January 7th, 2012 
AT2W Staff 
Photo courtesy of newbirth.org video via AT2W
Bishop Eddie Long Returned to The Pulpit For New Year’s Eve
Originally posted on Jan. 1, 2012
On the evening of New Years Eve, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church welcomed back their senior pastor Bishop Eddie Long. One of our journalists came across his service streaming online Saturday night and let us know he has returned after nearly 3 weeks away from the pulpit.
Long was preaching with a renewed sense of energy and vigor as he addressed leaving the things of last year behind and moving forward in 2012. Though we never heard him state anything about his marriage with Vanessa Long, we appeared choked up from time to time has he preached.
Photo of Bishop Long Giving Woman His Offerings at Altar
On the morn of New Years Day, he preached again to a pretty full house of church members. After speaking a bit and people coming up and slapping money on the altar, one woman puts a one dollar bill down, says Bishop Long. He speaks with her and finds out she’s unemployed. He publicly summons someone with the authority to hire people at that moment to offer this women a job. After a few minutes of seeking out someone to help, a woman walks up and hugs the other in need as to say she will help.
Then Bishop Long asks the church’s permission to give all of the money on the altar to the woman for a down payment on her home. More and more members walk up and pile the altar with cash.
He had just finished declaring that his church members will be homeowners this year and no longer rent payers.
Later on, after getting back into the groove behind the pulpit, he looks into the camera and tells those church members who have left to ‘bring their tails’ back to church and get connected again with their family (New Birth).
It looks like business as usual at the New Birth Church. We shall see in the coming months what Bishop Long’s New Year Resolutions will be. We are praying that all the games and deceit that have plagued this church and its pastor get into the real business of the church: saving souls!!
Now that’s a New Year Resolution!!
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His church cannot get back to the business of saving souls until his is saved and true repentance takes place.
Absolutely!
IC (Institutionalized Churches) such as New Birth are not in the “business” of saving souls–but obtaining CONTROL of your finances,life and your loyalty to them…Creflo told his “zombies” that they were there to support HIS and HIS wife ministry—WHAT THE HELL! These type churches are just examples of POOR REPRESENTATIVE of God and anyone that follow these ministries are not following leadership but DICTATORSHIP and they obviously do not KNOW the difference……the judgement of God will have to return once again and turn over the tables inside the IC of today because the “thieves” are still at work leading his people astray and jeopardizing their Souls!
That’s right! We are not sure what will turn this church around. Only God can if they are willing.