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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Republican 2016 presidential candidate from Texas, Sen. Ted Cruz, warned a group pastors in Iowa Monday that his frontrunner rival, billionaire Donald Trump, "could be unstoppable" in his quest to become the party's presidential nominee if they don't get behind him.
Robert Jeffress: Christians Don't Have to Sell Their Soul to the Devil to Vote for Trump
Megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas says he believes Republican 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump would make "a very effective president" and charged that Christians don't have to sell their soul to vote for him.
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Just 21 days after the death of his mother, Pastor Dewey Smith Jr. is in mourning again, this time for his sister who died last Friday.
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Care Net President and CEO Roland C. Warren pointed out that a significant number of churchgoing women have abortions, estimating that Christians make up at least $100 million in funding to the abortion industry a year.
'Duck Dynasty' Star Willie Robertson Endorses Donald Trump in Split From Phil Robertson's Pledge to Cruz
In a split from his father Phil Robertson's recent pledge to Ted Cruz that he had the support of the entire family, "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson endorsed GOP 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump Thursday.
Christian Couple Who Lost Adopted Sons to Gov't Gets Case Reopened
A Christian couple in the U.K. who had their two adopted sons removed from their care by government officials in 2014 were allowed to appeal the decision Tuesday after it was revealed portions of the allegations against them were fabricated.
White Evangelicals Should Support Black Lives Matter as Pro-Life Issue, Says Ron Sider
Ron Sider, professor emeritus at Palmer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and founder of Evangelicals for Social Action charged Thursday that white Evangelicals should get behind the Black Lives Matter movement because it is a pro-life issue.
CNN's Don Lemon Reveals How T.D. Jakes Changed His Life
In a revealing interview aired on CNN Wednesday, one of the network's most notable anchor's, Don Lemon, revealed that megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes played a huge role in his success as a journalist.
'This Is Gonna Be So Much Fun,' Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump
Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin, delivered a high-energy endorsement of 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in Ames, Iowa Tuesday declaring "this is going to be so much fun."
Pastor Steven Furtick Says God Told Him to Preach Against Prejudice
Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, Steven Furtick called prejudice a poisonous snake and challenged his congregation to keep the scourge in check by not passing it down to children.
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