Last week I watched the YouTube video, just like everyone else did. Crowds appearing to cheer, testify and shout as New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s Bishop Eddie Long stood, sheepishly, being wrapped in a so-called Holocaust Torah — perhaps it even had the “dust of Auschwitz and Birkenau” remaining on the precious scroll. Bishop Long…

I see thousands of worshippers in colorful African attire, praying loudly and fervently in Yoruba and in English. All accompany their prayers with energetic hand gestures and head motions. The frenetic group energy electrifies the massive tent, as “heaven-shaking prayers” and “Holy Ghost fireworks” are shared over loudspeakers. There is a sea of white plastic…