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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Diet high in fat, calories could reduce the brain’s ability to regulate how much people eat
New research from Penn State College of Medicine suggests it could be the high fat or calorie count in these popular junk foods that could reduce their brain's ability to say no more.
Beloved Washington pastor, grandfather charged with drug-trafficking, money laundering
Just over a year ago as he was pictured on Facebook officiating a wedding, Washington pastor and grandfather, Steve Parker, was praised as “amazing man of God.” Earlier this month however detectives in Skagit County arrested Parker with a stockpile of guns and drugs after getting a tip that he was on his way to becoming “a high level drug dealer,” and his clean-cut family knew nothing about his double life.
Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston and wife Bobbie selling clothes, furniture online
Shortly after selling their $4.5 million home in Australia, Hillsong Church founders Brian Houston and his wife, Bobbie, are now hosting a fire sale of their used designer clothes, furniture and other home goods described as “pre-loved” online.
Just 29% of white parents see college degree as important, while most minority parents still do
In June 2021, comedian and political commentator Bill Maher slammed college as a “racket” on his political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO.
Pastor Stovall Weems claims Celebration Church backed out of deal to pay $48M to his nonprofit
Celebration Church founder Stovall Weems alleged in a local news interview this week that his former church reneged on a deal to pay his nonprofit $48 million over 15 years and then cut him out of the church’s power structure.
Spirited North Carolina preacher goes skydiving for his 98th birthday
At 98 years old, longtime North Carolina preacher Roy Jernigan doesn’t have a doctor, hasn’t had a physical exam in 15 years and is on no medication “but the good lord and black coffee.” And to celebrate his longevity on Tuesday, he went skydiving with his family for his birthday and plans to do it again when he turns 100.
22-year-old diver lost at sea for 2 hours celebrates 'miracle' after family rescue
A 22-year-old spear fisherman from Key West, Florida, who got lost at sea for two hours last Thursday after he was pulled away from the coast by the Gulf Stream is celebrating a “miracle” after he was rescued alive by his own family before authorities could reach him.
Legal disputes between Celebration Church and founders move to circuit court
A hearing set for Monday regarding a lawsuit by leaders of Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, to evict the church's founders from a Black Hammock Island home purchased as a parsonage was canceled and transferred to the Circuit Court in Duval County.
6-year-old who shot teacher wanted to set another on fire and watch her die: report
A troubled 6-year-old boy who shot his first grade teacher in the chest as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, allegedly told another teacher prior to the shooting that he hated her so much he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die.
Only a minority of parents emphasize passing on their faith to children: study
While mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents today, and studies suggest religion is good for mental health, passing on their religious beliefs to their children is not highly prioritized by U.S. adults with children younger than 18 new data from the Pew Research Center show.
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