
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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'Sharpton and I Have the Same Goal' Says Ben Carson, Just Different Ideas on How to Get There
Potential GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson may have rattled some Republican voters Wednesday who heard that he admitted to having the "same goals" as that of civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton.

Highway Horror: Youth Pastor Couple and Infant Son Crushed to Death by Concrete Slab as They Drove Under Overpass
A young couple who served as youth pastors at a vibrant church in Bonney Lake, Washington, were crushed to death along with their 8-month-old son after a concrete slab fell from an overpass and slammed into their vehicle as they drove along a local highway Monday morning.

Caseworker Adopts Orphan Davion Only After Failing to Find Matching Family for Boy Who Pleaded With Church for a Home
A 15-year-old orphan boy who captured the hearts of thousands across the world in 2013 after he desperately begged a Florida congregation to adopt him has finally found a home. And it's with, Connie Going, the caseworker who had been trying to find him a home since he was 7.

Gravity Payments Owner Drastically Cuts $1M Salary and Sets $70,000 Minimum Wage for Staff ... Even the Clerk
In a jaw-dropping move Monday afternoon, Dan Price, the 30-year-old founder of Gravity Payments, a credit card processing company in Seattle, Washington, announced to his 120-person staff that over the next three years, every single employee – even the lowest paid clerk - will be paid a minimum annual salary of $70,000. And he wasn't joking.

'Yesterday Is Over, and We Are Never Going Back;' Sen. Marco Rubio Slams Clinton in 2016 Presidential Announcement
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, pulled no punches Monday evening when he hammered home his message against a potential 2016 presidential candidate rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton. "Yesterday is over, and we are never going back," he declared in his formal announcement of his 2016 presidential bid.

Ben Carson to Declare Whether or Not He Will Run for President on May 4 in Hometown, Detroit
World renowned neurosurgeon-turned-conservative-star Ben Carson is expected to declare whether or not he will throw his hat into the ring of growing 2016 presidential candidates on May 4, according to the doctor in an announcement on social media Monday evening.

'Oh Jesus, My Family;' Video Shows Horrific 'Christian Family Band' Brawling at Walmart Before Police Shoot One Member Dead
Police in Arizona released a disturbing dashboard camera video Friday showing a brawl between officers and members of a traveling "Christian family band" in a Walmart parking lot last month that left one band member dead and others shrieking in pain.

GOP Sen. Marco Rubio Declares He Will Run for President; Says He Is 'Uniquely Qualified,' Hillary Is 'Yesterday'
Following hot on the heels of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's announcement Sunday that she is seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., dismissed her as a political dinosaur when he declared Monday that he is running for president and is "uniquely qualified" for the role.

Bible Society Report: Increase in Americans Who Believe Bible Is Inspired Word of God, No Errors, Some Symbolism
More Americans see the Bible as the infallible and inspired word of God with some symbolism, which should not be taken literally, according to the American Bible Society's State of the Bible 2015 report.

Walter Scott's Christian Mom, Judy, is Praising God for Man Who Caught Son's Death on Video; Says He's God's 'Ram in the Bush'
Judy Scott, the elderly Christian mother of 50-year-old father of four Walter Scott, shown being fatally shot in the back by South Carolina police officer Michael Slager in a now viral video, is praising God for 23-year-old witness Feidin Santana who captured video without which the truth about her son's death might have never been known.



















