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VIA: PraisePhilly.com It is with deep sadness and great regret that we report the death of Albertina Walker. According to her publicist, the Gospel legend died this morning at 4:30 a.m. in her hometown Chicago. In early September, rumors of Walker’s passing had spread so wildly that she posted a message on her Facebook page […]
We had a chance to sit down with Eva Pigford and JD Lawrence who were in town promoting his new play JD Lawrence Presents Me & Mrs. Jones. First thing we noticed is that Eva looked too good for it to be this early in the morning. Once we calmed down we were able to […]
A Billboard in Atlanta featuring Bishop Eddie Long and the words, “Love Like Him, Live Like Him, Lead Like Him” is causing controversy. Long’s Church, New Birth Missionary Church has claimed that the words are referring to Jesus, but it appears to be referring to Bishop Eddie Long, which would make the words “Love Like […]
This story caught my attention just on the premise of the startling and oh so unfortunate headline. This past Friday, the praises were going up in the sanctuary, but bullets are what came back down as a Texas youth leader, Pastor Eddie Contreras, was shot in the face and hand by a troubled young man. […]
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 […]
Sade has announced that she and her band will be heading out on tour in the United States for the first time in 10 years.
Multi-award winning R&B singer Mary J. Blige is a big believer in giving chances to aspiring young women. She recently teamed with the Urban League to present New Yorker Camry Rosario with a check that represented a $50,000, four-year scholarship. The check was handed out at halftime of the New York Urban League football game […]
Check out the official cover art for Eric Benet’s “Lost in Time” which is in stores Nov 23rd. The set is led by the first single “Sometimes I Cry” and also feature duets with Faith Evans Chrisette Michele, Ledisi and the O’Jays Eddie Levert. ‘Lost In Time’ is Benet’s sumptuous homage to and an expansion […]
President Obama called into the Russ Parr Morning Show this morning to talk about the upcoming mid-term elections, voter apathy and Obama’s agenda going forward. RELATED: President Barack Obama Interview On Magic 98.9 RELATED: Ex-Soldier Admits Plot To Kill Obama, Clinton After Arrest.
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. […]
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 […]