Leonardo Blair
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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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.
Vineyard Church suspends young adult pastor, son of senior pastor over allegations of misconduct
Jackson Gatlin, the young adult and online community pastor at The Vineyard Church in Duluth, Minnesota, where his father, Michael Gatlin, serves as senior pastor, has been suspended as the church and local police conduct an investigation into allegations of misconduct "from several years ago."
Among Turkey’s alluring tourist offerings, a strong dash of Christian history
While Turkey’s popularity for offerings like hair transplant tourism has been growing among Americans in recent years along with political headlines, a recent visit to the country with an estimated population of almost 86 million, shows there is much more to see and experience here like their food and a growing investment in unearthing Christian history.
Missionary parents didn’t want to live without suicidal daughter so they decided to die together
A missionary couple from York County, Pennsylvania, were found dead at their home along with their 26-year-old daughter in what local police say is the result of a tragic suicide pact triggered by their daughter’s struggle with mental illness.
Pro-life church 'heartbroken' after young child found alive in dumpster
Members of a small pro-life church in Ardmore, Oklahoma, were left “heartbroken” Saturday after local police discovered a baby in their dumpster. The parents and baby have no known affiliation with the church where the child found. "Our hearts have gone out to the dad, the mom, the baby. We are absolutely heartbroken," Associate Pastor Ed Skidmore told The Christian Post.
School where first grader shot teacher reopens with tighter security, principal replaced
Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, reopened Monday under the watchful eyes of local police with a new safety protocol and principal weeks after a troubled 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in the chest as she taught his class.
Celebration Church founder Stovall Weems launches website to clear family name
Florida megachurch founder Stovall Weems has launched a new website to counter the narrative from current leaders of Celebration Church in Jacksonville that he and his wife engaged in abuse, including financial fraud.
Tensions flare at open mic event over First Baptist’s document on gender, sexuality
Tensions erupted at the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville in Florida on Sunday over the church's statement on “biblical sexuality” as an LGBT advocate slammed it as "disgusting" and urged members to leave.
Diet high in fat, calories could reduce the brain’s ability to regulate how much people eat
New research from Penn State College of Medicine suggests it could be the high fat or calorie count in these popular junk foods that could reduce their brain's ability to say no more.
Beloved Washington pastor, grandfather charged with drug-trafficking, money laundering
Just over a year ago as he was pictured on Facebook officiating a wedding, Washington pastor and grandfather, Steve Parker, was praised as “amazing man of God.” Earlier this month however detectives in Skagit County arrested Parker with a stockpile of guns and drugs after getting a tip that he was on his way to becoming “a high level drug dealer,” and his clean-cut family knew nothing about his double life.