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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Mars Hill Church's Board 'Can Never Work Well,' Not Designed to Help Pastor With Spiritual Direction Says Paul Tripp
After resigning from the Board of Advisors and Accountability (BOAA) of the Seattle-based Mars Hill Church led by embattled Pastor Mark Driscoll in June, former board member Pastor Paul Tripp said Tuesday that the church's governing authority "can never work well" because it is not designed to help the pastor with spiritual direction and protection.
Christian Group Demands Release of Secret Deal IRS Made With Atheists That Threatens to Censor Houses of Worship
The Faith & Freedom Coalition demanded Monday the release of a secret legal agreement between the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice and atheist organization, the Freedom From Religion Foundation charging that it is likely to censor churches by "potentially infringing upon their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and association".
Obama Calls Hillary Clinton's Criticism on Syria Horse Dung
It's a load of "horsesh*t." That's how President Barack Obama feels about the advice of Hillary Clinton and a bipartisan school of lawmakers who believe that he should have armed Syrian rebels to prevent the rise of ISIS and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in that country.
'Christian Mingle The Movie' Coming in October; Story of a Woman Who Fakes Faith to Find a Man and Ends Up Finding God
The first thing Corbin Bernsen, writer and director of "Christian Mingle The Movie" which hits theaters in October, wants you to know is that it is not an advertisement or endorsement of christianmingle.com, the dating website.
9-Y-O Boy Fights Off 400lb Alligator and Miraculously Escapes; 'I Just Thank God It Didn't Turn Out Different,' Says His Father
A 9-year-old Florida boy is the talk of the nation after he fought off a 400 pound, 9-foot long alligator with his bare hands and miraculously escaped with only minor injuries after it tried to make a meal of him last Thursday.
ISIS Selling Christian Women as Sex Slaves as Militants Overrun Qaraqosh; Iraqi PM Blamed for Crisis Refuses to Resign
At least 500 Christian women were reportedly abducted from Mosul and marked to be sold as sex slaves by ISIS militants who stretched their dominance over Christians in Iraq further last week when they overran Qaraqosh, the nation's largest Christian city where believers had been flocking to after being chased out of Mosul.
ISIS 'Systematically Beheading Children' in Iraq; They Are 'Killing Every Christian They See,' Says Chaldean Leader
National spokesman for Iraqi Christians and Chaldean-American businessman Mark Arabo said the "evil" being carried out by ISIS militants in Iraq now includes shocking beheadings of children, and he praised President Barack Obama for authorizing an intervention in the crisis Thursday.
'Why Does Our Daddy Need to Be in Prison for Loving Jesus?' Asks Children of Pastor Saeed Abedini in Heartbreaking Plea to Obama
The children of Christian American-Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2012, cannot understand why their father is in prison for "loving Jesus," and pleaded with President Barack Obama in a heartbreaking video this week to "bring my daddy home."
US 'Will Not Be Dragged Into Fighting Another Iraq War'; Airstrikes to Protect Americans and Prevent Genocide, Says Obama
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the military air strikes he authorized in Iraq this week are intended to protect American interests and prevent the genocide of religious minorities. He also pledged that the U.S. will not be dragged "into fighting another Iraq war."
Baptist Preacher JD Hall Calls Connection Between Braxton Caner's Suicide and Twitter Clash 'Unfair;' But Will Back Off on Ergun Caner
A Baptist preacher under fire for engaging in a Twitter clash with Braxton Caner, the teenage son of pastor and Brewton-Parker College President Ergun Caner, weeks before he reportedly committed suicide, expressed deep condolences to Braxton's family Thursday and said he has decided to stop pursuing a decade-old muckraking campaign against Braxton's father, Ergun.
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