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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Pastor Says Katy Perry Is Singing About Worshiping and 'Having a Physical Relationship With the Devil' in 'E.T.' Song
A Tennessee pastor branded popular singer Katy Perry a devil worshiping entertainer in a sermon Sunday and charged that she boasts "having a physical relationship with the devil" in her song "E.T." taken from her 2010 album "Teenage Dream."
Casting Crowns Singer Mark Hall Is Out of Surgery to Remove Cancer and 'Everything Went Really Well'
Mark Hall, the lead singer for popular contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns, underwent surgery to remove a cancerous kidney Wednesday and "everything went really well," according to an update from the band.
The Four Things Mark Hall of Casting Crowns Wants You to Pray for as He Gets Surgery for Cancer
As Mark Hall, lead singer for popular contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns, undergoes surgery Wednesday to remove a kidney containing a "solid mass" doctors are 90 percent certain is cancer, his wife, Melanie, is asking fans to pray for four specific things.
Christian American Baptist College Defends Decision to Invite Married Lesbian Bishop to Lecture Students
An official at the American Baptist College, a Christian college in Nashville, Tennessee, defended the school's decision Tuesday to invite a married lesbian bishop to lecture students during the institution's 58th Garnett-Nabrit Lecture Series this month declaring that there's nothing unchristian about it, despite protest from a group of pastors.
University of Oklahoma Expels Two Students Over Racist Bus Chant; Gov. Fallin Says Students Don't Represent State
University of Oklahoma President David Boren announced Tuesday that the school has expelled two students from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of brothers for their role in instigating and promoting a racist chant targeting black students that was made public in a viral video posted online Sunday.
Last Black Member of OU's 'Racist' SAE Fraternity Says 'I Had a Real Hard Time Looking in The Mirror Last Night'
As the University of Oklahoma continues to reel from the fallout of a racist video of members of the now suspended local arm of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing that there will never be a black fraternity brother, the second and last black member of the fraternity group says the video has left him grieving.
Glenn Beck Calls Ben Carson a 'Lunatic,' Says Presidential Career Is 'Over' for Saying Homosexuality Is a Choice
Conservative media personality Glenn Beck declared renowned neurosurgeon and potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's presidential career over and branded him a "lunatic" last week for calling homosexuality "absolutely" a choice because of prison sex.
Church Shocked After Boston Pastor Allegedly Shoots High School Student 'Execution Style' in Back of Head
A 55-year-old Boston pastor who was allegedly running a drug ring at a local high school while working there as a coordinator was charged with multiple crimes, including attempted murder after he reportedly shot a 17-year-old student "execution style" in the back of the head.
Pastor Vows to Protest Lesbian Bishop Speaking at American Baptist College: 'We Do Not Wear Our Sin as a Badge and Parade It'
The American Baptist College, a Christian college in Nashville, Tennessee, is under fire from a group of pastors for inviting a married lesbian bishop to speak at the institution's 58th Garnett-Nabrit Lecture Series this month.
Phyllis Sortor, American Missionary Kidnapped in Nigeria, Is Free
The Rev. Phyllis Sortor, the American Free Methodist Church missionary who was kidnapped by suspected criminal gang members in Nigeria last month with a demand for a $300,000 ransom, was safely released Friday, according an announcement from the church.
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