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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10% of high school students attempted suicide in 2021; more than half of girls sad or hopeless: CDC
Poor mental health and suicidal ideation and attempts have increased among high school students over the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half of girls struggle with “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.”
Televangelist Peter Popoff is selling his California mansion for $8.1M
Controversial televangelist and prosperity preacher Peter Popoff, who amassed millions of dollars through his ministry hawking "debt cancelation" and healing "miracle water" advertised as a "powerful biblical point of contact," is now selling his California mansion for $8.1 million.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Christian Super Bowl ad ‘fascism’ and sparks a firestorm of reactions
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sparked a still raging firestorm of reactions Sunday night when she compared an advertisement about Jesus during the Super Bowl to “fascism.”
Before shooting his teacher, 6-year-old allegedly threatened to kill student with gun at recess
Shortly before he shot his teacher as she sat at a reading table in his class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia on Jan. 6, a troubled 6-year-old boy allegedly showed off his mother’s gun to another student and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone according to a notice of claim filed on behalf of the injured teacher.
Christian Soccer star Christian Atsu still missing after massive earthquake in Turkey
Despite reports that devout Christian soccer star and current Hatayspor player Christian Atsu was rescued alive from the rubble of his apartment building after a massive earthquake in Turkey on Monday, a team official confirmed Wednesday that they have still not found him.
Memphis police officer praised for talking suicidal teenage father off bridge
A Memphis police officer is now receiving high praise from the public for convincing a suicidal teenage father not to end his life on the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge last Thursday.
Christian soccer star Christian Atsu buried under rubble after massive earthquake in Turkey
Hours after scoring a last-minute goal to give his Turkish team Hatayspor a 1-nil victory over Kasımpaşa on Sunday, devout Christian soccer star Christian Atsu is now among an unknown number of people still buried under rubble in the aftermath of a massive earthquake that left at least 2,600 people dead in Turkey and Syria.
Phil and Lucinda Dooley appointed new global senior pastors of Hillsong Church
Twelve months after serving as interim global senior pastors of Hillsong Church following the resignation of founder Brian Houston, husband and wife pastors, Phil and Lucinda Dooley, were permanently appointed to the position as “Jesus followers” who “follow the Lord wholeheartedly.
Friend claims woman who died with parents in suicide pact was oppressed by strict religious upbringing
A childhood friend of 26-year-old Morgan E. Daub, 26, who was found dead at home along with her missionary parents in York County, Pennsylvania last week, in what authorities say is a suicide pact, suggested she may have been driven insane by her parents strict religious upbringing.
Husband asks public to ‘forgive’ wife after she allegedly kills their 3 children
A grieving Massachusetts father has asked the public to “forgive” his wife days after she allegedly killed their three young children and attempted to take her own life in their family home as experts suggest she may have been suffering from postpartum psychosis.
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