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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Ben Carson Is 'Sickened' by 'Pathetic' Attack From Abortion Advocates; Says I've 'Spent My Entire Life Caring for Children'
Famed retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Thursday night that he is "sickened" by allegations that he has done research on fetal tissue and dismissed them as untrue and "pathetic," while noting how he has spent his "entire life caring for children."
Pennsylvania Pastor Indicted in Largest Known Computer Hacking and Securities Fraud Scheme That Yielded $30M in Illegal Profits
Vitaly Korchevsky, a 50-year-old pastor from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, was among nine people charged in two indictments Tuesday for allegedly being involved in an international hacking and securities fraud scheme that used unpublished financial information on hundreds of publicly traded companies, stolen from the servers of three business newswires, to make trades that allegedly yielded some $30 million in illegal profits.
Donald Trump Declares His Favorite Book Is 'the Bible;' Prophet Says God Told Him Billionaire Is His 'Trumpet' to America
When it comes to books in the world of 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, "nothing beats the Bible." No, not even his second favorite book which he wrote himself, "The Art of the Deal."
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Should Help Stop ISIS, Jeb Bush Says
Calling the rise of the Islamic State around the world a "pandemic," 2016 Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said the U.S. government needs to work with social media companies to stop the Islamic militant group from using their platforms to recruit followers.
Jeb Bush Blames Rise of ISIS on Obama, Clinton; Calls Iran Nuclear Deal 'Unwise and Extreme' Urges Congress to Reject It
Former Governor Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and candidate for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination blamed the rise of radical Islamic militant group ISIS on President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday and urged Congress to vote against the pending Iran nuclear deal because it is "unwise and extreme."
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Family Christian Stores; God 'Has a Plan' for Business Says CEO Chuck Bengochea
Six months after Family Christian Stores, the nation's largest chain of Christian book and gift stores, filed for Chapter 11 protection, a Michigan judge on Tuesday approved a Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale that is expected to help the struggling business drop millions in debt and remain open.
Pastor's Three Daughters Killed With Friend in Horrific Crash That Leaves 5 Dead on Their Way From Church Convention
A Florida pastor and his congregation are now wrapped in heartache after his three daughters were killed in a car crash that left five people dead and a young boy fighting for his life as they returned home from a church convention Sunday.
Slain Teenager Christian Taylor Was 'Firm Believer in God' Who Wanted the Devil to Leave Him Alone … 'Forever'
A day before he was fatally shot "multiple times" by an Arlington police officer responding to a break-in report at the Classic Buick GMC dealership in Texas shortly after 1 a.m. last Friday, 19-year-old Angelo State University sophomore Christian Taylor tweeted: "Devil get up off me ... forever."
Church Where Pastor Commanded Members to Eat Live Snake Burned to the Ground by Militants
Members of a radical militant group in South Africa known as the Economic Freedom Fighters reportedly burned a tent to the ground that was being used for worship by an unconventional Christian group that made headlines last month after its controversial pastor was photographed feeding them what appeared to be a live snake.
Billy Graham's Grandson Tullian Tchividjian Says He Never Thought He Would Cheat; Now Sees Why People Commit Suicide
Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of prominent evangelical preacher Billy Graham, who resigned as lead pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida in June after confessing to an "inappropriate" relationship with another woman who was not his wife, says he now understands why people commit suicide. He also said he never thought he would be unfaithful.
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