Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:09 pm
Wow! Thats an old one! Mr Robert Tilton, he used to have a church out here in dallas. It was demolished in November to make room for a skating rink 
Here is a quote from the Dallas morning news:
"At its height, evangelist Robert Tilton's Word of Faith empire included a congregation of thousands, an adjacent private school and a broadcasting and direct-mail marketing operation. The entire organization generated about $70 million annually, according to court reports in the late '90s.
"I'm sad when any church goes away for the people that were sincere followers – [but] in this case, followers that didn't realize he wasn't feeding the sheep, he was eating the sheep," said Ole Anthony, president of the Trinity Foundation, a watchdog over the televangelism industry.
In the 1990s, Mr. Tilton's empire collapsed following news reports of widespread fraud, lawsuits from victims who alleged the same and well-publicized divorces from his first and second wives.
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Here is a quote from the Dallas morning news:
"At its height, evangelist Robert Tilton's Word of Faith empire included a congregation of thousands, an adjacent private school and a broadcasting and direct-mail marketing operation. The entire organization generated about $70 million annually, according to court reports in the late '90s.
"I'm sad when any church goes away for the people that were sincere followers – [but] in this case, followers that didn't realize he wasn't feeding the sheep, he was eating the sheep," said Ole Anthony, president of the Trinity Foundation, a watchdog over the televangelism industry.
In the 1990s, Mr. Tilton's empire collapsed following news reports of widespread fraud, lawsuits from victims who alleged the same and well-publicized divorces from his first and second wives.
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Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:44 pm
Hilarious! Since he's not saying ANYTHING anyways, he might as well be farting.
Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:50 pm
I remember Robert Tilton well. I saw that tape when I was in college. Someone told me that he is rerunning his old shows, but has updated the phone number so people can still make contributions.
Thu Jan 15, 2004 6:01 pm
WTH was that.