BREAKING NEWS: Bishop Eddie Long Steps
Down As Pastor Of “New Birth Church”
In stunning and breaking news, Bishop Eddie Long has
officially announced he will be stepping down from the pulpit of New Birth in
Lithonia, GA. In church today Bishop Long announced he will be taking a leave
of absense to “take time to heal with family”.
This comes days after his wife
revealed she has filed for divorce and after the 2010 allegations of the pastor
having sexually relations with young men in his church.
Ever since Long was accused in 2010 of sexual
relations with four young men in his care, the black church has been forced to
ask itself tough questions. Some argue that a sin is a sin, whether it is
telling a fib or sleeping with underage kids of the same sex. There are others
who believe that Long should speak up and tell the truth about what happened.
Thus far, there is nothing but silence as he has continued to deny the
allegations although he paid the accusers a large sum of money to sweep the
matters under the rug.
Bishop Eddie Long helped make New Birth Missionary
Baptist Church into one of the nation’s biggest and most influential church in
the Atlanta area but through turmoil and controversy the church has been turned
upside down and Bishop Long recently announced to his congregation that he would
step down to take time to heal with his family. Long’s wife filed divorce on
Thursday, changed her mind on Friday to then change her mind again on Saturday
to go through with the divorce which may have played a huge part in Bishop
Long’s leave. Reports have surfaced that his wife has already moved out of their
multi-millionaire dollar home and taken her children with
her.
While he announced his stepping down in church today
his wife Vanessa and two children were there by his side as he had this to say
about his leave, “I’m still your pastor. You’ll still receive my direction.
You’ve given me some weeks to take care of some family
business.”
Take the money and run honey!!
ReplyDeleteSusan Miz
A leave of absence was warrented when the accuations first surfaced. i think his wife should start a minnistry of healing helping black men and women find god after being abuse sexually physically and mentally. life gose on. she has a story to tell.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't want the divorce becuase he knows she is going to get everything.
ReplyDeleteOllie
What a mess. He should permanently step down. He cannot possibly lead people to Christ with this going on. The gig is UP^
ReplyDeleteCold busted,unRev.
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