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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Lawsuit Alleges Gospel for Asia Fraudulently Solicited Hundreds of Millions in Donations, Enriched Leader
Gospel for Asia, one of the largest missions agencies based in the U.S., was named in a class action lawsuit Monday alleging that it and several affiliates fraudulently solicited hundreds of millions of dollars in charitable donations and misdirected the fund to the organization's leader.
Donald Trump Says He Can 'Bring People Together' By Overturning Supreme Court Gay Marriage Decision
If elected president, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he would look into appointing Supreme Court judges who might be able to overturn the Supreme Court's decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Donald Trump Mocks Jeb Bush as 'Weak' After Costly Super Bowl Ad
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump mocked rival Jeb Bush as a "weak candidate" Sunday after watching a costly Super Bowl ad featuring his brother, former President George Bush supporting his presidential bid.
Rev. Jimmy Evans to Join Board of Mark Driscoll's New Church
Jimmy Evans, founder and CEO of MarriageToday and senior elder at Trinity Fellowship Church in Amarillo, Texas, has joined the board of the new church being planted by former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll in Phoenix.
Texas Pastor Wants God to Smite UFC Fighter Conor McGregor for Saying He Would Knock Out Jesus
If God chooses to answer the prayer of Pastor Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church in Texas, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor will soon be struck down by a lightning bolt for calling himself god and saying he would knock out Jesus.
Wheaton College Faculty Say School 'Discriminatory' in Treatment of Prof. Larycia Hawkins
A faculty diversity committee at Wheaton College has concluded that embattled political science professor Larycia Hawkins who is now facing disciplinary action for expressing solidarity with Muslims has suffered discrimination "on the basis of race, gender, and to a lesser extent, marital status."
Des Moines Register Calls for Audit of Democrat Party Results in Iowa
After Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's razor-thin win over rival Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses Monday, the Des Moines Register is now calling for an audit of the results.
Phoenix Council Replaces Traditional Prayer With Moment of Silence to Block Satanists
Barely a week since the Satanic Temple in Phoenix, Arizona was approved to deliver the opening prayer at an upcoming meeting of the Phoenix City Council, members voted Wednesday to replace its longstanding tradition of prayer with a moment of silence prayer instead.
Jimmy Carter Says He Would Choose Donald Trump Over Ted Cruz
Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that if he had to choose between Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for president, he would rather see Trump in the White House.
House Speaker Paul Ryan Knocks Culture's 'Growing Impatience With Prayer'
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday knocked America's "growing impatience with prayer" and the feeling that praying is just an abstract notion that amounts to doing nothing.
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