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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Marine-Turned-Army Chaplain Preaches 'Reconciliation' at St. Paul's Chapel on 9/11
Marine turned Army chaplain the Rev. David W. Peters, who won Trinity Wall Street's 2015 R econciliation Preaching Prize, urged New Yorkers on the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Friday to learn how to reconcile and put the lesson into practice.
On 9/11 in New York City the Popular Mantra Is 'Never Forget,' but Remembering Isn't Easy for Some
At 8:46 a.m. on Friday, the exact time when the first plane crashed into 1 World Trade Center North Tower on September 11, 2001, the Rev. William Lupfer, rector of Trinity Wall Street church, rang the Bell of Hope in the churchyard of the historic St. Paul's Chapel. The chapel forms part of the Episcopal Parish of Trinity Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
Kay Warren Says Suicide Doesn't Condemn Believers to Hell; Says She Prayed 'Audacious Prayers' Before Son Took His Life
Kay Warren, best-selling author and Bible teacher who co-founded Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, with her husband, Rick, said this week that there is nothing in the Bible supporting the notion that Christians who take their own life will be condemned to Hell. And she wants the family and friends of suicide victims to know that.
Heather Cook, First Female Episcopal Bishop in Maryland, Pleads Guilty in Drunken-Driving Death of Cyclist
Heather Cook, the first female to be elected bishop of The Episcopal Church of Maryland, pleaded guilty Tuesday to automobile manslaughter and three other criminal charges for her role in the drunken-driving death of 41-year-old Thomas Palermo, a married father of two and biking enthusiast last December.
Survivor Bandmates Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik Slam Use of 'Eye of the Tiger' at Kim Davis Rally
Members of the rock band Survivor, Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik, who co-wrote the famous "Eye of the Tiger" fight song for the 1982 movie "Rocky III," lashed out Tuesday at organizers of a rally supporting Christian Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis, for playing the song as she walked free from jail Tuesday to address her supporters.
BuzzFeed Gets Blowback for Controversial 'I Am a Christian but I'm Not …' Video Featuring Gay, Feminist Christian Millenials
A just under 2-minute video created by viral media outlet BuzzFeed featuring a group of gay, feminist and liberal Christian millennials explaining why they don't fit the stereotypical view of Christians is now getting flak from conservatives online who argue that it does nothing to promote Christ.
Satanists Petition Arkansas to Place Baphomet Statue Next to Planned Ten Commandments Monument
The Satanic Temple on Tuesday formally petitioned the state of Arkansas to place the group's controversial Baphomet statue next to the privately funded Ten Commandments monument being planned for the Capitol grounds in Little Rock, and has threatened legal action if their petition is rejected.
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, Who Refused Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples, Released From Jail
Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis who was jailed for six days after she was held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing her Christian faith, glorified God shortly after her release on Tuesday.
Pride Is the Devil's Favorite Sin, Says Exorcist; He's Also the Father of It
Reputed exorcist from the Archdiocese of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, Father Juan José Gallego, has said that in his experience pride is the devil's favorite sin.
Pastor Saeed Abedini's Wife Pleads to Meet With President of Iran in New York to Discuss Husband's Release
Nagmeh Abedini, wife of American Pastor Saeed Abedini who has been imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith since 2012, has made an impassioned plea to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, when he travels to New York City later this month, in hopes to personally lobby the president for her husband's freedom.
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