Bishop’s charity generous to bishop
New Birth’s Eddie Long got $3 million
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 08/28/05
In 1995, Bishop Eddie Long established a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity to help the needy and spread the gospel.
But it was Long, leader of the largest church congregation in Georgia, who became the charity’s biggest beneficiary.
The charity, Bishop Eddie Long Ministries Inc., provided him with at least $3.07 million in salary, benefits and the use of property between 1997 and 2000 — nearly as much as it gave to all other recipients combined during those years, tax records show….
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August 30, 2005 at 5:10 am
Crazy. It is hard to respond to this. I am not sure why some preachers feel that they are owed something more than anyone else. I know many time members of the church exalt them by doing little things for them like fixing them a plate. It is one thing to think you should eat first, but dang you suppose to get all the money. He like the dude at WacArnolds( Dave Chappelle skit). You get cut off. No one gets the money but me, lol.