Eddie Long is one of the most popular and richest Religious Leader who was born on May 12, 1953 in United States, United States. Senior pastor of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in Georgia.
He officiated the funeral of Coretta Scott King in 2006.
Eddie Lee Long (May 12, 1953 – January 15, 2017) was an American pastor who served as the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1987 until his death in 2017.
Following his dismissal from Ford, he moved to Atlanta to study theology and became the pastor of a small Jonesboro, Georgia church. In 1987 he became the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, which at the time had around 300 members. Under Long, membership grew to 25,000. The church may be considered part of the Bapticostal movement. Long married Dabara S. Houston in 1981 and they were divorced soon afterwards. The couple have a son, Edward Long. Houston said she was the victim of “cruel treatment” and was afraid of Long’s “violent and vicious temper,” according to Fulton County Superior Court records. She and her son allegedly “had to flee the couple’s Fairburn home in order to ensure their safety”. Long vigorously denied the allegations and in 1985 Houston was awarded custody of the then 2-year-old son.
He has four sons.
