More New Birth drama: New Birth Christian Academy closing its doors, won’t reopen after Christmas holidays after years of struggling financially.
Just when you thought Bishop Eddie L. Long was becoming a memory, New Birth Christian Academy is closing its doors, the AJC reports.
The school, which enrolls students in kindergarten through the 12th grade, has been struggling financially for years, officials said.
The academy is affiliated with New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia and the embattled Bishop Eddie Long, but school officials told Channel 2 that the decision to close is not related to the sexual coercion allegations against him. The school will not reopen after the holidays, the report said. Source: AJC
They were quick to say that the temporary closure isn’t as a result of the sexual coercion lawsuit brought by four young men — Spencer LeGrande, Jamal Parris, Anthony Flagg and Maurice Robinson, but because of declining enrollment and financial difficulties. This is the beginning of the end of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in its current state. This is another setback for Bishop Eddie Long, on the heels of Vanessa Long filing for divorce and Long taking a sabbatical to attend to family matters.
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