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By: Ginger Taylor

Ginger Taylor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:58:32 +0000

Ms. Harrison and Out of Eygpt,

… And God has seen it all.

What they have done unto the least of these, they have done unto Christ Himself. They should be afraid of Grassley, but they should be terrified of Jesus who will separate the sheep from the goats.

These two “pastors” have proven their goathood.

By: OUT OF EYGPT

OUT OF EYGPT — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:20:20 +0000

Ms. Harrison,
Your story almost broke my heart, because I know that these things are true. I use to belong to a wanna be mega church,, and the pastor there was the same way. He was so rich and arrogant that he would not help a sister in church that did pay her thithes. She also had 3 boys and no husband,, attended church, paid tithes and any thing else that the pastor asked. Her friend asked pastor to help her and the boys so that they would not lose their little fda house. Well he got right in the pulpit and laughed and said”’ This aint’ no bank, don’t put money in the church and want it back”. She lost her home and her boys were scattered to relatives. She never recovered. I could write a book on the destruction these men are causing. And they do not care. Who are they helping, if not the needy. They can not claim non profit, because they donate nothing. (or just crumbs to make people say ohhhhh) The word of God said ,, do not be deceived brother, for every man shall reap what he sows.

By: Ms Harrison

Ms Harrison — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:10:27 +0000

Creflo Dollar turned this young woman away in November of 2000. She was in desperate need with four little boys raising them alone. She came to the church to speak with him. He refused to come out. Finally he sent one of his associate pastors out. Their response to her was “WE DIDN’T SEE YOUR NAME ON THE LIST AS A TITHE PAYER SO THERFORE THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. They turned her away in tears. KEEP IN MIND THESE PASTOR GOT ALL THAT THEY HAVE FROM THESE SAME PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE EXPLOITED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS. FLYING AROUND IN JETS WHEN THE SAME PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE EXPLOITED ARE RIDING THE CITY BUS. GOD IS NOT PLEASED. God is starting to open their eyes. Thank you Senator, for allowing God to use you to bring this to the surface. How long do they think they can go on exploiting the single women, widows, the elderly and disabled. Then they go home lie down and sleep like babies with no concious. They have people believing that they have to give a certain amount of money or they will not inherit eternal life. What Bible are they teaching from? Some of these same people that they are turning away are the ones that they have gotten rich from. These people are riding the city buses while they are flying around in jets. Thank you Senator! God bless you.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:28:30 +0000

And just because we are Christians doesn’t mean we up to have 5 mansions and a 23,000 dollar gold toilet seat, (when you’re going to do on the toilet what evertybody else does), you don’t need jumbo jets to fly you around the world to preach the gospel, when there are already ministers and churches all around the world and about a church on every corner in the United States. I am a Christian too, but wouldn’t God want all of us to have these kinds of things. He says “HE” is no respect of person. Meaning he don’t value one Christian more than another. Telling people to give all the money that they have and they will be blessed with a hundred fold return. (like mansions, cars, houses etc.) When that is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel of Jesus Christ and the purpose of Jesus coming to the earth is that we might be saved through him and not money.

Yes, we can drive a nice Mazda (at least that’s what I wan), and live in a decent 3-bedroom house which would be a great blessing to me. I don’t have to have 5 mansions and 3 Bentley’s in order to know how good God is. It’s a sin to make everybody believe that if they give a certain amount of money that they would become rich too is outrageous!!! Now I’m not saying we should be dirt poor with raggedy clotes on. But some of them have gone overboard by bilking old people and poor people and single mothers out of their money by preaching this prosperity gospel!!! God is not pleased with fleecing his flock for money in order to feed the greedy habits of these people.

By: Nelly

Nelly — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:04:25 +0000

WOW, WOW, WOW! I’ve got alot to say so where do I begin. Well, first let me say that the investigation in itself isn’t wrong, but the motive is. I have no problem with the government making sure that churches, a.k.a tax exempt organizations aren’t abusing the law. That’s the government’s job. They need to make sure that the laws of the land aren’t being abused, BUT……………. here is the problem. What is the motive of this Senator to investigate these 6 churches. If you ask me, it seems as if he is singling out 6 mega churches out of the thousands that exist in this country. If you’re going to investigate funds and how they are allocated, than investigate all churches. Don’t single out 6 because they are the most popular. While everyone’s giving mega-churhces the crooked eye, store-front-corner-we-only-got-10-members churches are doing some shady stuff too. They’re just so small that they don’t draw that much attention.

P.S Just because I’m a Christian doesn’t mean that I should be broke, depressed and tore up. That’s the world’s definition of a Christian. They want God’s people to live this way, so Satan can rip and run the earth.Driving a nice car, and wearing fancy close doesn’t make Pastors criminals. If that’s the case, then we need to investigate Senators too.

By: Grassley investigates televangelists « Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative

Grassley investigates televangelists « Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:02:12 +0000

[...] to donors? Perhaps. One wonders what Sen. Grassley hopes to accomplish by this. He has investigated others before, the American Red Cross, the United Way, The Nature Conservancy and the Smithsonian [...]

By: Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:52:36 +0000

What is done in secret will be brought out to the light.

Chris J.

By: Creflo Dollar responds to Senator’s Probe!!! « Media Outrage

Creflo Dollar responds to Senator’s Probe!!! « Media Outrage — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:58:35 +0000

[...] Creflo Dollar was on CBS News “The Early Show” and talked in-depth about the probing that was recently launched by Senator Charles Grassley, into the financial records of 6 Pastors of [...]

By: Sam Johnson

Sam Johnson — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:01:53 +0000

Why don’t you investigate the high ranking government officials that are members of the Illumanati and are trying to destroy this country and bring Her to Her knees.Why don’t some of you people in Washington do something to bring these traitors to justice ? I pray God will. Leave the preachers alone and let them preach the Gospel.