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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'I'm Probably an Atheist; I Don't Buy It, I Think the Only Reason for Religion Is Death,' Says Broadcaster Larry King
Veteran radio and television broadcaster Larry King says he thinks the only reason religion exists is because people fear death and declared "I'm probably an atheist."
Pediatrician Under Fire From Gay Advocates for Refusing to Care for Baby With Two Moms 'After Much Prayer'
A lesbian couple in Michigan is now speaking out after a local pediatrician refused to care for their baby "after much prayer" as gay advocates argue that legal protections should exist in the state to prevent situations like this from happening.
ISIS Militants Attack Music in Burning of 'Un-Islamic' Drums and Other Instruments in Libya
Following the gruesome beheading of 21 Coptic Christians captured on video and released for all the world to see recently, Islamic State militants in Libya released more evidence of their continued rash of extreme behavior this week in photos depicting the burning of "un-Islamic" musical instruments in the north African country.
Vicar of Baghdad Warns Westerners: Don't Join Christian Militia Against ISIS, Christians Are 'Hopeless at Fighting'
Concerned about reports that some idealistic Christian sympathizers have been moving to Iraq and Syria to join the fight against ISIS, the Vicar of Baghdad, Rev. Canon Andrew White, warned against the trend this week because, he said, the Christian militia fighting against ISIS in Iraq is "hopeless at fighting."
Christian Soccer Team That Never Wins Because Players Are Too Nice Could Be Britain's Worst; Concedes 120 Goals in 16 Matches
The manager of a competitive Christian football team in Britain that has lost every single match it has played so far this season - conceding 120 goals in just 16 matches - says his team is losing because of the club's Christian principles, but he isn't sad about it.
Heartbreaking: Egyptian Christians Were Calling for Jesus During Execution by ISIS in Libya
A number of the 21 Coptic Christians who were recently shown being beheaded in a horrific video by Islamic State militants in Libya were reportedly whispering the name of Jesus as their heads were being hacked off their bodies.
Popular Ghanaian Musician Mzbel Under Fire From Christians for Saying Jesus Is Fiction; Says She Still Believes in God, Prays in Tongues
Belinda Ekua Amoah, a musician popularly known as Mzbel in the predominantly Christian country of Ghana, is facing serious backlash from Christians for publicly declaring Jesus a fictitious figure while asserting her faith in God and her ability to speak with tongues.
So. Baptist Leader David Platt Says Bible Should Drive How We Handle Illegal Immigrants, Fix Broken Legal System
Newly elected president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Pastor David Platt, recently charged that there is a biblical foundation for treating illegal immigrants with dignity and love, not knowing that just days later a federal judge on Monday would block President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration expected to give legal protection to five million illegal immigrants.
Former Megachurch Pastor Rob Bell Tells Oprah the Church Is 'Moments Away' From Embracing Gay Marriage
Former Mars Hill Bible Church pastor and best-selling author Rob Bell told media mogul Oprah Winfrey on Sunday that the American church is "moments away" from embracing gay marriage and thinks "it's inevitable."
'I Witnessed Men With Size 13 and 14 Shoes … Kissing Each Other;' Birmingham Preacher Makes Explosive Speech About Gay Marriage
Cedric Hatcher, a Birmingham, Alabama-based street preacher, has come out swinging at fellow Christian leaders for not doing enough to publicly disapprove of same-sex marriage, which started taking place in that city and around the state last Monday.
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