Leonardo Blair

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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    Lust Is as Powerful as Drunkenness, Says John Piper

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    'Adopt a Liberal' Campaign Pushes Film on Andrew Breitbart

    If you've ever wanted to save America from liberalism but never had a clue how, now's your chance. The "Adopt a Liberal" campaign is encouraging people to send their favorite liberal personality a haunting DVD on the life of late conservative gadfly Andrew Breitbart.

  • Bipartisan Deal Reached on Background Checks for Firearms Purchases

    Bipartisan Deal Reached on Background Checks for Firearms Purchases

    A bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more firearms purchases has been reached between two senators, according to a Senate aide and lobbyist.

  • GOP Congressman's Gay Son: CNN, MSNBC Nixed Interviews Because I Won't Bash Dad

    GOP Congressman's Gay Son: CNN, MSNBC Nixed Interviews Because I Won't Bash Dad

    The homosexual son of GOP Congressman Matt Salmon of Arizona, says CNN and MSNBC nixed interviews with him after he refused to bash his father on their shows.

  • John Piper Praises Rapper of Controversial 'Fal$E Teacher$' Song

    John Piper Praises Rapper of Controversial 'Fal$E Teacher$' Song

    Retired pastor John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn., had high praises for Christian rapper Shai Linne for his defense of his new song "Fal$E Teacher$" in which he gives a withering criticism of the "prosperity gospel" and an explicit list of some of its more popular preachers like Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes and Benny Hinn.

  • What Does It Mean to Be on God's Side, Jim Wallis Asks

    What Does It Mean to Be on God's Side, Jim Wallis Asks

    With a title culled in part from one of his favorite lines from Abraham Lincoln, Jim Wallis' latest book, On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving The Common Good, delves into a discussion on how different communities in America's increasingly pluralistic society can work together to improve public life for the common good.

  • Chelsea Clinton May Follow Parents Into Politics

    Chelsea Clinton May Follow Parents Into Politics

    Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton, might make it a political trifecta for the Clinton dynasty.

  • Study: Transgender Women Nearly 50 Times More Likely to Have HIV

    Study: Transgender Women Nearly 50 Times More Likely to Have HIV

    A new study spanning 15 countries, including the United States, has highlighted that transgender women are nearly 50 times more likely than the general population to be at risk of an HIV infection while another has cited a dearth of HIV-surveillance data on women with surgically created vaginas.

  • NRB President's Resignation Was Abrupt for Some Members

    NRB President's Resignation Was Abrupt for Some Members

    Two weeks after the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) President & CEO Dr. Frank Wright announced his resignation from the organization, effective Oct. 4, some members remain surprised by the abrupt nature of his decision.

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    Viral Kid President Robby Novak Talks Diplomacy With President Obama

    Perhaps the first president in America's history to talk diplomatic relations between adults and children with a child representative, President Barack Obama did just that this week when he hosted Internet sensation Kid President Robby Novak at the White House this week.

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