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Vanessa Long Has Left Both Bishop Long and His Church

• June 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Atlanta, Bishop Dale Bronner, Born again (Christianity), Bronner Bros., Bronner Brothers, Capitalism, Christianity, Christianity and Capitalism, Divinity School, Eddie Long, Jesus, Mo' Kelly Reports, Morehouse College, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Religion Spirituality, Sunday Service, Television, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral

A Stunt? Bishop Eddie Long Gets a Huge Wad of Green from An Unidentified Female Parishioner

• June 13, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptist, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Cash, Christianity, Church, Eddie Long, God, Jesus, Jim Jones, Martin Luther King, Money, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Offerings, Pastor, Pentecostalism, Religion and Spirituality, Religion Spirituality, Staged, Stunt, Tactics, United States

Lock Up Your Sons and Wallets: Eddie Long Calls For Men to Join Him for Monday Night Prayer Meetings

• February 27, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Budget Cuts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumer Fraud, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Blacks, Crunk & Disorderly, Downtown Atlanta, Easter, Eddie Long, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Reverses, Georgia Dome, Holy Spirit, Jennifer Hudson, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Prosperity Gospel, Religion Spirituality, Scandals

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The Story Behind the Photo of Two Migrants Found Dead in the Rio Grande June 25, 2019
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Reopened Legal Challenge to Census Citizenship Question Throws Case Into Chaos June 25, 2019
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Pacific nations are 'victims' of Australian and New Zealand appetite for drugs, experts say June 25, 2019
Australia urged to take action to stop cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking from Latin America through Pacific regionAustralia and New Zealand have been urged to do more to fight the drug trade across the Pacific and take responsibility for the fact that the demand for drugs in cities such as Sydney and Auckland was having devastating effects on small Pac […]
Shocking photo of drowned father and daughter highlights migrants' border peril June 26, 2019
The toddler’s arm was still draped around her father’s neck after bodies were found in the Rio Grande as they sought asylumWarning: contains graphic imagesThe grim reality of the migration crisis unfolding on America’s southern border has been captured in photographs showing the lifeless bodies of a Salvadoran father and his daughter who drowned as they atte […]
Europe heatwave: record high of 45C expected in France June 25, 2019
Temperature records expected to be broken as minister warns heatwaves could become normNational highest-ever temperature records, typically set in late July or August, are likely to be broken across Europe this week as a potentially deadly early summer heatwave sweeps across the continent.Meteorologists expect previous June highs to be approached and possibl […]
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Hassan Rouhani and US president traded insults similar to 2017 clashes between US and North Korea while ramping up sanctions The Iranian and US presidents have traded insults, with Hassan Rouhani suggesting that Donald Trump suffered from a “mental disorder” and Trump once more threatening Iran with “obliteration”.The very personal exchange was reminiscent o […]
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Fertility doctor loses licence after using his own sperm June 25, 2019
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Australia fire: Three children killed in house blaze June 25, 2019
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In pictures: Europe's June 2019 heatwave June 25, 2019
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