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Rapper/reality TV star Clifford ‘T.I.’ Harris is no stranger to doing good in his community but this time he joined forces with and New Birth Missionary Baptist and Love & Hip Hop’s Scrapp Deleon.
The trio coordinated their efforts to bail out 23 nonviolent offenders for the Easter holiday.
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Bishop Eddie Long has been laid to rest.
Friends and family members including Long’s wife, Vanessa, sons Jared and Eric and daughter Taylor, paid their respects to their spiritual leader during the Home-going services held at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church yesterday (Wednesday, January 25, 2017).
Long died January 15th, 2017 at the age of 63. He had reportedly been battling an aggressive form of cancer.
The mega church leader, who founded New Birth Missionary Baptist Church was sent to glory in a nearly 8 hour ‘celebration of life’ that also drew several of his celebrity supporters including former Gov. Roy Barnes, Deion Sanders and more.
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Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist church has passed away after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
Over the past few months, Long has been suffering with a health crisis and he even released a statement following his extreme weight loss and dramatic change in appearance.
[READ: Bishop Eddie Long Confirms Reports of ‘Health Challenge’ Unrelated to Diet… ]
The mega-church bishop had previously claimed that God had healed him from his mystery ailment (click HERE if you missed that).
Sadly, today social media is ablaze this morning with news that Eddie long had died after one of Long’s fellow pastor’s announced his death via Twitter.
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NEWSFLASH!! Bishop Eddie Long is back from whatever ailment caused him to lose all that weight a few months back.
If you recall, Long said he’d chosen a vegan lifestyle after being questioned about his drastic weight loss (click HERE if you missed that) but he subsequently revealed that he was going through an undisclosed ‘health challenge’ unrelated to his diet.
[READ: Eddie Long Confirms ‘Health Challenge’ *Official Statement*]
Now, the Lithonia megachurch pastor has re-emerged after taking a monthlong break, and recently told his congregation that he has been healed of whatever disease he had by the grace of God.
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Mega church pastor Bishop Eddie Long ditched his toupe? and hit the pulpit of New Birth Missionary Church last Sunday to thank his congregation for standing by him during his hard times.
[FLASHBACK: Sherri Shepherd Blasts Eddie Long + Creflo Dollar Defends His Friend? (VIDEO)]
A teary-eyed Eddie Long then admitted during the service that he once considered taking his own life when he was going through that Gay sex scandal a few years back, but he thanked his church and it’s faithful followers for standing by him.
When I was being condemned from the four corners of the earth, I had a moment… I had a moment where I wanted to kill myself. And I was ready.
What kept me was not a scripture.? What kept me, was that every time I showed up here, you were here.
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When news of Bishop Eddie Long’s 5th accuser hit the streets last week (click HERE if you missed it), I couldn’t help but wonder how members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church felt about the new scandalous developments.
Fox-5 was on it again, catching church members as they left bible study last Wednesday evening, and well… it appears they’re all still drinking Long’s Kool-aid…
“Bishop Long is a man of god,? said one supporter. ?People are trying to tear him down in all kinds of ways. I don’t believe the first one, and I don’t believe him now.”
When asked if she heard about the fifth accuser, the woman replied, “Yes. I think that’s just a scam to bring him down. He’s bringing the word out so strong right now. They (are) just trying to bring him down.”
One male parishioner said the accusations don’t matter to him at all:
“That doesn’t matter to me. I know who he is and it’s just talk. He’s a good spiritual dad. So that’s all I can say.”
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