
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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Christian QB Aaron Rodgers Says 'I Don't Think God Cares' About Football After Russell Wilson Credits God With Win Over Team
Outspoken Christian Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, 26, gave high praises to God for helping his team to a scintillating 28-22 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game on Sunday, but his Christian counterpart on the losing team, Aaron Rodgers, doesn't think God had anything to do with it at all.

Justified Killing? Video Shows Cop Fatally Shooting Man, Jerame Reid, While Arms Appear to Be Up After He Disobeyed Order
An intense dashcam recording released by the Bridgeton Police Department in New Jersey on Tuesday, shows the fatal shooting of Jerame Reid, 36, by officers Braheme Days and Roger Worley with what appears to be his hands in front of him.

To Drink or Not to Drink? Pastor Says Acceptance of Alcohol in Church Is Like Committing Suicide, Although Jesus Made Wine
Although one of Jesus' most well-known miracles is turning water into wine at a wedding party, Mark Spitsbergen, a clinical science researcher in molecular biology and pastor of Abiding Place Ministries in San Diego, California, believes the acceptance of alcohol in some modern day churches is akin to committing suicide and the Bible doesn't support it.

Conservative Princeton Professor Robert P. George and Others Offer to Take 1,000 Lashes for Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi
Conservative Princeton University professor and vice chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Robert P. George along with six other advocates have offered to take 100 lashes each for Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting his country's clerics.

CNN's Anderson Cooper Rips Pastor's Op-Ed in The Christian Post on the 'Gay Agenda' Behind Growth in Gay Characters on TV
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper joined talk show host Ellen Degeneres this week in a growing chorus of gay advocates who've taken umbrage to a recent op-ed on the gay agenda by cultural commentator and pastor Larry Tomczak published in The Christian Post.

Bill Maher Urges Atheists to Speak Up; Knocks the Bible as Book Based on 'Ancient Myths' in New Ad for Openly Secular
Political satirist Bill Maher went to bat for atheists in a new ad for advocacy group Openly Secular in which he urged them to speak up, and then he knocked the Bible as a book based on ancient myth written by men who didn't know where the sun went at night.

Some Seahawks Fans Walked Out of the Stadium Certain Their Team Had Lost; But Russell Wilson Kept Going Thanks to His Faith
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson had no doubt on Sunday that his team would emerge victorious in their NFC Championship game on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. A number of the 68,538 fans that packed the CenturyLink Field, however, didn't think he would and walked out minutes before the team's miraculous comeback.

'Yesterday Wasn't Just About the Game;' Russell Wilson Celebrates Comeback Win Against the Packers by Going to Church
After his amazing performance in the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers in which he rallied his team to a gutsy and stunning 28-22 overtime victory Sunday, 26-year-old Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson went to church and inspired a number of fans to go too.

Russell Wilson Gives God High Praises After Stunning Seahawks Comeback Win Over Green Bay Packers for Spot in Super Bowl XLIX
Russell Wilson, the celebrated 26-year-old Seattle Seahawks quarterback, all but declared his team's stunning and historic 28-22 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, a miracle.

Racial Reconciliation Summit Breeds Hope, Repentance and Progress Among Christian Leaders; 'I'm So Happy' Says T.D. Jakes
When Bishop Harry Jackson, chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Washington, D.C., first called up Bishop T.D. Jakes, one of America's favorite and most influential preachers and asked him to be a part of a summit to heal America's racial divide, one of the first emotions Jakes felt was fear.



















