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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Married cancer patients are more likely to live longer than those who are unmarried, according to a comprehensive new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on Monday.
Congregation Fires Pastor for Marrying Gay Couple With Controversial Marriage License in State College, Pa.
A defiant Pennsylvania pastor who fought with his church over gay marriage has been fired by his congregation for officiating the wedding of a same-sex couple with a controversial marriage license at the home of a local mayor last month.
Pastor Says 'Church Sucks,' Mixes Worship With Katy Perry, Maroon 5; Tells Congregation 'Don't Get Your Panties in a Bunch'
A Eugene, Ore., pastor who thinks churches focus too much on sin and not enough on connecting people to God, is now trying to appeal to people who have been hurt by churches through a campaign called "Church Sucks" featuring shorter services and music by Katy Perry and Maroon 5 at his church, One Love.
Pastor's Daughter and World's Most Powerful Woman, Angela Merkel, Romps Her Way to a Third Term as Germany's Chancellor
Angela Merkel, a pastor's daughter, the world's most powerful woman, and second most powerful person behind President Barack Obama, romped her way to a resounding victory on Sunday to become Germany's chancellor for a third consecutive term with her center-right Christian Democratic Union Party in tow.
Facebook Page Calls Jesus a 'Bastard,' Virgin Mary a 'Whore,' Says She 'Should Have Aborted' Christ and Facebook Says It's OK
A disturbing Facebook page disparaging all things Christian has called Mary the mother of Jesus a whore, Jesus a bastard and is advocating a page that says she should have aborted Christ.
Pennsylvania Hospital Opens America's First Treatment Center for Internet Addicts
A Pennsylvania hospital has launched the first ever hospital-based treatment center for people who are so addicted to using the Internet they are unable to bring the addiction under control by themselves.
Southern Christian Family 'God Called to Be Rich' Flaunts Wealth in New Bravo Reality Series 'Thicker Than Water'
A new reality series billed "Thicker Than Water" featuring the Christian family of Nashville-based gospel jazz artist Ben Tankard, his wife, Jewel, and the wealth "God called" them into, is scheduled to make its debut in November and it's primed to cause a stir.
Michigan Professor Pulled From Class for Calling Republicans 'A Bunch of Dead White People Who Have Raped This Country'
A Michigan State University professor was pulled from his teaching duties two weeks ago after a secret recording of him telling his students that Republicans were 'cheap' dead or dying white people who have "raped this country and gotten everything out if it" was posted on YouTube earlier this month.
Miracle in Elkhart County: Reclusive Businessman Wills $150M Fortune to Community, Now They Have a Plan to Use It
It took more than a year of planning, talking and listening but the people of Elkhart County, Ind., finally have a plan on how they will spend the $150 million fortune willed to them by reclusive hometown businessman David Gundlach.
Church Claims Film Got 'R-Rating' From Motion Picture Association of America Because of Its Faith Message
An independent film created by the Retta Baptist Church in Burleson, Texas, was recently slapped with an "R" rating by the Motion Picture Association of America for drugs and violence depicted in the film, but the church's pastor contends it was because of its faith message.
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