CRIME & CHRISTIANITY? Today's Mega Church Minister's Meltdown...Part 1
Are criminal mindsets exploiting the faithful? If it weren't so dreadful, it'd be funny as the hell they never talk about...These aren't always legal crimes, but they're certainly MORAL ones...
COVER NOTES
WARNING
THIS ARTICLE CONCERNS A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC: IT CONCERNS THE CONDUCT OF LEADERS WITHIN MANY OF TODAY’S MEGA-CHURCHES AND THE SUBEQUENT IMPACT ON THE LONG-FAITHFUL AND NOVICE BELIEVERS ALIKE. DO NOT READ THIS ARTICLE IF YOU FEEL DIRECT CRITICISMS MAY BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
NOTICE: This is an editorial. It is written entirely In My Humble Opinion. I do use YouTube videos available for sharing, Public Domain and/or Fair Use references, public screenshots, and search engine listings, and I do endeavor to be fair to all parties, even when quite critical. In addition, I invite comments, corrections, and criticisms. I DO NOT attempt to censor anyone, with the exception of offers of violence or force. If you see an error in this article, please let me know; I’ll check it for accuracy, and if necessary make an immediate, public correction and/or apology. Thank you.
PROLOGUE:
Trouble for TD?
Cover 1: Bishop TD Jakes, gay and debauched? Or are the reports false and vicious? Why does the good bishop hang out with rap stars like Sean “Diddy” Combs? Dallas’ Potter House church Pastor TD Jakes loses composure? YouTube video from Asad Sports of May 9, 2024, entitled, “ TD Jakes Loses IT On His Wife For Leaking Video Of Diddy And Jakes”. And did TD Jakes really receive the Holy Spirit from billionaire Film Maker, Tyler Perry? Please. Note: in my view, the printed title in yellow is deceptive. Still, there are many details of concern in this video.
And others are Changing their Image?
Check it out, below, too, homes: The shot below is from a highly successful Mega Smirch! Nearly 3,000 members! Services to the community! Day care! Pantry assistance! Donuts and coffee! Taco Trucks! Zoo critters for the kiddies! Wee! Dey jes wuv it! The screechers and staff gots it down to a serious biz, bro! So why did this successful church suddenly change its name? Ih, well - read on...
Cover 2: Screenshot from the Cross Church’s 2022-2023 report on their dazzling performance - right smack-dab in the the middle of the Covid Craziness! How was that possible? Was it God’s help? Would this church have done so well if they HAD NOT changed their name? See: https://issuu.com/fbcwylie/docs/22-23_annual_report
PREFACE:
CHANGING NOT REALLY?
A Mega Church frequently has so much to offer its congregation: biblical principles, accountability, teaching the power of God’s Grace, salvation, instruction to gain wisdom; helpful financial management classes, counseling for relationships, social gatherings, etc. Many do quite well on the surface in rendering these services. But for many such churches, there is a dark and disturbing underside to their characters.
Consider one such possible church in Texas as it changed its name, perhaps to avoid “negative connotations,” — but oddly, the church itself - aside from the name - didn’t really change at all. So, why exclude the term “Baptist,” unless you’re going to stop being a Baptist? Why maintain the same “theology,” - even quietly - if you’re afraid to confront the “false” connotations associated with that theology? And why try and hide from a minister’s scandal AFTER its already become public? Why not face the challenges and be proud of your denomination? Why change at all if your church has nothing to hide and if such a change isn’t really from the heart?
People will discern motive and it will backfire overtime. Clearly, it was ok to be associated with the Southern Baptist Convention and ALL of its debatable positions from 1870 to 2022! That’s 152 years! And now - suddenly - it changes! Makes the church look - uh, PHONY!
Cover 3: Search results for affiliation of The Cross Church, formerly the First Baptist Church, Wylie, Texas: Is he name Baptist to be forgotten? Why? That church is still part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Why minimize it? Negative Connotations? Happens to all churches. Maybe just stand up for what YOU SAY you believe in. (Source: Google Search; see Screenshot above, and See: https://www.google.com/search?q=is+the+cross+church+in+wylie+texas+part+of+the+southern+baptist+convention%3F&oq=is+the+cross+church+in+wylie+texas+part+of+the+southern+baptist+convention%3F&aqs=chrome..69i57.9732j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Finally, why not devoutly DEFEND that name and the related beliefs you always claimed? Why not defend it even in the face of scandal - especially if the church itself is innocent? Unless, that is, you never really believed your own creed to begin with!
