Thankyou SD! you are indeed fortunate to be invited to "like" their facebook pages before they too are closed to viewing.
do YOU know who won the big raffle??
i barely recognized them with their clothes on.
and i see tim is still representing himself as a doctor of divinity.

here you may email the STAFF with your questions and concerns:

http://www.hickoryrefuge.com/about-us/staff/

# Timothy Curtis Timothy Curtis Co-Pastor
# Brandon Greeson Brandon Greeson Co-Pastor
# Angela Hendrix Angela Hendrix Ministry Associate
# Uziel Medina Uziel Medina Ministry Associate

the revs are lucky i am tired, going to bed soon, and wrapped up in another case. i'll get back to them soon.

take heed money-grubbing, phony, fraudulent, grasping, greedy "revs." God, the IRS and the Law are watching.


LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Peter Popoff has been preaching about God and money for decades.

His shows that he pays BET and other cable and TV channels to appear on are non-stop crusades about spirituality and overcoming addictions, but most of all, they're about helping people erase mountains of debt.

"I'm telling you that God teaches in His word that He wants to cancel, erase, wipe out, obliterate your debt," Popoff says in a video ad.

Popoff claims he has delivered miracles to hundreds of thousands of people supernaturally.

He sends his followers tons of mail, including small vials of "miracle spring water" and debt cancellation kits, then asks his viewers to send small donations. In return, Popoff promises -- as a messenger of God -- to heal and unlock the secrets of financial security and wipe out all debt.

"Fundamentally, he's just a con man," said Ole Anthony, president of Trinity Foundation, a Dallas-based watchdog group that investigates fraud in religious ministries, including televangelism. "Supernatural debt cancellation or debt cancellation is just hogwash. There's no spiritual justification or biblical justification for any of the things that they do."

The Trinity Foundation has been monitoring Peter Popoff Ministries for years.

Volunteers watch hours of his TV shows and they sift though massive amounts of mailings that Popoff sends to his followers, soliciting donations while promising miracles.

Janet Morgano of Boynton Beach, Fla., described herself as a desperate, former follower of Popoff.

A single mother of two, Morgano had been injured in a car accident, living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to make ends meet.

She began sending Popoff money, hoping it would help turn her life around.

"In the beginning it was for $20, $28, $30, but three or four months ago, he asked for $1,001," Morgano said.

After sending Popoff about $300 to $400, Morgano, who describes herself as a religious, giving person, eventually felt scammed by his ministry.

"I felt foolish, I felt betrayed, I was very upset," Morgano said.

Popoff's ministry, which is based out of offices in the city of Upland, has been under fire for years.

In 1986, well-known magician and skeptic James Randi made an appearance on the Tonight Show telling Johnny Carson that Peter Popoff was a fraud who during revival meetings revealed personal information about his followers that he claimed was conveyed by God. Instead, it was fed to him by his wife by way of a hidden radio transmitter.

Popoff later admitted he used the wireless device. A year later, he filed for bankruptcy.

These days, Randi makes appearances talking to audiences about Popoff.

"He's wearing a hearing aid in his left ear," Randi said. "Now, this is a guy that is supposed to be healing the deaf."

Randi said Popoff is still preying on people who are the most desperate.

"People don't learn, they don't listen, they're very prejudiced in favor of believing anything that comes their way that sounds reasonable to them," Randi said.

According to the most recent IRS documents released by Charity Navigator, Popoff's Ministry took in more than $23.5 million in 2005.

Popoff's compensation was $628,732. His wife and children also received compensation, more than $550,000 combined.

In an interview with Eyewitness News, Popoff's wife Elizabeth said she and her husband have been preaching for some 40 years and stand by what they do.

When asked to answer critics who say he takes advantage of desperate people, Popoff issued a written response.

"As for religious leaders calling me a fraud, that places me in good company," Popoff said. "The religious leaders of Christ's day called him a fake and a demon-possessed fraud. They went so far as to crucify Him. I have no time for my critics, I have a job to do and I'm doing it for God's glory."

