This is such an easy job! The fish practically jump in the boat! And I don’t have to go looking under every rock for these creepy critters. They come to me and let me know what they are doing. In fact they often brag about it

Take T. Dexter for example. He had his “Back2Bible” conference coming up in about a week. And they’re going to have some dynamite teachers/preachers covering some dynamite topics. In fact, according to the flyer on T. Dexter’s site, they promise that “(F)undamental philosophies such as redemption, salvation, prayer, the blood covenant and the resurrection will all be discussed during this three-day event.”

Hold on there cowboy!! Philosophies? Since when are the central teachings of Christianity simply philosophies? Philosophies are systems of principles for guidance in practical affairs. Redemption is not a principal. It’s not a philosophy. God’s covenant with man is not a principle. It’s certainly not a philosophy. And certainly the resurrection is not a philosophy. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (or in the case of the Pimps – do unto others before they do unto you) is a philosophy.

T. Dexter Jakes – the next Billy Graham. Right.

In Back2 Bible, T. Dexter is presenting such luminaries as Ken Ulmer and Tommy Tenney. And notice they are described as great orators. So this means what? That we’ll be impressed with their speaking skills while they feed us lies and errors? Apparently so.

Here’s a mug shot of the perpetrators. And as usual, they are regular founts of screwed up doctrine and pimpological expertise extraordinaire.

As an example, Tommy Tenney is the author of “The God Chasers” and “God’s Dream Team”. Here’s a quote from “The God Chasers”:

My life changed forever on the October weekend in Houston, Texas, when God’s presence invaded the atmosphere like a thunderbolt and split the podium at the Sunday service.
Chapter 6, page 83.

In “God’s Dream Team” he says:

There have always been dreamers. Men and women who catch a glimpse of something beyond themselves who dare to reach for goals and visions … Yet no earthly dreamer can match the greatest of them all, the Dreamer who died on the cross to make His dream a reality. John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word.” The literal meaning of logos, the original Greek term translated as “Word,” is idea, thought or blueprint. It is an ancient Greek theatrical term describing the work of a playwright as he conceives, or dreams up, the plot of a play. So we could say, “In the beginning was the dream
God’s Dream Team, page 22

Did you catch that? One of the featured speakers at T. Dexter’s conference says Jesus was a dreamer. In fact, at the end he says that Jesus is the dream.

By the way, though he doesn’t exactly advertise it, Mr. Tenney is a Oneness proponent as well. Shouldn’t be surprised though. After all, T. Dexter is a Oneness preacher too. But neither of these guys has ‘nads to say so. After all, people aren’t quite stupid enough to completely ignore the fact that he denies one of the central tenets of Christianity. They’re getting there, but they’re not there just yet.. And as you would expect, Tenney’s theology is just as screwed up as T. Dexter’s.

Then there’s the woman preacher, Bishop Dr. Cynthia James. I can just see it now. T. Dexter has been busy feminizing men for the last ten years. Now he brings in a woman to ramp up the feminization efforts even more. And of course, she has ties, through folks like Dave Copeland (an up and coming Word of Faith fellow out of Texas [of course], to Fred Price, the Apostate Apostle of Word of Faith poison.

Ken Ulmer runs a church out of an old coliseum in Los Angeles. And during the week, to pay for the place, he rents it out to various rock groups and other performers of…uh…questionable character. He’s also the guy who, several years ago, came up with the book “A New Thing,” in which he proposes that many of the unbiblical practices and teachings he and his ilk are promoting are not wrong. They are simply new. