Leonardo Blair

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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  • John Piper to Leave Bethlehem Church for a Year in May

    John Piper to Leave Bethlehem Church for a Year in May

    After stepping down from 33 years as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn., John Piper, 67, will begin the transition of the church's leadership in May by moving his family to Tennessee.

  • At 74, Shirley Caesar to Release New Album, 'Good God'

    At 74, Shirley Caesar to Release New Album, 'Good God'

    When legendary gospel singer Pastor Shirley Caesar sang 'I'll Never Stop Praising the Lord' she clearly meant every word of it. At 74 years old and more than 40 gospel albums into a 60-year career, the multiple Dove and Grammy award winning minister is set to release a brand new album on March 26 simply titled, Good God.

  • Poll: Addressing Sex Abuse Scandals Should Be New Pope's Top Priority

    Poll: Addressing Sex Abuse Scandals Should Be New Pope's Top Priority

    While American Catholics are mostly satisfied with the selection of Argentina's former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new pope to lead the Catholic Church's 1.2 billion adherents, they now want him to make addressing sex abuse scandals in the church his top priority.

  • Tyler Jones: Pastors Must Give Up 'Superman Complex,' Empower Christians to Do God's Work

    Tyler Jones: Pastors Must Give Up 'Superman Complex,' Empower Christians to Do God's Work

    Lead Pastor of Vintage Church in Raleigh, N.C., Tyler Jones urged a packed auditorium of church leaders on Tuesday to give up the "Superman complex" and start empowering members of their congregations to fulfill the ministry God has given to them.

  • Traditional Burials Lose Ground to Cheaper, Convenient Cremation

    Traditional Burials Lose Ground to Cheaper, Convenient Cremation

    Americans are increasingly ditching costly trappings of traditional burials like caskets and church burial plots in favor of cremations to squeeze more value from the way they remember their dead as religious attitudes toward the practice have softened.

  • Richard Sherman's 'I'm Better at Life Than You' Comment a Lesson on Self Worth?

    Richard Sherman's 'I'm Better at Life Than You' Comment a Lesson on Self Worth?

    A debate continues to rage online over comments made two Thursdays ago by Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman, who unmercifully ripped into controversial ESPN First Take analyst Skip Bayless for trying to bait him into comparing himself to New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis.

  • Pope Francis: A Pontiff for the Poor

    Pope Francis: A Pontiff for the Poor

    Pope Francis, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, was formally installed as the head of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday in front of thousands of people, including heads of states. But even before his inauguration, this new pope has made all indication that the poor that he served for most of his life will continue to be a top priority in his papacy.

  • Church Tries Calming Tensions After NYPD Kills Brooklyn Teen Kimani Gray

    Church Tries Calming Tensions After NYPD Kills Brooklyn Teen Kimani Gray

    In the East Flatbush community of Brooklyn, N.Y. where 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot dead by undercover officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) last Saturday, the grief is still raw and emotions are running high as one church group struggles to stanch the pain.

  • Welcome to New York City's Biggest Church – The Subway

    Welcome to New York City's Biggest Church – The Subway

    They are not always welcome, and most times catch straphangers off guard, but on any given day in New York City's subway, there is a colorful array of Christians expressing their faith in God among the dancers, musicians and the usual panhandlers and performers dotting the platforms and subway cars.

  • NBA Superstar Derrick Rose to Pay for Funeral of Murdered Baby

    NBA Superstar Derrick Rose to Pay for Funeral of Murdered Baby

    Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose has offered to pay for the funeral of a 6-month-old baby girl who was shot five times as her father changed her diaper in the front seat of a parked van on Chicago's South Side on Monday.

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