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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Former Chicago Church-Owned Bank to Shut Down After Losing Millions
A Chicago bank owned by megachurch pastor Bill Winston and some members of his 20,000-strong Living Word Christian Center was shut down by federal regulators late last Friday after hemorrhaging millions of dollars since its founding in 2008.
Report: Megachurches Meeting Big Budget Demands Even in Tough Economy
Bigger churches are attracting big donations and have fewer problems meeting their budgets even in tough economic times, according to findings reported in The Economic Outlook of Very Large Churches.
Megachurch Pastors Running Churches Like CEOs Unbiblical, Says Former Pastor
If you're a member of a megachurch, chances are you are a part of something that's more business than ministry, according to former pastor and author Glenn Newman in his latest book, Pastors Move Over: Make Room for the Rest of Us.
Romney Would Have Won If Ben Carson Was Running Mate, Says Black Church Group
If Mitt Romney had renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson as his running mate in the 2012 presidential elections, he would have been president today, says National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) President Anthony Evans.
Got an Idea to Take Over GOP From Establishment? Conservative Faction Eager to Know
A great idea on how to wrest control of the GOP from "establishment big government Republicans" and return it to the hands of "limited government, constitutional conservatives," and win the November 2016 elections for the Republican Party, can make you $10,000 richer.
VeggieTales to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at Atlanta Megachurch
The popular Christian children's animated series, VeggieTales, will be hosting a family party in honor of their 20 years of teaching valuable life lessons to children from a Christian perspective at the World Changers Church in College Park, Ga., on Saturday Mar. 30, and everyone is invited.
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson: I Have No Skeleton to Find
Political mudslingers looking for dirt to discredit famed neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson after his candid speech criticizing government policies and political correctness at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. just over a week ago, are probably going to need a miracle finding any major ammunition.
Poll: Mississippi Ranked #1 Religious State in US
Mississippi is America's most religious state while President Barack Obama's home state of Hawaii has taken New York's place among the least religious ones, according to results of a Gallup poll released this week.
Unpredictable Russell Westbrook Ranks #1 Most Exciting Active NBA Star
NBA fans across America think Oklahoma City Thunder's mercurial point guard and Western Conference NBA All-Star reserve Russell Westbrook is the most exciting active professional basketball player on and off the court.
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson Inundated With Donations After Politically Incorrect Speech
After throwing political caution to the wind in his candid speech at the National Prayer Breakfast last Thursday, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson of Johns Hopkins Hospital is riding his popularity with high sales of his books and being flooded with donations to his Carson Scholars Fund celebrating "intellectual superstars" in America's schools.
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