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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Fox Affiliate News Channel Mistakenly Identifies President Obama as Rape Suspect; Apologizes Two Nights Later
Fox News affiliate KSWB-TV San Diego, California, has apologized for mistakenly presenting a photograph of President Barack Obama as an exonerated rape suspect.
Al Sharpton Urges Sarah Palin to Run for President in 2016; She Asks How Much SNL Creator Lorne Michaels Will Pay Her
Civil rights activist and Baptist minister Al Sharpton said he urged 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to make a run for president in 2016 to "help the Democrats out."
Mississippi House Passes 'Jesus Take the Wheel Act;' Some Call It Potentially Dangerous
State House members in Mississippi passed a bill dubbed the "Jesus Take the Wheel Act" by one lawmaker last Thursday, which would allow drivers of mid-size church vans to transport up to 30 people without a commercial driver's license.
Truck Driver Says He Was Fired for Writing 'Jesus' as His Co-Driver
A truck driver from South Texas' Rio Grande Valley says he was fired by a Falfurrias trucking company because he wrote "Jesus" as his co-driver in legally required logbooks.
Brooklyn Megachurch Pastor A.R. Bernard Loses Firstborn Son to Fatal Asthma Attack
Popular Brooklyn, New York megachurch pastor, A.R. Bernard is now grieving the loss off his firstborn son Alfonso R. Bernard Jr. who died last Wednesday after suffering an asthma attack. He was 39.
NBC Suspends Brian Williams for Six Months Without Pay Over Iraq Story
Embattled NBC news anchor Brian Williams, who has come under fire recently for misrepresenting his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay Tuesday night, according to a memo issued to staff by NBC News President Deborah Turness.
Anonymous Says ISIS Is Not Muslim, Hacks Hundreds of ISIS Accounts Online; Says 'We Are Muslims, We Are Christians'
The recruiting efforts of Islamic terror group ISIS was dealt a huge blow this week after hacktivist collective, Anonymous hacked into hundreds of ISIS Twitter accounts and email addresses in a major strike called #OpISIS.
Court Upholds Firing of Spiritual Director by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Because She Failed to Save Her Marriage
A federal appeals court in Michigan upheld the firing of a former spiritual director at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship last Thursday because she failed to save her marriage.
New Jersey Teen Wins Court Case Against Atheists to Keep 'Under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
A New Jersey teenager who stood up against atheists seeking to legally remove the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, declared victory in court last Friday after a state judge dismissed the case.
$500K Raised for Father Who Refused to Give Up Down Syndrome Son; Boy's Mother Denies Threatening Him With Divorce
A New Zealand father whose Armenian wife reportedly left him because he refused to abandon their newborn diagnosed with Down syndrome, has received nearly $500,000 in support from around the world to help him care for the boy. His former wife, however, is disputing his story.
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