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LITHONIA, GA (CBS46) - Bishop Eddie L. Long, viewed by many as one of the most influential faith leaders in the world and others as one of the most controversial, was laid to rest Wednesday. Long's funeral began with his family closing his casket, which was draped in a purple and gold cloth. |
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LITHONIA, GA. - Funeral services for noted megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long are set for 10:30 Wednesday morning at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., just east of Atlanta. Long, 63, died on January 15 after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer. |
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Our fellow Mid-South citizens are the un-readiest in the nation. Ours were three of the seven states that got an 'F' in the report. "This should concern all of us," said Rear Admiral (Ret.) Vinson Smith, who lives in Olive Branch and works in Memphis. "This is a matter of national security." Not to mention public safety. |
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By RICARDO WELLS. Tribune Staff Reporter.
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. THE Kemp Road community yesterday became a basin of “prayer and love” as police, along with community and religious leaders canvassed the area with a view to arrest the scourge of crime that has gripped the area since the start of the year. |
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Depending on how it plays out, a new home-loan program for low-income people in South Memphis could provide the blueprint for the revitalization of struggling neighborhoods across Memphis. The Commercial Appeal writer David Waters described it in a column last week . |
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While much of the gabled structure will have the traditional, Gothic appearance of a space serving a 191-year-old church, there will be a glass wall between the foyer and the sanctuary, more glass on the sanctuary's north wall to let worshipers see the interior courtyard, and much glass on the south wall fronting Poplar. |
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, had prevented the man of God from being arrested in Ado Ekiti by operatives of the Department of State Services(DSS), when they made alleged spirited efforts to pick him up over a comment he allegedly made a couple of weeks ago, which the authorities branded as too ‘caustic’ and ‘inflammatory. |
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The hermitage is built into natural caves in the cliffs and gets quite a bit of foot traffic in the form of tourists, pilgrims and locals. Photo: Alamy.
For those who are looking to get away from it all and maybe practise some a capella Sound of Music numbers, there’s a hermitage near Salzburg hiring, well, a hermit. |
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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) _ Bible study groups that were previously halted in Joplin middle schools earlier this month are going to resume as early as next week. The Joplin Globe ( http://bit.ly/2jZKaHs ) reports that the groups were criticized from the American Humanist Association in December, saying the.... |
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Immigrant and refugee advocates have denounced White House plans to temporarily stop receiving refugees and suspend visas for people from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries, saying they target Muslims and will make America less safe. A draft executive order seen by Reuters that Trump.... |
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WATCH: A massive crowd of protesters formed in New York City's Washington Park Wednesday evening to protest Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
Protesters gathered in ’s Washington Square Park Wednesday evening New York to voice opposition to U.S. |
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The hermitage is built into natural caves in the cliffs and gets quite a bit of foot traffic in the form of tourists, pilgrims and locals. Photo: Alamy.
For those who are looking to get away from it all and maybe practise some a capella Sound of Music numbers, there’s a hermitage near Salzburg hiring, well, a hermit. |
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LITHONIA, GA. - Funeral services for noted megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long are set for 10:30 Wednesday morning at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., just east of Atlanta. Long, 63, died on January 15 after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer. |
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The hermitage is built into natural caves in the cliffs and gets quite a bit of foot traffic in the form of tourists, pilgrims and locals. Photo: Alamy.
For those who are looking to get away from it all and maybe practise some a capella Sound of Music numbers, there’s a hermitage near Salzburg hiring, well, a hermit. |
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Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical pastor and the president of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse , sees no problem with the White House’s plans to prevent refugees fleeing war-torn Syria from entering the United States. |
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Nick Kotsopoulos Telegram & Gazette Staff @NCKotsopoulos. WORCESTER – The proposed siting of a cigar and hookah bar in the former Billings Square branch library on Hamilton Street has generated a lot of fire, with strong pushback coming from Grafton Hill residents and parishioners of St. Stephen’s Church. |
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By Daniel Trotta. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Immigrant and refugee advocates on Wednesday denounced White House plans to temporarily stop receiving refugees and suspend visas for people from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries, saying they target Muslims and will make America less safe. |
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Deion Sanders, a former NFL football and professional baseball player, speaks during a service to celebrate the life of Eddie Long, senior pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Lithonia, Ga. Long, a Georgia megachurch pastor who died Jan. 15 after battling cancer. |
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An ex-governor, an NFL Hall of Famer and thousands of others paid their final respects Wednesday to Bishop Eddie Long , a pastor who built a Georgia megachurch but whose final years fell under the shadow of sexual misconduct allegations. Long, 63, was senior pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist.... |
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- A secondary school boy has been arrested for allegedly killing a commandant of Command Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. - Five other suspects were arrested in connection to the killing. - The alleged killers reportedly stole their victim’s phone which eventually led to their arrest. |
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reported. ,' The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Global United Fellowship’s Bishop Neil C. Ellis of Nassau, The Bahamas, delivered the eulogy, praising Long as 'one of the 21st century generals of the kingdom of God.' The funeral at the church, which was filled to capacity, was attended by the deceased.... |
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NEW YORK Immigrant and refugee advocates on Wednesday denounced White House plans to temporarily stop receiving refugees and suspend visas for people from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries, saying they target Muslims and will make America less safe. |
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By Daniel Trotta. NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Immigrant and refugee advocates on Wednesday denounced White House plans to temporarily stop receiving refugees and suspend visas for people from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries, saying they target Muslims and will make America less safe. |
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Apostle Suleiman Johnson of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide on Wednesday denied the report that he instructed Christians to go after Muslims, describing the report as not only senseless but malicious. The firebrand Pastor was reported to have been preaching against Islamizing Nigeria and.... |
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Omega Fire Ministry has issued a statement on the attempted arrest of its founder, Apostle Johnson Suleiman. The statement was jointly issued by Dr. Sule Emmanuel, senior pastor, OFM South Africa Churches and Director of Media (OFM Worldwide) and Barrister Samuel Amune Esq, Coordinator, OFM Legal Team Worldwide. |
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