
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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Christian Aid Ministries says gangs taking power in Haiti; crime boss urges US to cut ties with gov’t
As they continue praying for the release of their 17 missionaries kidnapped by gangsters in Haiti, the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said nearly half the country is now “under the control of gangs,” as a powerful local crime boss called on the United States and the United Nations to sever ties with the government to “liberate” citizens.

Pastor, Al Sharpton’s younger brother indicted for distributing cocaine
Alabama Pastor Kenneth Sharpton-Glasgow, the troubled younger half-brother of civil rights activist Al Sharpton, pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to distributing cocaine with an unnamed suspect.

Most millennials like Jesus and the Bible, but 30% identify as LGBT: study
While most millennials view Jesus and the Bible as at least “a little positive,” nearly one-third of America’s largest, most educated and misunderstood generation also identify as LGBT, and 75% of them admit to “searching for a sense of purpose in life,” a new report from Arizona Christian University shows.

Pastor locked out of AME church by members due to sex finally allowed inside to preach
Members of the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Thorofare, New Jersey, who shut out their newly appointed Pastor, Ratona Stokes-Robinson, from preaching at the pulpit inside the building since June, reportedly because of her sex, finally relented on Sunday and allowed her inside.

'Jesus Christ Money Master' author gets 3 life sentences for bilking millions from Christians
William Neil “Doc” Gallagher, an 80-year-old Christian radio personality from Texas and author of the Jesus Christ, Money Master Leader Guide, was sentenced to three life sentences plus an additional 30 years in prison Monday for defrauding more than 190 people, many of whom were older adult Christians, of at least $23 million.

‘May God save the planet': Biden says Americans have ‘seen the Lord’ on climate change at summit
In 2010, data shows, only 28% of Americans ranked climate change as a top government priority. By 2018, that share of Americans jumped to 46%. On Monday, President Joe Biden boasted at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, that Americans have now finally “seen the Lord” on the issue.

17 missionaries remain captive in Haiti as families of American hostages worldwide plead with Biden
The Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries urged continued prayers for their 17 missionaries being held captive by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti as families of 26 Americans being held hostage around the world recently pressed the Biden administration to push more aggressively to free their loved ones.

Jesse Jackson hospitalized after falling, cutting head at Howard University
Civil rights leader and Baptist minister the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., 80, was hospitalized after falling and cutting his head at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

Internet now most popular place to meet a spouse, but divorce is high: study
The most popular place for adults over 30 to meet a spouse is no longer recommendations from family, friends and neighbors but online, a new study conducted in the United Kingdom shows.

Vaccinated White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirms she has COVID-19
Four days after learning that members of her household tested positive for COVID-19, fully vaccinated White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, revealed that she tested positive for the virus on Sunday as doctors say it's unlikely President Joe Biden has been infected.


























