[6] Mecklenburg County records show the church defaulted on its payments to Evangelical Christian Credit Union for a $10 million loan.

[12] On January 15, 2017, Bishop Eddie Long died from an aggressive form of cancer according to a statement released by the church.

[17] In 2007 a three-year investigation by the United States Senate Committee on Finance into the tax-exempt status of six ministries, including Long's,[18] concluded that there were no definitive findings of wrongdoing.

[20] In September 2010, Maurice Robinson, Anthony Flagg, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande filed separate lawsuits alleging that Eddie Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into sexual relationships with him.

[21][22] [23] The plaintiffs state that Long placed the men on the church's payroll, bought them cars and other gifts, including overseas trips.

[26][27] In 2022, in Rashan Ali's "Cool Soror" podcast, Jamal Bryant said he wanted to develop a "new gospel for adults" who are used to having sex and wanted to grow marijuana on the land of the church to attract young people to church.

[28] Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., pastor of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, criticized that project, saying that marijuana is a dangerous drug that led to depression and suicides.