Cover 4: Was the name change just to follow a recent trend of dropping denominational names? Or was it associated with scandal? Above: Cover Story of a KWTX news article of January 7, 2022, entitled, “Former Wylie Church Minister Charged With Sexually Assaulting A Child”. Shortly after this story came out, the church involved changed its name and underwent a massive, literal (and expensive) facelift. Whew!! Maybe they just had to distance that scandal?https://www.kwtx.com/2022/01/07/former-wylie-church-minister-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-child/ NOTE: Rev. Wells was eventually charged with three counts of Indecency with a Child; no final disposition has been found. See: https://unicourt.com/case/tx-cor-the-state-of-texas-vs-timothy-velente-wells-532736
CONFESSION
I TOO AM A SINNER. I’M NO BETTER THAN THOSE I CRITICIZE. BUT WE MUST ALL MAKE CONCERTED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OUR CONDUCT. AND PERHAPS THAT’S THE BEST TO WHICH I MAY ATTAIN. THE BALANCE AND GRACE ARE UP TO GOD.
Also, I am a layman, and thankfully not a theologian. My background is military and business oriented. I am writing this article as a concerned citizen.
THESIS AND REQUEST:
I submit that exposed sinful conduct by the church leaders drastically harms the Christian faithful and novices to the faith as well. So, I ask pastors and leaders to at least try and avoid sin and when they do sin, I suggest that they immediately admit, apologize, explain, and repent to their congregation and to God. And they should do this publicly - BEFORE THE SCANDAL ITSELF BECOMES PUBLIC
REGARDING SOURCES FOR THIS ARTICLE
Cover 4: I use a variety of sources in researching articles; I try to find sources that are informed and appear reasonable - like the one shown above from the Gospel of Christ website. Still, I can not be 100% certain of any source; if you know a source has a legitimacy issue, please let me know. See: https://thegospelofchrist.info/
INTRODUCTION
Figure 1: Ear Splitting Blessings for a corrupted minister from the Big Bad Bishop? TD Jakes has a reported worth of around $20 million. That probably took a lot of yelling! And a lot of po’ folks welfare checks! YouTube video from the Gospel of Christ channel of June 26, 2024, entitled, “The Insane Scandals of Mega Church Pastors.”
Deplorable conduct from pastors and ministers, especially in the Mega Churches where power accumulates, includes, as the video above demonstrates, biblical error to include:
Blazingly FAKE Miracle events (sometimes using shills) - and then- in some instances - an acceptance of LGBT conduct (which is expressly and repeatedly forbidden in scripture)
Pastoral sexual misconduct, including sexual predation - even rape
Hidden and extreme luxury lifestyles, financial malfeasance and starkly false prosperity teachings showing unabashed greed and biblical apostasy while hiding terrifying sins for decades, etc.
These are the issues exposed in the video above and in the article below. READER DISCRETION is strongly advised.
In the past several decades and continuing up into the present, many pastors and senior leaders in Mega Churches (2000 or more members), of which about 2000 exist in the United States alone, have been charged with or have acknowledged often long-term and long hidden, sinful and even disgraceful conduct. Sadly, in many instances, the “confessions” only came AFTER the matters became unavoidably public. This article examines this issue and related events.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I HAVE SINNED O’LORD! BLAH, BLAH, BLAH…
Here’s just a few of the Mega-Moron-Church-Ministers who have reportedly “fallen into sin:
Figure 2: BooHooHoo: Very brief YouTube video of c2022 from iAmThatiAm channel, entitled, “I have Sinner Against You, My Lord!” Jimmy was a bad boy. Was he truly sorry, or just crying about the mullah he was about to lose? See also: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1988/2/22/televangelist-swaggart-admits-infidelity-pbaton-rouge/
Jimmy Swaggart - Above is a cry from televangelist Jimmy Swaggart way back on February 21, 1988 at his enormous World Faith Center church in Baton Rouge, LA. He was Sooooo convincing. Yeah, cause he had already been caught! His assembly eventually forgave him. But the good minister was soon at it again, with another prostitute about a year later. Undaunted by guilt, Jimmy eventually started his own smirch after the Assemblies of God shitcanned him. And since that time, so many others have followed his example.
Joel Osteen - Is this the skinny grinning con-cat that has a net of about $100 Million and an annual salary of around $55 Million? (See: https://www.capitalism.com/joel-osteens-net-worth/ ). Is he that Snake Faced Pastor at one of America’s largest church auditorium facilities (over 16,000 Sqft.) - in Lakewood, Houston, Texas? Is this a “cool dude” in hot silk suits who teaches wealth, happiness, and yippy-jive-joy? Uh - you get the joy unless you were a victim of Hurricane Harvey and needed Lakewood’s shelter! If that was you, you got to stay outside in cold, wet, frozen, misery. No room at the Inn, dude! Bummer. Is it hard to believe any thinking person would give this huckster one thin dime?
