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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  • Now a Reality, Should Genetically Modified Babies Be Prohibited?

    Now a Reality, Should Genetically Modified Babies Be Prohibited?

    After an announcement last year that a series of experiments in the United States had resulted in the birth of 30 healthy genetically modified babies, genetics experts are now debating whether or not further development of designer offspring should be banned.

  • Florida Megachurch's Youth Group Draws Peers With Music, Harlem Shake

    Florida Megachurch's Youth Group Draws Peers With Music, Harlem Shake

    When teens from Florida megachurch Bethel Baptist Institutional talk to their secular peers about God these days, instead of pulling out a familiar tract, they profess their faith through videos of the church's youth group rapping about Jesus or their exuberant interpretation of the popular Harlem Shake.

  • Bill O'Reilly: Christian Tradition Under Attack as Schools Ban 'Easter'

    Bill O'Reilly: Christian Tradition Under Attack as Schools Ban 'Easter'

    Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly has slammed secular progressives for continuing their attack on Christian traditions through the banning of the word 'Easter' in some public schools as students get ready to celebrate the upcoming holiday.

  • Is the Republican Party Breaking Up With its Christian Base?

    Is the Republican Party Breaking Up With its Christian Base?

    Some Christian groups are worried the Republican National Convention (RNC) may be distancing itself from conservatives after they failed to discuss their longstanding relationship with conservative Christians in a 98-page report on retooling and expanding the Party, which was released on Monday.

  • Christian Rapper's Explicit Lyrics Stir Controversy

    Christian Rapper's Explicit Lyrics Stir Controversy

    In his unvarnished portrayal of life and faith and their accompanying tensions, a Christian rapper has stirred debate over whether he crossed the line by using the taboo n-word and b-word.

  • John Piper to Leave Bethlehem Church for a Year in May

    John Piper to Leave Bethlehem Church for a Year in May

    After stepping down from 33 years as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn., John Piper, 67, will begin the transition of the church's leadership in May by moving his family to Tennessee.

  • At 74, Shirley Caesar to Release New Album, 'Good God'

    At 74, Shirley Caesar to Release New Album, 'Good God'

    When legendary gospel singer Pastor Shirley Caesar sang 'I'll Never Stop Praising the Lord' she clearly meant every word of it. At 74 years old and more than 40 gospel albums into a 60-year career, the multiple Dove and Grammy award winning minister is set to release a brand new album on March 26 simply titled, Good God.

  • Poll: Addressing Sex Abuse Scandals Should Be New Pope's Top Priority

    Poll: Addressing Sex Abuse Scandals Should Be New Pope's Top Priority

    While American Catholics are mostly satisfied with the selection of Argentina's former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new pope to lead the Catholic Church's 1.2 billion adherents, they now want him to make addressing sex abuse scandals in the church his top priority.

  • Tyler Jones: Pastors Must Give Up 'Superman Complex,' Empower Christians to Do God's Work

    Tyler Jones: Pastors Must Give Up 'Superman Complex,' Empower Christians to Do God's Work

    Lead Pastor of Vintage Church in Raleigh, N.C., Tyler Jones urged a packed auditorium of church leaders on Tuesday to give up the "Superman complex" and start empowering members of their congregations to fulfill the ministry God has given to them.

  • Traditional Burials Lose Ground to Cheaper, Convenient Cremation

    Traditional Burials Lose Ground to Cheaper, Convenient Cremation

    Americans are increasingly ditching costly trappings of traditional burials like caskets and church burial plots in favor of cremations to squeeze more value from the way they remember their dead as religious attitudes toward the practice have softened.

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