
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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Woman Defies Doctors Who Told Her to Abort Unborn Baby Because It 'Will Die' and Delivers Healthy Baby Boy
A 30-year-old British woman who was told by doctors to abort her unborn baby while she was pregnant because it would die, defied their expert advice and gave birth to a healthy baby boy she is now calling a "miracle."

Did He See Heaven? Brian Miller Says He Ended Up on Heavenly Path With Dead In-Laws After Heart Stopped 45 Minutes
An Ohio man whose heart stopped for 45 minutes after suffering a massive heart attack says he ended up on a heavenly pathway lined with flowers and spoke with his dead in-laws as doctors feverishly tried to get his heart going again.

Man Fatally Shoots 15-Y-O Girl, Adrian Deejayee Broadway, for Egging His Son's Car in Valentine's Night Prank
A late night prank by a group of teenagers in Little Rock, Ark., turned deadly on Valentine's Day when a 15-year-old girl ended up being fatally shot in the head by the father of a friend whose car they egged and filled with leaves.

Newark's Archbishop Under Fire for Making Lavish $500K Addition to $800K Retirement Home Despite Pope Wanting 'Poor Church'
Archbishop of Newark, N.J., John J. Myers, is facing criticism for making a lavish $500,000 addition, including a hot tub and elevator, to his $800,000 future retirement home despite Pope Francis calling on bishops to stop living "like princes" and become a "poor church for the poor."

Is Donny Reagan of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ the Most Racist Pastor in the US? He Claims Interracial Marriages Are 'Not Right'
Is Donny Reagan of Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ the most racist pastor in the United States?

Cody Coots, Son of 'Snake Salvation' Pastor Jamie Coots, Says Rattlesnake That Killed Father Will Be Back in Church Saturday
The deadly rattlesnake that delivered the fatal bite to "Snake Salvation" pastor Jamie Coots in Middlesboro, Ky., last Saturday will be back in church to help praise the Lord in another heart-pounding service this Saturday, according to his son, Cody Coots.

21-Y-O Christianity Student, Children's Minister Charged With Murdering Fiancée He Was to Wed in August; Made It Look Like Suicide
A 21-year-old Christianity student and children's minister who allegedly murdered his fiancée he was expected to wed in August, then tried to make it look like a suicide, has been suspended by his church after he was arrested and charged by the Jackson Police Department in Tennessee.

Dead 'Snake Salvation' Pastor Jamie Coots Had No Life Insurance; Bereaved Family Accepting Donations as Fans Mourn Loss
The family of popular serpent-handling "Snake Salvation" star, pastor Jamie Coots who died Saturday after he was bitten by a snake during one of his snake-handling church services, says he had no insurance coverage for his dangerous lifestyle and are now accepting donations.

'Snake Salvation' Pastor Jamie Coots Dies After Snake Bites Him in Church; He Refused Medical Treatment
Popular snake-handling Pentecostal Pastor Jamie Coots who co-stars on the National Geographic's 'Snake Salvation' TV show died Saturday night after one of his snakes bit him during a church service earlier that evening.

Man Asks for $8 on Kickstarter to Buy Chipotle Chicken Burrito and Raises More Than $700; People Are Still Giving
A man who launched a Kickstarter fund to raise $8 to purchase a Chipotle chicken burrito to grade it on its "deliciousness" has raised more than $700 for his taste testing project and people are still giving.


























