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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Tullian Tchividjian Says His Family Is 'Fighting to Breathe'; Book Publisher Remains 'Committed'
Tullian Tchividjian, Billy Graham's embattled grandson whose sordid sexual sins wrecked his marriage and ministry after they were publicly exposed in the summer of 2015, said he and his family are now "fighting to breathe" after multiple women who claim they were his lovers recently spoke out against his efforts at an apparent comeback.
Evangelist Clayton Jennings Steps Away From Ministry After Multiple Sex Partners Come Forward
Clayton Jennings, a youth evangelist, author and actor who rose to fame in 2011 after his self-produced film "Strayland" became a hit, has stepped away from his ministry after several women came forward alleging he engaged in extra-marital sexual relations with them.
Tullian Tchividjian's Affair With Married Woman Was Allegedly Exposed on Church Server
A married woman who claims she entered into a sexual relationship with fallen pastor and Billy Graham's grandson, Tullian Tchividjian, while he led Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, said she went to him seeking help for her troubled marriage but he responded by preying on her until she slept with him.
Thousands Raised for Good Samaritan Killed on Black Friday Trying to Stop Man From Assaulting Woman
Thousands of dollars and well-wishes have been pouring in from across the country for the family of a father of four who was shot dead on Black Friday as he tried to stop a 21-year-old man from battering a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in San Antonio, Texas.
12-Y-O Girl, Sibling Survive Mother's Butcher-Knife Stabbing Two Weeks After Baptism
A 12-year-old Missouri girl and her 2-year-old brother who were brutally stabbed by their mother with a butcher knife before stabbing herself to death in a maniacal rage on Sunday are expected to survive. A pastor who baptized the girl just two weeks ago witnessed the attack and believes the Lord may have saved the children.
Three Dead, 5 Sick After Hundreds Feast at Church's Thanksgiving Dinner
A California church's Thanksgiving dinner ended in tragedy on the weekend when local health officials say three people died and five others became sick from an apparent food-borne illness after feasting with hundreds on Friday.
Fantasia Turns Concert Into Worship Service; 10 Souls Reportedly Get Saved
Popular R&B singer Fantasia Barrino has sparked a contentious debate online after she reportedly turned one of her recent concerts in Florida into a soul-stirring worship service while wearing a skimpy costume some have frowned upon as a mere "bathing suit."
Texas Megachurch Offers Free Mortgage and Rent Payments
New Light Christian Center in Houston, Texas, is promising to make mortgage or rent payments for an unspecified number of congregants who show up for church on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Tullian Tchividjian Allegedly Tried Reconciling With Ex-Wife Before New Marriage, Asked Woman to Pray for Brother's Death
Tullian Tchividjian, the Rev. Billy Graham's grandson who lost his church and wife last summer to an adultery scandal, almost reconciled with his now ex-wife, Kim, in August but failed after she found out he was still in a relationship with the woman he married in September.
Mom Allegedly Kills Children So Husband Couldn't Get Custody After Divorce
A young Indiana mother who allegedly stabbed her two children to death last Thursday, a day after her husband asked her for a divorce, says she killed them because she did not want her husband to get custody of them, according to court documents.
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