icepick wrote:
When I first saw this, I thought it sounded like a cool story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25988151

By the time I finished reading the article, I was alarmed. Am I wrong?

There were a couple of bits that worried me....  He is working like the Obama administration with planting military lillypads around the world.... smiley: eyes

Ruth Marshall with the University of Toronto, who studies Christian movements in Africa and has studied the Redeemed Church, said its aggressive plans stem from its leader and guiding force, Enoch Adeboye in Nigeria.

"He really wants to be an important global player," said Marshall. "One could say that he's almost obsessed with this logic of church planting because for him it's an index of success. And also, prosaically, because the more parishes there are, the wealthier the central organisation."

Each pastor, she said, must send 20% of tithes, offerings and other funds to the headquarters in Nigeria.



"I'm not saying all the churches in America are fake," he said. "But... we have come all the way from Africa. We are engaging the people to show them the true Gospel, making sure that people are being saved and people are making it to heaven."
Is he another Jim Jones in the making......? I get quite worried when someone extreme starts branching out like this.....  

What does it say in the Bible..... Many will come saying follow me.....    I forget the exact words now.  I believe he is one of those that Christians were warned about.   There have been many of these types come over the years.  Remember Ma Sheila and the Bagwan, the Orange People...?   People have to learn to listen to their own inner wisdom and see these people for what they are.  

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~