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Who: Joel Osteen.
Organization: Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen Ministries.
Book: “Your Best Life Now”
Website slogan: Discover the Champion in You
Fire and Brimstone: Joel is too much of an optimist to believe anyone would ever end up in Hell.
Posted on August 15, 2007
Who: Charles Sustar
Where: Phoenix, Az.
Organization: The Sustar Ministries/World Christian Center Church and the “Flames of Revival” Television Network.
Invitation: “Buckle your seatbelt, let’s have church!”
Posted on March 5, 2007
Who: Zola Levitt.
Where: Dallas.
Organization: Zola Levitt Ministries.
Brief History: Zola Levitt, a Messianic-Jewish convert, had a Ph.D. in music from Indiana University and had written more than 200 spiritual songs and two nationally televised musicals: Beloved Thief and Mine Eyes Have Seen.
Posted on February 25, 2007
Who: Rev. Peter Popoff.
Where: Upland, California.
Organization: Peter Popoff Ministries.
Brief History: Peter Popoff preached his first sermon at age nine and conducted his first crusade at age 14.
Posted on July 27, 2006
Who: Jim Bakker
Where: Branson, Missouri
Organization: Jim Bakker Ministries
Founded: Sometime after he got out of prison.
Posted on April 9, 2006
Who: Jack and Rexella Van Impe (pronounced Van Imp-ee)
Alias: The Walking Bible
Where: Troy, MI
Organization: Jack Van Impe Ministries
Founded: 1948
Posted on March 14, 2006
Who: Joyce Meyer.
Organization: Joyce Meyer Ministries.
Financial statement:“Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. is governed by an independent Board of Directors, the majority of whom are not staff members or relatives of the Meyer family.” Italics mine.
Book: Look Great, Feel Great, out March 1, 2006.
Website Quote: “There is no place in your future for your past. Find out how to escape from the memory of life’s disappointments and let the Lord raise the roof on your dreams.”
Posted on February 25, 2006
