How Pastors Get Rich

This interview by Janet Mefferd is spot on. This is how religious hucksters like Pack, Thiel, and Gerald all operate.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Multilevel Marketing Pattern
  • Books
  • DVDs
  • Hyped Conferences
  • The Christian Speaking Circuit
  • Pastor Owned Businesses that Feed Off the Flock
  • The Honor the Pastor Scam
  • High Pressure Offerings
  • Cathedral Building Wars
  • Siphoning Cash into Property
  • Excessive Wages
  • Perks
  • Nepotism
  • Their Fabricated Tithing Doctrine
  • The Carrot and the Stick
  • Summary

It’s All About The Money!

Over the years people have emailed the Painful Truth believing that we don’t understand their particular group. They quote the bible to no end thinking that we are ignorant in our understanding of Armstrongism and/or the bible. We are not.

It seems that the idea of a church raising funds (for the benefit of the elite leadership) under the guise of religion never occurred to them. They should have asked a fundamental question, “Who benefits?

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