
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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Air Force Wife Surprises Firefighters Who Had to Abruptly Leave Costco on Call; See What They Found When They Returned for Goods
Firefighters from Vacaville, California, who had to abandon their order at a local Costco register to respond to an emergency call over the Memorial Day weekend, were overwhelmed with thanks when they returned for their goods and found a gift left by a mystery Air Force wife.

Sudanese Christian Mother Facing Death for Faith Gave Birth in Chains; See Beautiful Daughter, Maya, That Came From Pain
A Sudanese woman sentenced to death while she was pregnant for marrying a Christian man and converting to Christianity as a child was forced to give birth in shackles, according to her husband.

'Perfect Christian Family' of 4 Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide; Neighbor Heard 'Awful Crying' Coming From House
"A perfect Christian family" of four was discovered dead in what homicide detectives suspect is a murder-suicide in an upscale Orange County, California, home Tuesday.

'Terminated:' Scandal-Scarred ROC Church Shocks New Pastor With Firing After Just 7 Weeks on the Job
Nearly a year after the Richmond Outreach Center megachurch in Virginia lost its founding pastor Geronimo Aguilar to an explosive alleged sex scandal, Joe Donahue, the man the church board brought in with much fanfare to replace him, has been fired after just seven weeks on the job.

In Disturbing 'My Twisted World' Manifesto, Elliot Rodger Says Massacre Could Have Been Avoided With Loss of His Virginity
In a dark and twisted 141-page manifesto titled "My Twisted World" in which he rants against women and his sexless life, mass murderer Eliot Rodger, 22, said his killing spree and eventual death in the streets of Isla Vista, California, last Friday could have been avoided if only he had lost his virginity.

Pregnant Christian Woman Sentenced to Hang for Faith Gives Birth to Baby Girl in Prison; Says She Won't Renounce Christ
A pregnant Christian woman from Sudan who has vowed to never renounce her faith in Christ even after being sentenced to death for it, gave birth to a baby girl in prison on Tuesday.

Cornerstone Church Senior Pastor Loses New Wife in Tragic Crash After Just 8 Months of Marriage; She Was a 'True Light,' Says Friend
Miranda Schumann, 26, the wife of popular senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Buena Vista, Colorado, Charlie Stombaugh, was killed in an accident near Copper Mountain Friday after the SUV she was traveling in flipped and rolled multiple times.

Denzel Washington on Prayer: 'Put Your Shoes Way Under The Bed at Night So You Gotta Get on Your Knees in the Morning'
Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington believes that a good way to make sure you pray every morning is to place your shoes "way under the bed at night." Doing that he says ensures that you "gotta get on your knees in the morning.

New Boy Scouts President Robert Gates Supports Inclusion of Openly Gay Adults But Vows to Oppose Reopening Issue
If former U.S. Defense Secretary and new president of the Boy Scouts of America Robert Gates had his way, openly gay adults would be serving in the organization.

7 Dead in Calif. Shooting Rampage; Suspect 22-Y-O Elliot Rodger Pledged 'Retribution' for Rejection by Females
Seven people are now dead including the suspected gunman Elliot Rodger, 22, after he went on a bloody 10-minute shooting rampage in the Southern California college town of Isla Vista which also left seven others injured.


























