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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The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control is now urging condom use to prevent the spread of the Zika virus after health officials in Texas reported that a Dallas resident contracted the virus through sex.
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A group of politicians from Illinois have nominated the Emanuel AME Church of Charleston, where nine people were brutally gunned down during a Bible study last June, for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Donald Trump Wants Iowa Do-Over Due to Ted Cruz's 'Fraud' Against Ben Carson
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump now wants a do-over of the Iowa caucuses or a nullification of the results for rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz due to alleged "fraud."
Mark Driscoll Will Launch New Church in Phoenix This Year
It's official. Former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll will make his comeback this year at a new church plant in Phoenix, Arizona, called The Trinity Church.
Cruz Campaign Used 'Dirty Tricks,' 'Deceit' to Steal My Supporters, Ben Carson Claims
The campaign of retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson accused winner of Monday night's Republican caucus in Iowa, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz of using dirty politics to siphon some of his supporters.
Ted Cruz Quotes Scripture, Thanks God and 'Courageous Conservatives' After Iowa Victory
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz quoted Scripture, thanked God and his strong conservative grassroots movement as he emerged atop the pack of Republican presidential candidates after the Iowa caucuses Monday night.
Presidential Poll Update 2016: More Than Half of White Evangelical Voters Now Favor Donald Trump
More than half of white Evangelical voters now have a favorable view of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, up from just under 40 percent a few months ago according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute.
Grandmother, Two Kids Killed on Way to Church in Heartbreaking Crash
A 75-year-old grandmother and her two grandchildren were killed on their way to church in College Park, Georgia, Sunday after a suspected car thief being chased by local police crashed into their car.
Ted Cruz Tells Iowa Voters to 'Awaken the Body of Christ' and 'Pray Everyday' Until November
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told voters Saturday that it is time to "awaken the body of Christ that we may pull back from the abyss."
Donald Trump Puts Money in Communion Plate, Says He 'Thought It Was for Offering'
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump went to church in Iowa again on Sunday and momentarily mistook the Holy Communion plate being passed around with sacraments as an invitation to give money.
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