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Eddie Long’s Funeral Date Set, TD Jakes Calls Him ‘Mighty Man of Valor’

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, announced Monday that the homegoing service for the late Bishop Eddie Long will be held on Jan. 25.

(Photo: Instagram)The late Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia.

Elder Craig Heath said during an early morning international prayer call that the service will begin at 11 a.m. and would celebrate Long’s life, sacrifice and service, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Further details on the service are still pending but church officials on the prayer call, which opened and closed with music, said they were still in the midst of working out their thoughts and feelings about the life and legacy of their departed leader.

The announcement of the death of the controversial preacher from an “aggressive cancer” at New Birth on Sunday had hit congregants like a seismic jolt that sent them to the ground and triggered open wailing.

“New Birth members fell down, cried, screamed when ministers announced death of Bishop Eddie Long,

New Birth leaders and members also appeared to be in a lurch concerning the church’s future but declared “faith is bigger than fear.”

(Photo: Facebook)Members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia.

Long revealed he was battling a “health challenge” last September amid widespread speculation about his health stemming from rapid weight loss in 2016. He had declared he was healed in October, however, after a month-long sabbatical away from the church.

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