
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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Arizona Passes Bill Clarifying State's Religious Freedom Protections
State senators in Arizona voted heavily along partisan lines Wednesday in passing a bill that allows business owners to refuse service to homosexuals based on their religious beliefs.

Bro. Donny Reagan Apologizes; Church Explains His Message Saying He's Not Racist, He 'Simply Does Not Marry Interracially'
After being branded as possibly the most racist preacher in America because of his opposition to interracial relationships, Bro. Donny Reagan of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ in Johnson City, Tenn., is apologizing to anyone who may have been offended by his message.

Hot Pockets Pulled From Shelves for Possibly Containing 'Diseased and Unsound Animals' and Consumers Are Not Amused
Hot Pockets parent company Nestlé issued a recall of several types of Hot Pocket products Tuesday after it was revealed that some of the meat used in making the products could have come from "diseased and unsound animals," according to the USDA.

NC Gov. Pat McCrory Gets Food Store Cook Fired for Telling Him 'Thanks for Nothing;' Cook Says 'He Was Hating on Me for Being a Fag'
Embattled Republican Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina got an employee at a Myers Park Gourmet food store fired Sunday for reportedly telling him, "thanks for nothing." The cook says McCrory was giving him a hard time because he is gay.

Woman Defies Doctors Who Told Her to Abort Unborn Baby Because It 'Will Die' and Delivers Healthy Baby Boy
A 30-year-old British woman who was told by doctors to abort her unborn baby while she was pregnant because it would die, defied their expert advice and gave birth to a healthy baby boy she is now calling a "miracle."

Did He See Heaven? Brian Miller Says He Ended Up on Heavenly Path With Dead In-Laws After Heart Stopped 45 Minutes
An Ohio man whose heart stopped for 45 minutes after suffering a massive heart attack says he ended up on a heavenly pathway lined with flowers and spoke with his dead in-laws as doctors feverishly tried to get his heart going again.

Man Fatally Shoots 15-Y-O Girl, Adrian Deejayee Broadway, for Egging His Son's Car in Valentine's Night Prank
A late night prank by a group of teenagers in Little Rock, Ark., turned deadly on Valentine's Day when a 15-year-old girl ended up being fatally shot in the head by the father of a friend whose car they egged and filled with leaves.

Newark's Archbishop Under Fire for Making Lavish $500K Addition to $800K Retirement Home Despite Pope Wanting 'Poor Church'
Archbishop of Newark, N.J., John J. Myers, is facing criticism for making a lavish $500,000 addition, including a hot tub and elevator, to his $800,000 future retirement home despite Pope Francis calling on bishops to stop living "like princes" and become a "poor church for the poor."

Is Donny Reagan of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ the Most Racist Pastor in the US? He Claims Interracial Marriages Are 'Not Right'
Is Donny Reagan of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ the most racist pastor in the United States?

Cody Coots, Son of 'Snake Salvation' Pastor Jamie Coots, Says Rattlesnake That Killed Father Will Be Back in Church Saturday
The deadly rattlesnake that delivered the fatal bite to "Snake Salvation" pastor Jamie Coots in Middlesboro, Ky., last Saturday will be back in church to help praise the Lord in another heart-pounding service this Saturday, according to his son, Cody Coots.



