Kenneth Copeland - I’ll have more on this skank-crank in the next exciting episode. Meanwhile, is he that mean-faced little prosperity pimp who yacked about commercial airline flights being filled up with demons? (That would be everyday folks lie us). Is he the wealthiest muck-minister in America, which is difficult to understand? Some assert that he’s a fake-ass-faith-healer, a clear con-artist, and a greedy, empty-souled theo-thug with an utter rubbish money-honey theology. Do we have an accurate picture here of Kenny boy? His net: about $300 MILLION. And for what?
Benny Hinn - Is this that sissy chap who’s perhaps the cream of the crappy crop? Is he the most flagrantly ridiculously FAKE Faith Healer since Leroy Stinkin’ Jenkins!? Benny be waving his smelly suit jacket at stage crowds and they all - like the dopey dipshits they are - just fall on Command! What insanity! But this obvious insanity translates into hundreds of millions of dollars. This cat and his entourage rake in dinero like Madonna and Cher rake in negative tweets! Meanwhile, countless families can barely keep food on the table. It’s sick.
Figure 3: YouTube video from the Gospel of Christ channel of May 4, 2024, entitled, “This Should Land this Preacher in Prison…” Yep, maybe it should. Benny starts by insisting he will never lie to believers, and then through his career, continues to lie his ass off. But perhaps Benny is getting smart. A long time but fully discredited “faith healer,” Benny now only “anoints” people who claim to have already been healed - before he lets them on stage for his knock down blow! This is a very clever legal gimmick he supposedly learned from his predecessor in filth, ancient fake faith healer and mystic minister, Kathryn Kuhlman (1907 - 1976). See, Benny doesn’t heal them - they claim God did! Cool. Benny just rakes in the cash - uh, for God of course. Go to Benny’s website even now and its DONATE icons are EVERYWHERE!
Figure 4: YouTube video from c2022 from the LongforTruth1 channel, entitled, “The Life and Scandals of Kathryn Kuhlman”. Look out! Its Kathryn Kuhlman! Seriously wacked? Permanently Psychotic? Dangerously detached? A seer? A Prophet? Creepy indeed! You just have to see this expose. Was she legit? A true faith healer? Or just one hell of an actress? She certainly influenced future Fake Faith-stealer Benny Hinn. For bio details see: https://missouriencyclopedia.org/people/kuhlman-kathryn-j
Directly Below is another video expose of Benny; go to 90 minutes of the video to see Benny in, uh, USELESS action with boxer Evander Holyfield - who Benny claimed to be receiving a healing for his heart condition, except that Holyfield did NOT have a heart condition. Good for a few laughs; but hardly a miracle. Also go to 2:35:11 to see Benny claim that while in Ghana in a meeting with half a million folks, a man was raised from the dead on his platform! Benny said “that’s a fact! We have it on video!” Uh, only it was NOT a fact, and there never WAS ANY Video:
Figure 5: High Drama with Benny’s Bullshit. YouTube video of April 1, 2024 from Mike Wenger’s channel, entitled, ““The Victims of Benny Hinn: 30 Years of Spiritual Deception.” Its a long video; the YouTube page has it broken down into convenient sections.
TD Jakes - Celebritynetworth.com says he has a net of around $20 million. So, is he that lard ass old dude in a big red clown suit? Oh, sorry - uh - bishop garb? Critics suggest scandal after scandal; plus he’s a clear glutton. Bet he scarfs down more donuts than Crispy Cream can puff up. Is he that fat, old, lying, sack of Biden? Oh, Yeah, go ahead and model your life after this clown, folks! Still, he got’s more money than a dozen party-pimps put together! Maybe we’re the clowns for giving him our money! See Cover 1 at the top of the article.
WE’VE SEEN MIDGETS GROW!
Robert Tilton - Word is this millionaire gutter-goon is cheaper than a five dollar whore. Many reports suggest the following: This often exposed and discredited nut-job scam artist, nevertheless had lots of con-savvy - about $80 Million a year’s worth! He tricks gullible dumb ass citizens out of their mullah in exchange for promises of a great return on their faith-investments (as if God’s a Financial Banker). He prays over his mail (or, ok, a percentage of it - the rest of the mail his co-criminal staff just trash) - and he pronounces over the air that miracles are unfolding as he prays and speaks! But, conveniently for him, no one can see or verify any of these “Miracles.” This dude says, “we’ve seen midgets grow!” Lordy have mercy:
Figure 6: YouTube video from Zack Hunt, 11 years ago, entitled, “We’ve Seen Midgets Grow.” Yeah, right. This dude spewed more BS than Biden, Harris, and Trump combined. Much older now, and looking like hell in a windstorm, he’s been so exposed, his ministry has shrunk, but he’s still out there - scamming the morons.
IN CLOSING PART ONE:
If you think we’ve uncovered some amazing detail in this report, wait until you see Part 2. Thanks.
Reminds me of Leroy Jenkins