He knew he was guilty all along, yet taking his kool aid sipping congregation on a roller coaster ride. I wonder if he’ll step down after this?

Keep shining the light on thus story. I think they will settle, but I also think the flock may stay. This is not a church. It’s a business and it’s members often benefit from relationships formed at New Birth.

God exposed Eddie Long as a fraud. The signs were there, but folks ignored his actions: the homophobic rhetoric, the wigs, the muscle shirts and fixation on young men– what a contradiction. Now God has made it plain. Anyone denying it, is simply pretending. Eddie Long is gay, he likes sleeping with teenage boys and he’s a fraud.

Sherry, ummm, Yeah. I really wondered how can the "black church establishment" sit idolly by why all of this demonic activity runs rampant through out the "so-called" church house. He aint the only one that has a taste for young boys, loose women and fine drink.The church(the ones that are playing church because there are still some people that do not support this new age foolishness) is in a whole bunch of trouble, and a lot of folk are way too blind to see it.Business as usual I guess.

Bottom line: Bishop Long can be judged by God …and God only. No one else can judge or condemn him. Hypocrites! We all commit sins everyday…aware and unaware. And one sin is not worse than the other. Fornication, adultery, lying, backbiting…and the list goes on. Even insulting someone is a sin. I use to pass judgement on folk…until I was told to learn how to have some compassion and take a look in the mirror at my own faults. Now, I try to think before I seriously pass judgement on somweone else; because I’m aware that my sh&^%t stinks, too.

I get so tired of people bringing their tired butts to this site and others defending Eddie Long with The Bible,believe me it’s fools like you that enable him.

No one here is judging that man.We are here commenting on the fact that a man accused of coercing boys sexually choose not to defend himself against these charges,especially since he’s ‘supposedly’ a Bishop.

I’ve been telling you folks who consistently say ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE.

Do you think God is gonna wait till a man is dead before he tells a man to stop doing evil??????????????????

God sends His messengers to tell other men to stop doing evil……THIS IS THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, SO STOP IT WITH THE ” THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE BS ”

Understand why Christ said ” thou shall not judge” before using it as an excuse to keep living in sin.

@ td We all commit sins everyday.. True This is suppose to be a man of god!!!! He needs to step down !!!! He should not be leading a church. How could you not understand this ? I commit sins everyday but im not in front of a church preaching hate against something that I am

HOW MANY NEW BIRTH MEMEBERS ARE THERE ON THIS BOARD COMMENTING? IF YOU ARE NOT GOD, HIS FAMILY OR A MEMBER OF HIS CONGREGATION THEN HE DON’T OWE YALL SH#T. WE ARE SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON OURSELVES. EVIDENTLY THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS OR THEIR LAWYER DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MEDIATION SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUME. THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS ARE GONNA GET WHAT THEY WANT IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT IS MONEY. THAT IS REALLY ALL THEY WANT. IF SOMEONE DID SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO ME OR MY KIDS THEN THERE IS NOTHING FOR US TO MEDIATE ABOUT. I WOULD WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW WHAT WENT ON AND ALL THE DETAILS BUT EVERYONE IS SO QUICK TO SAY HE IS GUILTY. WHATEVER IF HE IS GUILTY THEN THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS ARE AS WELL. THEY WERE AT THE AGE WHERE THEY KNEW RIGHT FROM WRONG SO I AM NOT GOING TO DEFEND THEM OR BISHOP LONG BECAUSE THEY DON’T OWE ME ANYTHING. WHATEVER DECISION THEY COME TO WILL NOT AFFECT ME IN NO SHAPE FORM OR FASHION SO I SUGGEST ALL OF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION THE SAME WAY UNLESS LIKE I SAID YOU ARE ONE OF THE VICTIMS, PART OF HIS CONGREGATION OR HIS FAMILY!!!!!!

@ Tyanna….You are actually trying to blame the victims by saying that ‘if it were your family members,you wouldn’t settle because you would want the truth known.The same can be said of Long,because if he was innocent,especially being a "preacher",shouldn’t he want to prove his innocence.Stop making excuses for that sorry man.

You are a massive disgrace and you sound like a cult member.You get upset at those who are not members of that evil church of yours stating our opinion on this issue just because disent is not tolerated at NewBirth.

There are members of that church who are scared as hell right now because of that petition that went around calling for wig wearing Eddie’s dismissal.I know I would not want to be part of a church that make people fearful for their own safety,sounds mobbish to me.

Just because you have no standards for yourself does not mean that people that question Ms. Eddie Long should keep quiet about what we may think of him….Anyone with discernment know that Eddie Long is not legit.

In my opinion people like you are straight brainwashed by Long and that’s because you weaklings worship him and trust and believe he depends on such stupidity,he even expects it.

