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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  • Christian Baker Under Fire for Refusing Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

    Christian Baker Under Fire for Refusing Wedding Cake for Lesbian Couple

    A Gresham, Ore., baker is now facing fire and praise from both advocates and opponents of same-sex relationships, and an investigation from the Oregon Attorney General's Office after he refused to make a cake for a lesbian wedding citing his Christian faith.

  • Christian University Honors Controversial Abortionist With Name on Center

    Christian University Honors Controversial Abortionist With Name on Center

    La Sierra University, an institution owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church boasting an environment "where academic investigation, Christian faith and service to others unite," has found a strange bedfellow in controversial abortionist Edward C. Allred, naming a center in its business school in honor of gifts donated by the doctor who is also a professional gambler.

  • Roland Martin: Christian Athletes Should Keep Praising God in Public

    Roland Martin: Christian Athletes Should Keep Praising God in Public

    Popular journalist and columnist Roland Martin encouraged Christian athletes to "keep shining" despite criticisms of their public gestures of faith, naming Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis as an example.

  • Twitter Yanks Black Pro-Life Group's Account for Blasting NAACP

    Activists with the National Black Prolife Coalition (NBPLC) were lobbying on Friday to have their Twitter account restored after the social media company yanked their tweeting privileges for attacking the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) online last week.

  • Marriage Not There to Make You Happy, Says Megachurch Pastor

    Marriage Not There to Make You Happy, Says Megachurch Pastor

    If finding that proverbial bliss is behind your motivation to get married, you might just change your mind after you hear what former NFL player and senior pastor of the Rock Church in San Diego, Calif., Miles McPherson, has to say about it.

  • IRS Spokesman to Georgia Churches: Beware of Tax Scam Artists This Season

    Citing a troubling history of tax scam artists preying on the trust of particularly black community churches in the Southeastern United States, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official is urging pastors and their congregations to maintain a vigilant watch for these scam artists during tax season.

  • Deadly Georgia Tornado Victims Offered Food, Spiritual Care by Christian Groups

    Deadly Georgia Tornado Victims Offered Food, Spiritual Care by Christian Groups

    Armed with food, water, counselors and a spirit of hope, church groups have been rallying around victims of the monster tornado that ripped through the Southeastern United States on Wednesday, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake.

  • FFRF Sues R.I. Florist Over Refusal to Deliver to Teen Atheist

    America's largest group of atheists and agnostics, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island florist for refusing to deliver its order of a dozen red roses to self-professed teen atheist, Jessica Ahlquist, whose complaint was behind the removal of a 50-year-old prayer mural at her high school.

  • San Diego Megachurch Helps Pro Athletes Inspire Kids in Sports, Faith

    San Diego Megachurch Helps Pro Athletes Inspire Kids in Sports, Faith

    More than a dozen professional athletes organized by The Rock Church in San Diego, Calif., put on an inspiring display of sporting prowess and faith for hundreds of youth who turned up for Superfest 2013.

  • Calif. Christian School Sues Ex-Teachers Over Proof of Faith Dispute

    A Christian school in Southern California has recently filed its own lawsuit against two of its former teachers who had sued the school for being fired after refusing to provide proof of their Christian faith.

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