southeast when it comes to religion. also extremely well politically connected, knows presidents, knows world leaders, speaks to them on a first name basis, knows celebrities. and then on top of that, there is the significant wealth of this congregation that has done a tremendous moon of good throu amount of good throughout the atlanta area. now they re concerned about the allegations of bad that may have been carried out by bishop eddie long. drew? martin, we ll continue to watch this. you should know we ve been dipping in live to the service which does show an exuberant group of people having a good time on saturday morning sunday morning, excuse me, as they wait for bishop eddie long. we have more on bishop long, his empire, and kind of what martin was talking about, josh. the scope of the scandal because of the scope of the man involved. exactly, the kind of video that we re seeing live from the church there is part of what draws so incredibly many people. it s fiery, it s
in this morning s faces of faith, what to do if your church is struck by a scandal like this. what do you tell your children? who do you stay with this congregation or not? and back with us is the author of getting the word out: how to market your ministry, bunny jackson-ram did sen. thanks for being here. thank you. i want to say that martin savidge is joining us live from lithonia. you see the box is the inside of the church, a service going on. we re expecting pastor eddie long to appear at any time. bunny, you know, one of the things that we kind of lose sight of in all this is this is a family gathering, these churches. so you bring your child and your children to these church services to look up to these mostly men who have been involved in this. how do you handle this? well, you pray for strength, first of all. and that stets apart from the average communication crisis. and this is a church. so you have to go to your faith. you pay pray for strength,
description of operations threatened black security. anthony schaefer, the author, said the government is trying to suppress his story. a rescue capsule for the trapped miners has arrived a week early. rescuers hope to get them out by early november. they have been trapped since august. one young woman dead, four others hospitalized after a shooting near seton hall university in new jersey. police say somebody tried to cash the party, a man apparently. couldn t get in, so he came back with a gun and opened fire. police still looking for him. now to the bishop eddie long church scandal. it s not the only time a popular religious figure had made headlines. remember these moments? i have sinned against you, my lord. that was the infamous 19 8 confession by popular teleevangelist jimmy swag art
whether organizations were using funds to finance lavish lifestyles. long has denied wrongdoing in these respects. and i ll mention this he has a lot of awards. he s been awarded by organizations, metro atlanta s big brothers, big sisters organization gave him an award. he s an honorary deputy sheriff in dekalb county, georgia. the cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, praised him for drawing attention to the aids epidemic. this is a man who has known presidents, who knows celebrities, who deals with them on a regular basis. his scope is widespread. this isn t just in the united states. people around the world who are used to watching bishop eddie long with keeping a close eye on this scandal as well to what develops and, specifically, what he says today. josh, certainly not shy of the spotlight except for this past week, which is why we will continue to file this story as we see hem for the him for the first time since these allegations have surfaced. thank you, josh.