Bishop Eddie Long Crowned 'King' At New Birth Church- Video
Bishop Eddie Long is making headlines again for all the wrong reasons. In a controversial video, widely being circulated on YouTube, the beleaguered megachurch pastor is shown participating in an elaborate ceremony where is he crowned "king".
In the video, which has gone viral, Eddie Long is proclaimed to be royalty by guest speaker Rabbi Ralph Messer. During the ritualistic ceremony at Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, Messer says, "He's a king. God's blessed him. He's a humble man. But in him is kingship. In him is royalty. In him was a land of Israel."
During the ostentatious display from the service last Sunday Long is wrapped in an "ancient" Jewish Torah scroll and raised in the air, on his throne, by four men to the rapturous applause his parishioners.
"He now is raised up from a commoner to a kingship," Messer proclaims, as the men parade Long's seat around on the stage to an adoring congregation.
Reverend Morris Tipton, director of media relations, at the National Baptist Convention, warns that, "God has called us to be serving leaders and not celebrities."
"Christ Jesus is the model and example in which we are to be humble in everything, from our lifestyle to the execution of our ministry," says Tipton of the Convention, which is the oldest and largest African-American Christian denomination in the United States. "It's not about being flamboyant."
"When pastors are put on a pedestal when they fall it's a mighty fall and impacts a tremendous amount of people in a hurtful and negative way because the congregation has placed so much confidence in this one person," says Tipton, though is also keen to stress he is not referring to a specific ministry.
Two years ago, Long’s public image took a hit when four young men accused him of misusing his spiritual authority to coerce them into sexual relations. Long’s wife, Vanessa, filed for divorce last year.
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