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Eddie Lee Long (May 12, 1953 – January 15, 2017) was an American pastor who served as the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1987 until his death in 2017. When Long started as pastor for New Birth Church, there were 300 church members, which grew to 25,000. [3]
The church was founded in 1939 in Scottdale as Travelers Rest Baptist Church. [1] In 1983, it moved to Decatur and adopted its current name. Eddie Long took over as pastor in 1987. At the time, the church had only 300 members. In 1994, New Birth became a member of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. [2]
In April 2000, Pastor Jamal Bryant founded the Empowerment Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and served for 18 years. [2] In December 2018, he became pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia. [3] [4]
He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 2001, with his wife Danielle and two children, to serve as the worship minister at New Birth. [3] He later founded The dReam Center Church of Atlanta in 2006, where Tasha Cobbs was on pastoral staff. [3] His wife, Danielle, is also a pastor at the church. [3]
WSB-TV reports that under Georgia law, third-party lien holders must notify you within 60 days of assuming your debt and can charge you a one-time 10% penalty, with 1% interest accruing each month.
In July 2019, the GUF had grown from 41 churches at its foundation to more than 1,400 churches in 42 countries. As late as 2019, Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church was a member. [10] In October 2023, Ellis retired as presiding bishop for the GUF. He was succeeded in office by Bishop Joel Peebles. [11]
A Georgia man was arrested Monday in the 1985 murder of two people at a church, ... a man entered the Rising Daughter Baptist in Waverly, Georgia and shot Harold Swain and his wife, Thelma.
A former boutique worker was fired over concerns she wouldn’t be reliable after giving birth, federal officials said. Now Sage Boutique and Just Because have to pay the former worker $37,000 ...