
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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ISIS Now an Army of 10,000 Militants Making $1M Daily Selling Oil and Hostages; Network Worth More Than $2B
Extremist Muslim terrorist group ISIS is reportedly an army of some 10,000 militants worth more than $2 billion generated primarily through a multimillion dollar-a-day operation selling oil, hostages and other spoils from the organization's criminal activities.

Federal Judge Upholds Louisiana's Ban on Gay Marriage; Says State Has Right to Define Marriage as Union of a Man and a Woman
In a decision that has sent gay rights advocates in a tizzy, a federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday handing opponents of such bans across the country their first defeat in a federal court since the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the U.S. government cannot withhold federal benefits to married gay couples.

Bride Left Stranded After Groom Sparks Brawl Over Allegedly Hitting on Pregnant Worker, Forcing Alcohol Down Her Throat
A bride who wed her groom Sunday in Pittsburgh on a riverboat cruise spent the night without him after he was arrested for hitting on a pregnant 19-year-old waitress at the reception party where he also allegedly tried to force the girl to drink alcohol.

Statutory Rape Victim Forced to Pay Child Support to Older Woman He Impregnated When He Was 14
A 24-year-old Arizona man who was the victim of statutory rape by a 20-year-old woman a decade ago when he was 14, is now on the hook for child support payments after the woman got pregnant from the encounter and kept him in the dark until eight years after she gave birth to his daughter.

Chris Oyakhilome, Leader of Global Christ Embassy Church Accused of 'Adultery,' 'Unreasonable Behavior' in Divorce Filing by Wife
After months of public speculation about the health of their marriage, reports revealed Friday that Anita Oyakhilome, wife of popular charismatic preacher Chris Oyakhilome who heads the Believers' Loveworld Ministries, also known as Christ Embassy Church headquartered in Nigeria, has filed for divorce from her husband citing "adultery" and "unreasonable behavior."

Muslim Man Involved in Massacre of 186 Christian Children Says 'I Don't Feel Guilty'
As Russia launched a series of events on Sept. 1 to commemorate the Beslan school siege, one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks in that country in which 300 people died, including 186 Christian children, a decade ago, Nurpashi Kulaev, the lone surviving Muslim jihadist who took part in the massacre, sahhhh hj he feels no guilt over what he did.

Captured ISIS Suicide Bomber Reveals There Are Many Foreigners Fighting; UN Reveals 'Acts of Inhumanity on Unimaginable Scale'
A 23-year-old Islamic State suicide bomber who botched his attempt to take his own life because his bomb only partially detonated, says the terrorist group has members from all over the world. The United Nations Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Flavia Pansieri said Monday that ISIS terrorist have committed "serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law," such as targeted killings, forced conversions, abductions, slavery, sexual and physical abuse and torture.

Christian Musician Gungor Says Jesus Could Have Been Wrong About Creation Story or Lied About It; Calls Genesis 1 a 'Poem'
Award-winning Christian musician Michael Gungor of the musical collective Gungor, who recently rattled the Christian world when he argued that the Bible should not be read literally, took his arguments a little further last month when he said Jesus could have been wrong about the creation story, or might have lied about it to fit in with popular culture.

'Dark Lord' Arrested for Allegedly Burning and Urinating on Bible; Said He Was 'Cursing the Christians'
A 22-year-old man calling himself the "Dark Lord" was arrested in Prescott, Arizona after he reportedly set fire to a Bible on the steps of a rescue mission then urinated on it in an attempt to "curse Christians".

Secretary of State John Kerry Calls on Iran to Release American Prisoners Pastor Saeed Abedini, Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati
United States Secretary of State John Kerry called on the government of Iran Friday to release American prisoners Pastor Saeed Abedini, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati who has been accused of espionage.



















