New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is a megachurch run by senior pastor Bishop Eddie Long in Lithonia, Georgia, United States. When Long started as pastor for New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in 1987, there were just 300 church members. Since his installation, membership has grown to 25,000.[1]

the church has been marred by a sexual scandal with four individuals filing separate lawsuits in DeKalb County Superior Court alleging that Bishop Long is a sexual predator who used his pastoral influence to coerce them into a sexual relationship with him when they were teenagers.[2]

References

  1. ^ New York Times article by James C. McKinley and Robbie Brown: Sex scandal threatens a Georgia pastor’s empire
  2. ^ CNN: Men allege sexual coercion by prominent Atlanta pastor
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