
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 Actress Tasha Smith Says Husband Keith Douglas Is Trying to Kill Her While Accusing Her of Sleeping With Women
Days after her husband, Keith Douglas, reportedly got a restraining order against her, Christian actress and Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?" star Tasha Smith, 43, shot back with a claim that he is trying to kill her while accusing her of sleeping with other women.

Myles Munroe's Family Reveals Pain, Complete List of Dead in Crash That Killed Pastor Including Unborn Baby
Just three days after the tragic jet crash that took the lives of renowned pastor and motivational speaker Dr. Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth, the beloved pastor's family revealed the identities of the seven others who perished on the fated flight plus the unborn child of their youth pastor and his wife.

'Duck Dynasty' Family to Stage Musical in Las Vegas; Gay Advocates Troubled Colleagues Working With Them
The conservative Robertson family of the popular A&E reality series "Duck Dynasty" are set to bring their signature brand of faith, food and swamp life to the stage in a Las Vegas musical with the help of a team from Broadway next year. But gay advocates are troubled some of their colleagues are working with the Robertsons whom they have branded homophobic.

Republican Party Historic High: GOP Controls 68 of 98 State Legislatures
After last Tuesday's impressive showing by the GOP in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans now control 68 of 98 partisan state legislatures, the highest in the party's history.

Mormon Founder Had Up to 40 Wives, Including 14-Y-O, Married Women; Said Angel Promised Destruction If He Hadn't Done It
Joseph Smith, the controversial figure who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was long accepted as a faithful and monogamous husband by many of the church's followers. But church leaders recently revealed that Smith was a husband to as many as 40 wives, including married women and a 14-year-old girl.

Conservative Pundit Glenn Beck Reveals Painful Details of Years-Long Struggle With Neurological Illness
Conservative pundit Glenn Beck, 50, revealed Monday the painful details of a years-long struggle with a neurological illness that threatened to cut short the functionality of his brain, and highlighted how he finally found help to overcome it.

Big Loss for Gay GOP Candidates: Republican Party's Leadership's Support Can't Beat Social Conservative Voters
Conservative voters slammed the door shut on two openly gay Republican candidates in last Tuesday's midterm elections despite strong support of their political bids from some members of the party's leadership.

Prominent Evangelical Pastor Myles Munroe and Wife Ruth Among 9 Killed in Fiery Bahamas Jet Crash
Nine people including prominent evangelical pastor and motivational speaker Myles Munroe, 60, and his wife, Ruth, were killed in a fiery jet crash near the Grand Bahama International Airport Sunday.

Fox News Cuts Ties With Ben Carson as Presidential Bid Looms; 'A Breath of Fresh Air' To Air This Weekend
Newly minted Republican and conservative superstar Ben Carson, 63, has parted ways with Fox News as strong indications of a looming 2016 presidential bid have dominated media reports since Republicans crushed Democrats at the polls in Tuesday's midterm elections.

'It's OK to Have The Same Views as Your Grandparents,' America's Youngest State Lawmaker Saira Blair Tells Peers
College student and Republican Saira Blair, who became America's youngest state lawmaker Tuesday when she was elected to West Virginia's House of Delegates at age 18, urged her conservative peers Thursday to not be afraid to stand up for their values.



















