
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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Truett McConnell University mourns student found dead inside campus apartment
Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Georgia, is mourning one of its students found dead inside a campus apartment Sunday.

Former NFL player Jordan Shipley shares how faith sustained him after fiery accident
More than eight months after suffering third-degree burns on more than 20% of his body in an accident on his ranch in Texas, former NFL wide receiver Jordan Shipley said he desperately called on the Lord for help during the life-threatening ordeal and experienced a “miracle.”

Liberty University gets grant from Boeing for Samaritan's Purse's DC-8 aircraft project
Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, has received an undisclosed grant from multinational aerospace corporation Boeing to help build a public pavilion at the school’s planned DC-8 Overlook project, which will feature the historic Samaritan's Purse DC-8 aircraft gifted to them by the evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization last December.

Grand jury finds no evidence of crime in death of Nolan Wells
A racially diverse Mississippi grand jury has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to charge anyone with a crime in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells on Horn Island, but said the case should be revisited “If credible evidence comes to light in the future that suggests Mr. Wells’ death was non-accidental.”

After 4th cancer diagnosis, influencer says he’s holding on to God’s promise of long life
Despite being diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time in the last four years, Christian social media influencer Dylan Mandell says he is holding on to God’s promise of long life.

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that dismissed Cindy Clemishire's Gateway Church lawsuit
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court's dismissal of Cindy Clemishire's defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church, founder Robert Morris and other church leaders, pausing the case while it considers whether to take it up.

Christian actor Alan Ritchson claims studios told him not to talk politics publicly
A month after suggesting President Donald Trump was blocking the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, Christian actor and “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson said studios have been calling on him to stay quiet on politics.

Jelly Roll says he would quit music industry if God told him to
Outspoken Christian country singer Jelly Roll, whose name is Jason Bradley DeFord, says he would quit the music industry if God told him to do it.

InstaChurch founder, actor Alan Ritchson announces divorce after 20 years of marriage
Hollywood actor Alan Ritchson, who founded the faith-focused video ministry and YouTube channel InstaChurch, has announced that he and his wife, Catherine, are getting a divorce after three children and more than 20 years of marriage.

Male teens now outnumber females in church youth groups: Barna data
Bucking a decades-long trend of disproportionate female participation, male teenagers now outnumber their female counterparts in church youth group attendance among self-identified Christian teens in the U.S., according to a new report from Barna and prominent Christian youth ministry, Christ In Youth.


























