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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New York Mayor Declares Oct. 27 'Movement Day' in Honor of Global Christian Gathering
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acknowledged the positive impact of the Movement Day Global Cities Christian initiative on the city and the world Thursday when he issued a proclamation officially declaring Oct. 27, 2016 "Movement Day."
Chinese Pastor's Atheist Family Turned to Christ After Faith Healing Made Him Walk Again
A Chinese pastor who suffered persecution for spreading Christianity in the officially atheist country, sent the faith of a global gathering of Christians soaring Wednesday when he testified how his entire atheist family turned to God after he was healed of an illness that had left him crippled in his youth through prayers to Jesus.
How Churches Kept Dallas From Exploding After a Gunman Killed 5 Police Officers
When 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson fatally shot five police officers and injured seven others in Dallas, Texas, in July, the city's Mayor Mike Rawlings knew he would need the church to keep the city from exploding.
Thousands of Christians From Around the World Gather in New York City for Movement Day
Thousands of Christians from cities representing more than 90 countries around the world gathered in New York City Tuesday for the opening of the Movement Day Global Cities conference where they tackled issues under the banner of disrupting cities with the Gospel globally.
Racism Is a Sin Church Must Confront for Gospel to Move Forward, Bishop Claude Alexander Says
Bishop Claude Alexander, senior pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, called racism a sin problem that the Church is equipped to address and must confront in order for the Gospel to move forward.
At Feast of Tabernacles Celebration, Jews Remember Exodus From Egypt
When the people of Israel journeyed out of slavery from Egypt through the wilderness toward the land God had promised them as recorded in the Bible, it was a time of sorrow and a time of joy.
'Prayerfest': Thousands of Christians Join New Jersey Megachurch in Day of Prayer and Fasting
Thousands of Christians gathered across two campuses of the 8,000-member Christ Church, headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey, as well as online Friday for a full day of prayer and fasting for personal renewal and their community.
UNESCO Ignorant for Denying Temple Mount Holy to Jewish People 1 Week Before Sukkot: Israeli Ambassador
Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Dani Dayan, ripped the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Thursday as a bunch of "ignorant, evil" people for approving a resolution he says denies Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump: Obamacare and Healthcare Reform
Among the top four issues for voters going into the general election on Nov. 8, health care trails only the economy, terrorism and foreign policy according to the Pew Research Center and presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are sharply divided on the issue.
Church Says It's Rewriting Guidelines That Banned Fat Worship Team Members
New Creation Church, a Pentecostal congregation in Hillsboro, Oregon, announced Monday that its ban on fat worship leaders, which had been instituted in the language of a slew of mandatory guidelines to be a part of the congregation's worship team, is currently under review and will be changed.
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