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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Jailed Youth Evangelist Matt Pitt Luring Inmates to Church With 'Beautiful Women'
Popular Youth Evangelist Matt Pitt might be in jail for the next 10 months but it's not stopping him from using everything in his power to get his fellow inmates to turn to the Lord. And last Thursday he revealed he was using the power of "beautiful women" to lure men into his church.
Once Bullied for His Stutter, British Teen Musharaf Asghar Brings Class to Tears With Speech
In a triumphant move over his acute stammer which used to get him bullied in high school, a British teen moving on to college delivered a farewell speech in front of his classmates and teachers that made it difficult for them to keep their eyes dry.
Missouri Police Tasered Desperate Father Trying to Save 3-Y-O Son as He Dies Helplessly in House Fire
A three-year-old boy perished helplessly in a raging house fire in Louisiana, Mo., last Thursday as police officers tasered then restrained his desperate stepfather who wanted to try to save him from the deadly blaze.
President Obama Did Not Lie About Obamacare; He 'Clearly Misspoke,' Says NY Times Editorial
President Barack Obama did not lie to the American people when he said people could keep their health insurance under Obamacare if they liked it says the New York Times. He "clearly misspoke".
Loving God and Craft Beer; Churches Combine Beer and Hymns in Rollicking Services to Combat Dwindling Numbers
A small community of churches in the United States are combining worship and beer to attract people to boost their dwindling numbers.
Texas Court OKs Sexually Explicit Conversations Between Adults and Minors Online; Perverts Will Run Amok, Say State Lawyers
Texas' highest criminal court ruled on Wednesday that sexually explicit communication between adults and children online is protected under the First Amendment and struck down a section of a 2005 law that prohibited it. State lawyers are now worried perverts will run amok.
Influential Author Says Popular Scripture Has Been Disappointing Christian Parents for 'Generations;' Here's Why
Cited as "one of the most influential people in America," New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews says a popular scripture Solomon wrote in the book of Proverbs has been disappointing parents for "generations" and he knows why.
Ted Cruz Tells Trayvon Martin's Mother That 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Are Not Racist But Help Protect the Black Community (VIDEO)
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called out what he saw as a "sad" effort to use the Trayvon Martin tragedy to undermine "Stand Your Ground" laws at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, and frankly told the dead teen's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and the rest of the audience that the laws had nothing to do with his death.
'She's a Home Wrecker;' New Website Shames, Rebukes Women Who Have Affairs with Married Men and Boyfriends
A new website that publicly shames and rebukes women who have affairs with married men, and boyfriends of women in committed relationships, is fast becoming popular among women trying to ward off potential threats to their homes or those whose relationships have already succumbed to the damage of infidelity.
Ex-GOP House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Says He's Now on a Mission From God After Court Throws Out Money Funneling Conviction
A month after a Texas judges overturned his money laundering conviction in September, former U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) told a told a group of tea party Republicans last Tuesday that he's now on a mission from God.
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