There have always been good Black preachers following in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther king, who while making as much as $200,000 a year in speaking engagements decided only to take just $1 in annual pay from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
As I sit back and listen to this tragic soap opera surrounding Reverend Eddie Long, attention is being brough to the properous life style of these prosperity preachers who drive luxury cars, live in million dollar homes, wear custom make suites and fly private jets all from the tithing of the churches largely Black female members.
The Atanta Journal-Constitution published tax records showing that from 1997 to 2000 Bishop Long accepted $3 million in salary, housing (present home valued at $1.1 million in 2005) and other perks from the charity he controls.
Some of these preachers claim that they are living off of their own money that they generate from speaking engagements and the selling of books, audios and dvd's to their followers. As profitable as the selling of information is, its takes a lot of book sales to pay for a private jet that cost over $1000 and hour to operate. Its time for people to wake up. Can I get a Amen.
What do you think?
im tried of tv programs that interviews celebraties that gives there opinion on something they have ever little knowledge of. these excerpt speaks about properity preachers but you dont have any on there shows. never is there any common ordinary people, whom they criticize for giving to these preachers. they are ever learning and never coming into the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:7
Posted by: Dr. Ulysses Morgan, Jr. | October 12, 2010 at 05:15 PM
there's a differance between an interpetation of the bible and the revalation of it.
Posted by: Dr. Ulysses Morgan, Jr. | October 12, 2010 at 05:18 PM