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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Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson who is now running a close second behind real estate mogul Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential nomination race believes Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is inspired by "forces of evil" because it doesn't acknowledge God's role in the creation of life.
America's Oldest Practicing Preacher Bids 'Good Night' Then Dies Peacefully at 107
In 1908, the year the late Rev. Noah Smith was born, America was getting ready to elect William Howard Taft as its 27th president. Lyndon B. Johnson, the man who would become the 36th President of the United States, was also born.
'You're Going to See God in … About One Second;' Umpqua College Gunman Targeted Christians Says Father of Victim
Chris Harper Mercer, the reclusive 26-year-old identified as the gunman who went on a bloody shooting rampage at Umpqua Community College killing 10 and wounding seven others in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday targeted Christians, according to the father of one of his shooting victims.
At Least 10 Dead, 7 Wounded at Umpqua Community College in Oregon; Shooter Who Asked About Religion Now Dead
At least 10 people are now confirmed dead and another seven wounded after a 26-year-old gunman entered a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, and went on a shooting rampage Thursday after reportedly asking people to state their religion.
David Jeremiah Asks God to Send Donald Trump a 'Strong African-American' to Help Him With the Black Vote (VIDEO)
Perhaps looking to improve the Republican Party's woeful record in attracting African-Americans and other minority voters, GOP 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump accepted an earnest prayer from conservative Evangelical Pastor David Jeremiah on Monday that God will send him a "strong African-American" to help him with the black vote.
'Go Fly a Kite,' Texas Police Chief Tells Freedom From Religion Foundation After Complaint About 'In God We Trust' Decals
In a curt response to the Freedom From Religion Foundation's demand that decals bearing the nation's motto "In God we trust" be removed from patrol vehicles, Childress Police Chief Adrian Garcia in Texas told the organization to "go fly a kite."
2,500 Tickets to Donald Trump's Friday Rally at Virginia Megachurch Sell Out in Hours
Tickets to a massive campaign rally for GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump planned for Friday at the Wave Church Convention Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia sold out within a matter of hours after the event was open for registration, and now one local politician is pushing for a larger venue as demand continues to swell.
Trump's Meeting With Prosperity Preachers Is Outreach to Heretics, Russell Moore Says
Donald Trump's Evangelical outreach is mostly with preachers who mainstream Evangelicals would consider heretics, Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, says.
Record $1 Billion Worth of Church Property Sold Last Year as Churches Turn to Redevelopment to Raise Revenue
As a record $1 billion worth of religious-affiliated properties were sold across the United States in 2014 due to high maintenance costs and declining membership, some churches are now choosing to redevelop their properties through profitable deals with real estate investment companies in an effort to improve their financial security.
Gateway Church Pastor Robert Morris Chides Christians Who Read Filthy Gossip on Internet and Believe It
In a biting message aimed at Christian gossip lovers on Sunday, Robert Morris, founding senior pastor of the 36,000-member Gateway Church in Texas and chairman of the board of The King's University, cited gossip as a factor in how some Christians get lost, and chided those who won't listen to gossip but have no problem reading it on the Internet.
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