first person in the United States to test positive for the deadly Ebola virus that is ravaging multiple countries in West Africa.
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Despite praise from U.S. officials about recent airstrikes targeting Islamic militant group ISIS in Syria, a member of the terror group is taunting the U.S.-led coalition by describing the strikes as a failure.
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Conservative author, filmmaker and outspoken critic of the Obama administration Dinesh D'Souza says outgoing U.S. attorney general Eric Holder might end up as the boss of a "criminal syndicate" after he leaves office this year.
'This Is Not Alton,' Mother of Muslim Beheading Suspect Apologizes to Families of Victims, Says He Was Raised Christian
The mother of Oklahoma Muslim Beheading suspect, Alton Alexander Nolen, 30, recently apologized to the families of the victims he allegedly beheaded and stabbed after he was fired last Thursday, and said what he did was out of character as he was raised Christian.
Megachurch Preacher Rick Cole Pledges to Live on Streets of Sacramento Until He Raises $100,000 to Help Homeless
Rick Cole, pastor of the megachurch Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, California has ditched the comfort of his home and has pledged to live on the streets of the city's downtown area for up to two weeks or until he has raised $100,000 to help fund a program called "Winter Sanctuary" that provides food and shelter for the homeless at churches in the area during the winter months.
'Christian Couple' Spreading Gospel Through Wife-Swapping and Fitness; 'I Don't Think God Would Be Mad,' Says Bisexual Wife
A Florida couple who claim to be devout Christians and lovers of exercise say they are joyfully spreading the love of Christ and the Bible through their unconventional wife-swapping and fitness ministry. The wife says she doesn't believe swinging is wrong, but if it is, she'll find out on judgement day.
Former Waitress-Turned-Author Says She Used Portion of $4K in Tips From Rush Limbaugh to Fund Abortions to Spite Him
A former waitress-turned-author who just released her debut novel said she twice waited on conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and used a portion of the $4,000 in tips he left her to fund abortions, just so she could spite him.
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