Bishop Eddie Long has passed away and he will soon be funeralized. However, Black church communities cannot bury his troubled past with him. The church—New Birth et al.—must reckon with the Goliath of child sexual abuse and rescue the true Davids, our children, from the perverse and death-dealing realities of molestation, incest and rape.
Social media exploded over the weekend after news broke that Bishop Eddie Long, the controversial televangelist passed away following a long battle with an aggressive form of cancer. According to reports, Bishop Christopher C. Smith addressed New Birth Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday saying, “Today it is with great sadness I announce that our bishop has transitioned. […]
Embattled megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long has returned to the pulpit of Georgia’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church after being away for weeks, but the senior pastor has lost a significant amount of weight, prompting more dire prognoses about the state of his health.
Thirteen members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church managed to recoup some of their monetary investments in a civil suit against controversial Bishop Eddie…
from: wzakcleveland.com The divorce petition filed by Vanessa Long against Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, has been dismissed, according to DeKalb County court filings posted online that were later confirmed by the minister’s lawyer. One of Bishop Eddie Long’s lawyers, Lawrence Cooper, confirmed that Vanessa Long had asked […]
Shortly after Bishop Eddie Long’s highly publicized sex scandal with multiple male members of his Atlanta congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, we all witnessed his wife stand by his side from the pulpit supporting him and maintaining her silence on the situation. Today, all of that changed when word quickly spread earlier this […]
The Tom Joyner Morning Show discusses the recent news of Bishop Eddie Long’s wife, Vanessa Long announcing that she is divorcing Pastor Bishop Eddie Long. “After a great deal of deliberation and prayer, I have decided to terminate my marriage to Bishop Eddie L. Long. Accordingly, I authorized my attorneys to file for divorce on […]
