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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51 Families Sue Over School's Transgender Bathroom Policy
Some 51 families with children attending a high school in Illinois' Township High School District 211, filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a district policy that allows a transgender student to use facilities designated for females.
Obama's Threats Over Transgender Law 'Sickest Example' of Effort to 'Fundamentally Transform Our Nation,' N.C. Lt. Gov. Says
North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Dan Forest called the Obama Administration's threat to withhold federal education funding unless the state repeals its controversial transgender bathroom law, the "sickest example" of how far the federal government will go to transform the nation Wednesday.
Man Charged With Raping Teen Inside Church During Youth Meetings
Travis Clunie, a 25-year-old man who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl during youth meetings at a church in Sedalia, Missouri, has been slapped with second degree and statutory rape charges for his sins.
Alabama City Repeals Law Aimed at Punishing Target's Transgender Bathroom Policy
The city council of Oxford, Alabama voted to repeal a law that made Target's controversial transgender bathroom policy illegal.
Medical Error Now Third Leading Cause of Death in US
Behind heart disease and cancer, medical error has been identified as the third leading cause of death in the U.S. according to a recent study published in the BMJ, an international peer reviewed medical journal.
Church of the Highlands Buys Cahaba Grand Conference Center in Alabama
One of the largest churches in America, the Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, announced Sunday that they have purchased the sprawling Cahaba Grand Conference Center as a permanent home for their 14th campus for a fraction of what the property is worth.
American Missionaries Were Shot, Chopped Autopsy Shows; Jamaica Police Deny Suspects Held
Two American missionaries found murdered on the island of Jamaica on the weekend were both shot and one of them chopped according to a recent autopsy report.
Popular Megachurch Pastors to Host Faith-Based Talk Show 'The Preachers' on Fox This Summer
Four popular megachurch pastors are promising to bring an interesting combination of hope, comedy and honesty in a new faith-based talk show to be tested on FOX this summer called "The Preachers."
Historic Serbian Orthodox Church Destroyed in NYC Blaze Was Negotiating With Developer
The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava that was gutted in a massive blaze on West 26th Street in New York City Sunday was engaged in a contentious negotiation process with luxury real estate developer Madison Equities to raise funds to help restore the historic church.
FBI to Join Investigation of American Missionaries Murdered in Jamaica
Officers from multiple U.S. law enforcement agencies including the FBI will reportedly join local police in Jamaica in the investigation of the gruesome murders of American missionaries, Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53, on the island Saturday.
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