
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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Son of Pastor Killed Minutes Before Father's Day Focuses on Forgiveness Ahead of Memorial Service
Despite his crushing loss, the teenage son of a popular Texas youth pastor Brian Jennings, who was killed just minutes before Father's Day while trying to help a stranded motorist, has decided to heed the lesson on forgiveness his dad had planned to teach on Sunday.

State Sen. Elbert Lee Guillory Explains Why He Ditched Dems for GOP in Poignant YouTube Video
Citing the "illusion" of the Democrat Party that their agenda is the best path for uplifting blacks in America, Louisiana State Senator Elbert Lee Guillory explained on Sunday why he quit the Democratic Party for the GOP and encouraged African-Americans to join him in the move.

Sarah Palin Writing Book to Defend 'Christ' in Christmas
Former GOP vice-presidential nominee and ex-Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin is getting ready to defend the "Christ" in Christmas in an upcoming book.

Alcoholic Who Stole, Got Drunk on $5 Bottles of Church Wine Gets Probation
A 21-year-old alcoholic prison inmate from Lancaster County, Pa., who broke into a Catholic church four times last year and was caught drunk on $5 bottles of sacramental wine was given three years' probation for his crime by a local judge on Monday.

City Transplant John Piper Unsure He's Suited for Country Silence
Living for a short while in his new home in Tennessee, Desiring God founder and theologian John Piper observes that there is a still quietness in his new locale, so much so that at times he can hear his wife breath. And he's not sure he can get used to it.

Donald Trump, Others Defend Miss Utah After Flubbing Question on Equal Pay
Business magnate and television personality Donald Trump came to the defense of Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, as a growing chorus flooded the 21-year-old with a deluge of mockery online for flubbing her response to a question some think was too loaded in the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night.

Utah Boy Scouts Leaders Could Lose Membership for Wearing Uniforms at Gay Pride Parade
Two Utah Boy Scouts leaders who joined a cadre of Scouts donning official Boy Scouts uniforms in the Utah Gay Pride Parade over two weeks ago were sternly warned that the next time they decide to make a political statement like that, they could lose their membership in the organization.

Founding Pastor of Va. Megachurch Caught in Sex Scandal Gets $115K Salary, Housing in Severance Deal
Richmond Outreach Center founding pastor Geronimo "Pastor G" Aguilar, who resigned with three other pastors from the church amid an explosive sex scandal on June 5, will continue to receive his $115,930 annual salary and reside in the church's half-million dollar parsonage until December.

Father's Day Goes Horribly Wrong as Popular Youth Pastor Killed Trying to Help Stranded Driver
A popular youth pastor and father of three from Burleson, Texas, who had stopped to help a stranded driver tragically missed Father's Day by minutes when he was mauled in a deadly crash shortly after leaving a party celebrating the graduation of his oldest child from high school late Saturday night.

Anti-Gay Congressman Ralph Hall Accidentally Attended Pro-Gay Event
Ralph Hall, a 90-year-old Republican congressman from Texas who is a fierce defender of the Defense of Marriage Act, accidentally supported a pro-gay rights event last week before realizing he had entered the wrong door.


























