
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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Drug Addicted Pastor Charged With Breaking Into Former Church Member's Home and Stealing Her Pain Medication
A pastor from Smyrna, Tenn., who escaped prison in 2011 for stealing drugs from the home of one of his church members, was caught last month trying to do the same thing to another former congregant and he's now stewing in jail as the court decides what to do with him.

'Where Was Your God?' Man Pumped Six Bullets in Body of Atheist Who Asked Where Was God When His Dad Died
A 33-year-old California man is now facing a prison sentence of 126 years to life after he was found guilty of murdering his atheist friend who mocked him about his faith in God, and asked where He was when his father died. The murder occurred while the friends were drinking, snorting cocaine and playing video games.
High School Soccer Player Used Broomstick in Horrific Rape of Freshman Boy at Sports Camp, Say Prosecutors
A Massachusetts judge ordered 17-year-old Somerville High School soccer player Galileo Mondol remanded in jail until a dangerousness hearing Friday, after prosecutors revealed that he watched as a 16-year-old student used a broomstick to rape a freshman boy at a sports camp two Sundays ago.

Young Love of Old Pastor Cut Short in Deadly Crash That Kills Him and New Wife After Just a Year of Marriage
A beloved Pentecostal preacher from Biddeford, Maine, who thought he would never find love again after his wife died in 2009, was killed Saturday in a tragic car crash along with the woman who made him change his mind to marry again just a year ago.

Gay Activists Used 'Mafia Tactics' to Shut Down Bakery, Says Christian Couple
Speaking publicly for the first time since gay activists forced a shutdown of their bakery because they refused to bake a wedding cake for two lesbians, Christian couple Aaron and Melissa Klein said their business was killed with "mafia tactics."

15-Year-Old High School Student Creates, Runs $3.5M Global Tech Company; Credits 'Lord and Savior' for Success
A 15-year-old high school student who started a tech company when he was 12, took it global and now employs more than 100 people three years later and is giving God the all the glory for his success.

64-Year-Old Diana Nyad Makes History as First Person to Swim 110 Miles From Florida to Cuba Without Shark Cage
After four failed attempts, 64-year-old Diana Nyad completed an inspiring and historic feat on Monday to become the first person to swim 110 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

Charlotte Pastor Wants 'Only White People' Greeting at Front of Diverse Church
A pastor at a multi-racial church in Charlotte, N.C., recently sparked a controversy among its congregation when she quietly issued a request to a group of volunteer greeters at the church that she wanted "only white people" greeting people at the front of the church as they come in for Sunday morning services.

Gay Advocates Get Their Way as Christian Bakers Who Refused to Bake Cake for Lesbian Couple Forced to Close Shop
Under attack from gay rights advocates for refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian couple because of their beliefs, a Christian couple in Gresham, Ore., was finally forced to shut down their store, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, this weekend.

Community in Shock After Boys From High School Soccer Team Charged With Allegedly Raping 3 Freshman Boys at Sports Camp
Three male teenage members of a Massachusetts high school soccer team spent the holiday weekend behind bars after they were arrested and charged last Friday with raping three freshman high school boys at a sports camp in the state.


























