At one time the cornerstone in the African American community, the black church has morphed into a glamorized bastardization of its former self. Bishop Long in his bathroom shoot to one of the alleged victims With the recent allegations of noted pastor Bishop Eddie Long ( Deliver Me From Adam ) of the 30k member strong, New Birth Missionary Baptist church in Atlanta, GA, is just another example of how the Black Church has exploded from a mom-and-pop shop type of organization, to these mega worship centers that resemble huge corporations. The allegations state that when these men were boys, they were a part of a mentoring program sponsored by the church and headed by the Bishop himself who supposedly seduced them with money and other lavish gifts. This is the ulimate betrayal as these young boys were already in a vunerable state of mind, and if anyone could be trusted it would be a minister. If any organization could be given blind faith, it would be the church. How...

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