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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Malcolm Butler, Patriots Rookie Who Made Super Bowl Winning Interception Was Working at Popeye's Just 4 Years Ago
When the New England Patriots needed a hero to save them from the jaws of defeat in Sunday's Super Bowl game against the Seattle Seahawks, no one expected it was going to be their undrafted rookie, cornerback Malcolm Butler, 24, who said he knew he would do something special and had "prayed on it."
Hundreds Donate More Than $60K to Help Buy Car for Detroit Man, James Robertson, Who Walks 21 Miles a Day for Work
A 56-year-old man who's been walking 21 miles a day, five days a week roundtrip to get to work for several years is set to get the lift of a lifetime after hundreds of people donated more than $60,000 in one day to help him get a car, and many more donations continued to pour in as of Monday evening.
Russell Wilson Says He Trusted Call That Doomed Seahawks; Thanks God After Painful Super Bowl Loss
Seconds away from what would've been his second consecutive Super Bowl win Sunday, Christian Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson made a play against the New England Patriots that Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith thinks was triggered by "the worst play call I've seen in the history of football."
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Asks Bishop Heather Cook to Resign After Arrest for Fatal DUI
In a move that many onlookers saw as inevitable, the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland this week formally asked its embattled Bishop Suffragan, Heather Cook, to resign from her post in light of ongoing criminal proceedings launched against her by local authorities for the fatal DUI incident that took the life of 41-year-old married father of two, Thomas Palermo.
'I'm Not Who I Was Pretending to Be;' Justin Bieber Apologizes for Bad Behavior After 'Ellen' Appearance
After a year of controversial appearances in the news including arrests and drunkenly urinating in a mop bucket, pop singer Justin Bieber, who will turn 21 on March 1, has apologized.
Evangelical Gracepointe Church Comes Out in Support of Gay Marriage; Reactions Are Mixed and Giving Drops
Stan Mitchell, pastor of Gracepointe Church, a diverse congregation in Franklin, Tennessee, announced this month that the leadership of his church have decided to fully support the inclusion of gays in their church, including the right to marry same-sex partners.
Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin Says Christianity's Subculture Made Him 'Question If God Was Even Real'
Popular gospel musician Kirk Franklin is no fan of Christianity's subculture and recently explained how it alienated him as he grew as a Christian and made him question "if God was even real."
Billionaire Bill Gates Is Betting on Russell Wilson's Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's Super Bowl Battle Against Patriots
Billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates says he'll be rooting for his home team, the Seattle Seahawks, in their Super Bowl battle against Tom Brady's New England Patriots on Sunday and called their win over the Green Bay Packers to get there "amazing to watch."
20th Century Fox Releases Trailer for 'Fantastic Four' and Fans Question Why Johnny Storm, 'The Human Torch', Is Black
The first official trailer for 20th Century Fox's rendition of the 50-plus-year-old "Fantastic Four" franchise was released Tuesday and one of the first things fans noticed was that black actor Michael B. Jordan is playing the role of Johnny Storm, also known as the "Human Torch", and some fans aren't happy with it.
Boy Scout's 'Perversion' Files Reveals 'Sordid History of Sexual Abuse' in Organization, Says Lawyer
An attorney involved in a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America over the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy by an adult volunteer says documents kept by the organization for nearly a century known as the "perversion files" reveal a "sordid history of child sexual abuse."
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