Recession Affecting White Jesus Too

This economy is a mofo. First the Fat Boys break up, now every day I wake up… oh wait, that’s Jay-Z. Anyway, Atlanta’s Bishop Eddie Long has been forced to scale back his elaborate annual Easter Celebration. This year marks the first time in 15 years that Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church won’t hold Easter service in the Georgia Dome.

The Easter celebration usually draws some 40,000 people to the Dome. But not this year. Trust me, two years ago, I watched this thing on TV and was mesmerized for hours, much like watching that screaming pastor on BET.

Long says church revenues are off by 20%. So this Sunday's service will not be the usual $200,000 production he’s used to conducting. Instead, the Bishop will hold three services in his 10,000 seat church outside Atlanta. His message: “Vision in Hard Times.”

I’d say so.