Leonardo Blair
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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Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University claiming exploitation of 'Jerry Falwell trademark’
Former Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Jr., has filed a lawsuit against Liberty University for exploiting the trademark and image of his father, Jerry Falwell, who founded the Evangelical Christian university in 1971, without consulting the Falwell family or "authorization of the Dr. Jerry L. Falwell Family Trust."
Belief in God, angels, Heaven, Hell and devil hit record lows: study
The shares of Americans who believe in God, angels, Heaven, Hell, and the devil have all tumbled to the lowest levels ever recorded over the last two decades and belief in God and Heaven have made the steepest dips, new data from Gallup show.
State Department doesn’t believe kidnapping of American nurse in Haiti connected to travel advisory
State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Monday that he does not believe that the abduction of an American nurse and her child from a Christian education ministry in Haiti last Thursday is connected to the department’s issuance of a Level 4 Travel Advisory that same day telling Americans to leave for the Caribbean nation soon as possible.
American nurse and child kidnapped from Christian ministry in Haiti
An American nurse and her child were kidnapped Thursday from a Christian education ministry founded and directed by her husband in Haiti less than two years after 17 missionaries were kidnapped in the troubled Caribbean nation.
Most family breakdowns aren’t due to couples divorcing: study
Most family breakdowns aren’t happening because marriages are falling apart, a new study from the Marriage Foundation shows. The trouble, according to the data, is among the unmarried.
Community mourns after pastor is fatally struck by police car
A Connecticut community is now grieving after Tommie Jackson, a beloved pastor at Rehoboth Fellowship Church and Faith Tabernacle Church in Stamford, who also served as an assistant director of the city's Urban Redevelopment Commission was killed after he was hit while crossing the street by a vehicle being driven by a local police officer Wednesday.
Rep. Nancy Mace jokes about premarital sex with fiancé at prayer breakfast attended by her pastor
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is coming under fire from some Christians online after admitting in front of her pastor Wednesday that she engages in premarital sex with her fiancé.
Church of the Highlands founder Chris Hodges denies ‘engineering’ takeover of Celebration Church
Church of the Highlands Pastor Chris Hodges has dismissed claims in a lawsuit by Celebration Church founders Stovall and Kerri Weems, that he, along with several other high-profile members of the Association of Related Churches engineered a takeover of their megachurch for financial gain.
Chronic smart phone scrolling linked to less sex, marital dissatisfaction even among churchgoers: study
Excessive smartphone use by a spouse has been linked to less sex and marital dissatisfaction, including among couples who attend church regularly, a new Institute for Family Studies report suggests. And researchers urge action to break the smartphone addiction among adults to fend off its potential threat to relationships.
America’s use of autonomous AI in warfare will reflect ‘Judeo-Christian’ values: Air Force general
While the U.S. military does not have weapons completely controlled by artificial intelligence in its inventory, whenever these weapons are deployed, the AI driving these weapons will likely be programmed with a “Judeo-Christian” value system, Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr., deputy chief of staff for plans and programs in the U.S. Air Force, suggests.