Last month, Trinity Foundation's investigations prompted Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, to issue a report blasting some churches and religious organizations like Popoff's for being invisible to the IRS and for operating without government oversight.

Trinity Foundation said their findings have led authorities to prosecute several televangelists and their ministries, primarily for tax evasion and tax fraud.

Federal and state agencies would neither confirm nor deny if there is an investigation into Peter Popoff Ministries.

(03-01-2011, 01:22 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: take heed money-grubbing, phony, fraudulent, grasping, greedy "revs." God, the IRS and the Law are watching.


"As for religious leaders calling me a fraud, that places me in good company," Popoff said. "The religious leaders of Christ's day called him a fake and a demon-possessed fraud. They went so far as to crucify Him. I have no time for my critics, I have a job to do and I'm doing it for God's glory."

holy cockroaches multiply like vermin:

FoxNews26

HOUSTON - Members of the small congregation at Houston Unity Baptist Church said when they refused to give the pastor their tax refunds; he refused to give them their Communion.

Some members of the church spoke with FOX anonymously.

"He said for all those who are getting a tax refund, ‘How many are you are going to give it to the church’?" James said.

Pastor John Goodman said while he refused Communion, it wasn't because his members didn't donate their tax refunds to the church. It’s because they've failed to step up and do what's needed to keep the church afloat.

"I asked if there were any other members, which I know it is, that got income tax money. I ask if they would like to contribute it over here to the new parking lot."

When asked if he withheld Communion Pastor Goodman said absolutely but it wasn’t because of the tax refund issue. He said it was because of internal issues in the church he refused to disclose.

Goodman said only 4 or 5 members in the church actually help with bills, but he called the rest of his congregation devils and demons.

Pastor Goodman said he was attempting to get donations to build a new parking lot at the church.

(10-23-2010, 10:30 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: diploma below courtesy of Cuddles' blog:
be a doctor of divinity, only $32.99! yeehaw!

HI USAGuy! it's good to see you again~~

i would LOVE to know what caused them to finally close up. did the Hickory paper cover it? so they are still in Hickory eh? did they have to get actual jobs?

(03-18-2011, 03:56 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: VICTORY OVER SNAKE OIL!


see this at http://www.zahrabaker.com/

be sure to read statement PDF of refunds and other donated funds at bottom of page.


[Zahra Baker Fund]

another reptile "pastor"

ABC 24

HERNANDO, MS - A Mid-South preacher facing child porn charges. Hernando Police say Eddie Prince downloaded porn on a public library computer. This may only be the beginning for Prince.

Police say more charges are possible in Edward Prince's case. They took computers from his home and church when they arrested him Friday night. Now, they're investigating to see if any more child porn can be found.

“We do not have any reason to believe that he's touched any children, that he's done anything inappropriate with any children,” said DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion. “But certainly that's something we're going to cont to look at right now.”

Police say what Rev. Edward Prince preached at Oak Grove Baptist Church was a far cry from what he's accused of doing at Hernando's First Regional Library.

“It was determined Mr. Prince had in fact viewed and downloaded child pornography," said Hernando Police Chief Mike Riley.

District Attorney John Champion says someone saw Prince looking at something suspicious on a library computer in December, but he wasn't arrested until Friday.

“Those computers get a lot of use at the public library, so whenever we have to forensically analyze a computer, it takes a while," said Champion.

Champion says he's seen a lot of these cases before, and it's rarely a one time occurrence. When something is done so publicly, people are just asking to be caught.

“When people have an addiction like he has, and this is nothing but an addiction, when you have that type of addiction, sense of sanity, sense of reason, typically go away," Champion said.

Right now, Prince faces one count of possession of child pornography. Champion says, if convicted, he could spend up to 30 years behind bars. He would also become a registered sex offender.

Prince was being held in the DeSoto County Jail Monday afternoon on $60,000 bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday.