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Join me this coming Sunday for a Jenimac Moments Book stop. I will be ministering in worship at Open Word Christian Ministries at their 10am service Sunday Oct. 3rd. After service I have the chance to meet you in person and will sign your copy of Jenimac Moments and you will receive a FREE promotional […]

Featured Organization: Operation: No Target for Police to Shoot (N.T.F.P.T.S) Address: 2223 CANDLER ROAD, DECATUR, GA 30032 PHONE: (404) 246-2612 Email: seantelle@operationnotarget.org Website: WWW.OPERATIONNOTARGET.ORG Operation: N.T.F.P.T.S. is a non-profit organization that helps youth between the ages of 8 and 24 overcome the obstacles facing urban cultures including poverty, discrimination & low self-esteem. Due to a […]

Fox 5 Atlanta has released more footage from their interview with Jamal Parris, who has accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual coercion. In the interview, he talks about his relationship with Bishop Eddie Long and the trips and gifts he was given. He also said, he began having sex with Bishop Eddie Long after he […]

Standing in the doorway of his Charlotte home, Spencer LeGrande told Channel 2 Action that he doesn’t harbor any hate, but that Bishop Eddie Long knows what really happened. LeGrande spoke for the first time Wednesday about the accusations facing Long who has been accused of coercing teenage church members into sex. LeGrande is the […]

From WSB-TV: Thieves hauled away trailers belonging to a DeKalb County Cub Scout troop, but Atlanta movie mogul Tyler Perry quickly brought back their dreams of a wilderness adventure. Someone took two trailers loaded with scout camping equipment from the parking lot of Clairmont Hills Church. Perry saw the story and called Channel 2 Action […]

Bishop Eddie Long spoke to his congregation again on Tuesday night, telling New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia that the sexual abuse accusations he is facing is  “spiritual warfare.” While not acknowledging his accusers by name, Long gave a fiery sermon that had New Birth worshippers on their fight. Watch WSB-TV’s coverage of the […]

One of the men filing suit against Bishop Eddie Long has broken his silence. In an interview with Fox 5 Atlanta, Jamal Parris said Eddie Long “turned his back on us when he had no more need for us. That’s not a father, that’s a predator.” “I loved him,” Parris said. “I’m always going to […]

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Getty Images / Amanda Edwards From 11 Alive News: A December 2004 march in downtown Atlanta called for a return to family values in the African American community, as defined by Eddie Long, leader of a Lithonia mega-church called New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. Those values included straight marriages only — and denounced gay relationships. […]

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From the AJC.com: MARTA riders were adjusting Monday to changes to their weekday commutes brought about by service cuts. MARTA service reductions went into effect Saturday. The agency cut 10 percent of bus service and 14 percent of rail service as it tried to address an estimated $109 million deficit. Government and transit agencies across […]

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The play “Church Girl” made its Atlanta stop recently, and the production’s stars Karen Clark Sheard, Robin Givens and Angela Winbush stopped by Praise 102.5 to participate in a live broadcast with Darlene McCoy! We also held a meet-and-greet with fans! Check out the photos below! RELATED: Karen Clark-Sheard Tours With Stage Play, Promotes New […]

From the AJC.com: Standing before thousands of supportive congregants Sunday, embattled Bishop Eddie Long vowed to “vigorously” defend himself against the accusations of four young men who claim he coerced them into sex. “This thing I’m gonna fight,” he said. During two morning services, Long compared himself to the biblical David against Goliath, asserting, “I […]

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From the AJC.com: A fourth young man alleges he had sexual relations with Bishop Eddie Long when he was a teenager. Spencer LeGrande, named in a civil lawsuit filed Friday, claims he was 17 the first time the two had a sexual relationship while vacationing in Nairobi, Kenya. LeGrande, of Charlotte, N.C., alleges that the […]