The five stones New Birth Missionary Church leader Eddie Long said he had, seem to be coming at him as the year draws to a close.
This thing I’m going to fight!, I feel like David against Goliath. But I got five rocks, and I haven’t thrown one yet“. – Eddie Long
A May settlement in a sexual coercion case is supposedly being broken by three of the men who told media they were writing books, (Long and New Birth Church are suing for breech of contract) was followed by news that parisoners caught in an investment scheme were suing. A lawsuit between a bank and a church owned business was settled in September, which was followed by news that Vanessa Long, the second wife of Eddie Long was going ahead with a divorce; which was followed by an announcement a few weeks ago that Eddie Long was stepping out of the pulpit for an undisclosed period to ‘take care of family business.’
Now New Birth Christian Academy, a private school for K-12, housed in the New Birth complex, announced it is closing immediately.
New Birth Christian Academy, a school affiliated with the Georgia New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, sent a letter to parents saying that the school would not continue with classes after the Christmas break citing the economic downturn and declining enrollement.
With the 18-year-old academy closing, over 221 students and 20 staff will find themselves without a school. Parents were notified a couple of days before Christmas.
The letter sent to the parents of students cited an ongoing operating deficit and declining enrollment as reasons for closure. Parents were not told how large the claimed deficit is. The letter also said that school officials would help parents find other schools to enroll their children for the duration of the 2011-2012 school year.
It’s not pretty when a megachurch implodes. I can recall the collateral damage when Carpeneter’s Home in Lakeland went under in a decade-long slow motion; it took down their school as well, and the kids there (including a very good football team) wound up having to set up shop at another school started by the CH diaspora.
As much as Long is worthy of contempt, let’s remember that there are good people on board there, so the tone should be of mourning rather than gloating over the slime-ball’s demise.
With all of the things happening to Eddie Long, you as parents did not do your homework. When you see a man that has stood before his 25,000 members and lie about he things he did….and then grandstand about them in front of your face; you all should have known that things was falling apart and you should have removed your children sooner. He got your money, thousands of dollars, he is fighting all types of problems and when it hit, it hit hard! Children are always left in the middle when you deal with such a mass of things within one big thing. It is sad about this whole NB Ministry and the fall of Eddie Long…..he turn his empire into a mess of deeds of bad jesters. He cannot stand any longer and NB itself will soon fall taking all of you with it if you don’t get out now. That is the real deal and this is not a story. The story has already been told….by Eddie Long himself! You do the math on this one. It is your challenge.
Parents who send their children to a school run by *any* religious organization are fools.
If the parents could be made to be the ones who bear the brunt of their foolishness the world would be a better place but unfortunately it’s their kids who have to suffer.
If I were king religious schools of any kind would be abolished, churches would be taxed and donations made to churches would not be tax deductible.
Aren’t you glad I’m not king.