
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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Ted Cruz Says Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Would Not Be Top Priority if Elected President
Despite publicly stating this summer that opposing same-sex marriage would be "front and center" in his 2016 campaign, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz told a moderate Republican donor in New York that it won't be a priority if he becomes president.

Albert Mohler Says Christians, Muslims and Some Jews Don't Worship Same God
President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Albert Mohler, has shot down a claim by controversial Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins that Christians and Muslims worship the "same God."

Franklin Graham Quits GOP Over Spending Bill, Wants Christians to Revolutionize 'Wicked System'
Evangelist Franklin Graham resigned from the Republican Party and declared himself an independent voter Monday over the "wasteful" GOP-led $1.8 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week.

Pastor Voted Out of Church by Members Refuses to Leave Because 'God Placed Me Here'
The pastor of a Tennessee church is at odds with members of his congregation after they voted him out of his position but still refuses to leave.

Mother of Christian Footballer Fatally Shot by Pastor Disputes Self-Defense Ruling
The mother of Deante Smith is crying foul after the Wayne County Prosecutor's office in Michigan ruled that a pastor killed her son in self-defense.

Company Will Pay Up to $10K for Your Wedding for Free as Long as You Don't Divorce
If you're planning to get married in the next two years, SwanLuv, a Seattle-based company, is offering to fund your wedding up to $10,000 for free.

Pastor Jamal Bryant Explains Why Donald Trump Needs to Meet With Black Lives Matter
Leader of Northwest Baltimore's Empowerment Temple Church, the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant, says he declined a meeting with Donald Trump last month because the billionaire refused to meet with Black Lives Matter protesters.

Pastor Who Fatally Shot Christian Footballer Whose Wife He Allegedly Impregnated Will Not Be Charged
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan ruled Friday that there is not enough evidence to charge a Detroit pastor who shot dead semi-pro football player Deante Smith, 25.

Controversial Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims 3 Raised From Dead in Pakistan Crusade
Controversial evangelist Todd Bentley says 290,000 people turned to Christ during his recent crusade in Pakistan.

Ron Luce's Teen Mania Shutters Ministry After Financial Collapse
After nearly 30 years in ministry, Teen Mania International, a once popular Evangelical Christian youth organization based in Dallas, Texas, announced Thursday that it will shutter operations amid mounting financial struggles.



