@SAGE FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT A MEMBER OF NEWBIRTH AND I HAVE NOT BEEN BRAIN WASHED BY ANYONE. LIKE I SAID I DO GIVE THE ACCUSERS A SIDE EYE BECAUSE IF HE IS THIS MONSTER THAT THEY PORTRAY HIM TO BE THEN WHAT IS THERE TO TALK ABOUT. LET IT ALL OUT BUT INSTEAD THEY GO INTO MEDIATION TO BASICALLY TRY TO SETTLE FOR A UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY.YOU ARE RIGHT IF HE IS INNOCENT THEN HE SHOULD BE TRYING TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE. BUT WHAT ALL YOU BEHIND THE COMPUTER JUDGES FAIL TO REALIZE IS THAT BISHOP LONG OWE NONE OF US NOTHING. READ OVER THE COMPLAINTS AND THEN ASK YOUR SELF IF IT WERE U IN THE SITUATION WOULD U WANT TO GO THROUGH MEDIATION WITH HIM. LIKE I SAID SOMETHING AINT RIGHT WITH THE VICTIMS AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAY NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE REAL TRUTH BUT THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS, GOD AND EDDIE LONG!!!!!!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!! AND LASTLY LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT STANDARDS BECAUSE YOU ARE REALLY SHOWING A LACK OF THEM. YOU ACT AS IF EDDIE LONG HAS DONE HARM TO YOU AND IF SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION WITH HIM. I WILL KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS BECAUSE IT’S OBVIOUS THAT YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!!

I wish people would stop calling him a bishop. This is a false title for Baptists. He’s a fraud and he needs to step down and seek counseling. His abuse of his role is troubling. Not only did he take advantage of these men, but he used religion and spirituality to do it. He also took advantage of vulnerable people. Many of the young men attending these acadamies are from single parent homes. Black women believed that they were not able to effectively guide their children alone since they were unmarried. Eddie Long recognized this and picked his prey. So many are right: ” he wouldn’t do it to my kid.”. My kids have been to Europe and Latin America with me and they ain’t sleeping or travelling with any man alone, except their father. Let’s all get real and stop being silent about this. I am also disturbed by his homophobic rhetoric. How dare he push the congregation to condemn gay people and at the same time engage in same sex relations with teenage boys. Eddie Long is a sick person and shouldn’t be leading any group of people, including his spouse and children.

@ iluluonline

You sound ignorant! If you are, indeed, who you claim to be, than you would know that Christians are taught to not pass judgement on anyone; which is what you are doing. I did not use the Bible to defend the Bishop, because I was not present to know whether he is guilty or not. I simply stated what God/Christ states in the Bible. You, on the other hand, were present; and this is why you are absolutely sure that he did what some are saying he did…and this is why you can absolutely say that he is guilty. As a matter of fact, possibly, you know who shot JFK…or MLK. Hey, where is Jimmy Hoffa? Unless you are totally avoid of sin…were a fly on the wall…and one who can comprehend, speak English, snitch and tell us what exactly went down…than you should abide what what the Bible states. Who are you to state, and/or imply that you KNOW he is guilty…unless you were present? And if you were present, and did nothing about it, than you are just as guilty as you are stating that he is.

@ td. She’s not a dummy. I’m sure you wish she was stupid so you could dismiss her views. However, she presented a fairly thoughtful argument explaining in greater detail why Eddie Long is out if order. I don’t understand why anybody would approve of his behavior. And why in the world do you think God would want you to sit silently and watch. Time to start thinking about the word and not just reading it.

@ Janet

I’ll state again: I’m not defending the Bishop. I’m simply stating that I, me personally, understand that I CAN NOT pass judgment on him, or anyone else. How can you take from what I wrote and remotely state that I am defending him. I did not say he should have done what some are saying he did. I have my own issues to be dealing with. Therefore, I will not judge anyone else. This, and ONLY this, is my point. Others are emphatically stating that he is guilty, w/o being absolutely sure what went down. I refuse to do so. I live in NY. I’m not a member of his church; so I have no biased rerason to be defending him. Like I’ve stated: I have compassion for both sides. And you, or no one else, can say that I am wrong for being compassionate.

And…I think it is ignorant for anyone to think that they are entitled to pass judgment on someone else…especially in light of Matthew 7…from the Kings own mouth. If the Bishop did what is alleged that he did, than he is absolutely wrong for doing so. Nevertheless, it is still not my place to condemn him.

One thing that is conveyed in this blog post is there are many "religious fanatics" that will make all kinds of excuses and they TRY to use God to do it but it’s God that reveal the truth.

Understand that "SPIRITUAL " people don’t fall for such tricks because spiritual people are beyond that SURFACE thinking of religion….

SPIRITUAL people are not easily led nor or we EASILY fooled."Religious " people are easily fooled and they also think "religious and spirituality" are the same things.SPIRITUAL people KNOW there is a difference.

@Alan..Jesus became poor so that we can be rich. So he doesnt want to see us out there in the streets with nowhere to call home or lay his head..these are His words..He said above all things He wish that we would "be in good health and prosper as our soul prospers…So that is a desire of His for us…but the way we go about it is what is the real deal. I have said it many times on here..My pastor is a millionaire but he became one BEFORE the Lord told him to star the church. He doesnt take a salary nor does he make offering a big event where we have to march around and listen to the music and dance to the plate..We give before or after and no one even knows when most people give because we dont call attention to it.. My husband is the minister of music and I am a worship singer..we dont take a salary..God gave us all businesses and not the business of ‘church’..so it is very terrible when i see someone like this who has no skills other than pimping the members… I never have listened to a message from this man and never will..nor do i listen to any televangelists because they are pretty much all in error if you ask me..I wont even go into why..but we all need to forgive this man for disappointing so many people and not hold a grudge against him ..for all we know he could have repented by now and that that doesnt take away the pain left for this guys and so many of us watching from the outside, but it is the right thing for us to do, because when its all said and done he will have to answer to God for all that he did, and so we should just try to make sure we have ourselves tight for that day too. God bless.

I was just waiting to see the five stones be thrown like he threw down that microphone that day

We are but men. Arise O Lord. Amen