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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Conservatives, Politicians Join Condemnation of Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision as Protests Continue
In a powerful show of solidarity conservatives joined a growing chorus of Americans in condemning the surprising decision of a grand jury Wednesday to not hold a New York City police officer criminally responsible for the chokehold death of 43-year-old Staten Island father of six, Eric Garner.
Southern Baptist Pastor Randy White Chides Evangelicals for Promoting Racial Justice as 'Gospel Demand'
As racial tension nationwide intensifies, triggered by the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and compounded by the case of Eric Garner in New York City, the issue of whether racial justice should be promoted as a "Gospel demand" among Christians has become a divisive topic for some Evangelicals seeking solutions to racial conflict.
'This Is an American Problem:' Obama Reacts to No Indictment in Eric Garner Case
As news came Wednesday that a grand jury has decided not to indict a New York City police officer in the choking death of 43-year-old Eric Garner this summer, President Barack Obama, the nation's first African-American president, argued that there's bias in the way law enforcement engages communities of color and asserted that it "is an American problem."
No Indictment Against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Chokehold Death of Eric Garner
Family and supporters of Eric Garner, 43, the 400-pound asthmatic father who died after he was locked in a chokehold by a New York City police officer in Staten Island this summer, expressed collective shock at the decision of a grand jury not to bring criminal charges against the officer on Wednesday.
Creflo Dollar Joins Bahamas in Honoring Myles Munroe and Wife in National Tribute on Eve of Funeral
Popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International Creflo Dollar is expected to join the nation of Bahamas Wednesday in a national tribute to honor the lives of renowned pastor Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, who died in a fiery jet crash along with seven others in that country last month.
Christian Woman Prayed 6 Months for Dead Husband's Resurrection Until His Corpse Had Rotted Beyond Recognition
A Christian woman from Canada who prayed with her children for her dead husband's resurrection for six months after he died was dealt a hard blow when she learned that he failed to rise and his body had rotted beyond recognition inside a bedroom she locked and left behind for Jesus.
Man Gets Life for Killing Christian Teenager Who Refused to Get Abortion; 'I Don't Think God Should Forgive Him,' Says Sister
A 22-year-old Maine man who hoped to get community service after he suffocated, burned, then dumped the body of his 14-year-old Christian girlfriend at a Brooklyn beach last year because she refused to get an abortion, received a 25 years to life prison sentence in New York City on Monday.
Michigan Police Officer Detains Man for 'Making People Nervous' by Walking With Hands in Pockets in Near Freezing Cold
A video of a man being detained by a Michigan police officer on Thanksgiving Day because he was "making people nervous" by walking with his hands in his pocket in near freezing temperature has gone viral and stoked afresh passions over racial profiling.
Myles Munroe and Wife to Get State Recognized Funeral; Grammy Winning Gospel Singer CeCe Winans Will Perform
Grammy Award winning gospel singer CeCe Winans is set to perform at the state recognized funeral the government of Bahamas has accorded renowned evangelical pastor and motivational speaker Myles Munroe and his wife, Ruth, who were killed in a tragic jet crash along with seven others in the Bahamas on Nov. 9.
Christian University Drops Bill Cosby as Speaker, Replaces Him With Ben Carson
Weeks after standing by their decision to keep embattled comedian Bill Cosby as speaker for their 50th benefit dinner set for Dec. 5, administrators at the Christian Freed-Hardeman University in West Tennessee have decided to drop him from the event and replace him with renowned neurosurgeon and potential 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson.
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