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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Wealthy Church of Latter-day Saints Makes $266M in Sales From Lavish Mall
City Creek Center, A lavish shopping mall owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah is expected to register some $266 million dollars in sales after just a year in operation.
Televangelist Asks Followers for $79,000 to Do Paint Job on 'Lord's Jet' He Bought Last Year
A televangelist out of Midland Michigan dubbed as the "Preacher of Righteousness" has asked his followers in a letter for $79,000 to repaint a luxury jet he says "actually belongs" to the Lord.
US Immigration Office Gives Atheist Seeking Citizenship Until Friday to Prove She Is a Church Member
Unless she joins a church by Friday, an atheist woman will be denied U.S. citizenship by the Department of Homeland Security because her refusal to "take up arms to defend the United States" is not religiously-based.
Man Attacked by Black Bear; Gets $310 Ticket for Feeding It
An Alaska man who tried to distract a black bear with barbecue from a church picnic when the animal surprised him, was mauled by the bear and received a $310 ticket from state park officials for feeding the wildlife after his escape.
Texas Megachurch Pastor Asks Congregation to Sow $52 'Favor Seeds' to Upgrade Helicopter Blades
A Texas megachurch pastor, whose 'Aviation Department' advised him that upgrading the blades on his helicopter would save his church $50,000, recently caused an uproar for asking his congregation to help finance the upgrade with $52 'favor seeds.'
Son of Pastor Killed Minutes Before Father's Day Focuses on Forgiveness Ahead of Memorial Service
Despite his crushing loss, the teenage son of a popular Texas youth pastor Brian Jennings, who was killed just minutes before Father's Day while trying to help a stranded motorist, has decided to heed the lesson on forgiveness his dad had planned to teach on Sunday.
State Sen. Elbert Lee Guillory Explains Why He Ditched Dems for GOP in Poignant YouTube Video
Citing the "illusion" of the Democrat Party that their agenda is the best path for uplifting blacks in America, Louisiana State Senator Elbert Lee Guillory explained on Sunday why he quit the Democratic Party for the GOP and encouraged African-Americans to join him in the move.
Sarah Palin Writing Book to Defend 'Christ' in Christmas
Former GOP vice-presidential nominee and ex-Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin is getting ready to defend the "Christ" in Christmas in an upcoming book.
Alcoholic Who Stole, Got Drunk on $5 Bottles of Church Wine Gets Probation
A 21-year-old alcoholic prison inmate from Lancaster County, Pa., who broke into a Catholic church four times last year and was caught drunk on $5 bottles of sacramental wine was given three years' probation for his crime by a local judge on Monday.
City Transplant John Piper Unsure He's Suited for Country Silence
Living for a short while in his new home in Tennessee, Desiring God founder and theologian John Piper observes that there is a still quietness in his new locale, so much so that at times he can hear his wife breath. And he's not sure he can get used to it.
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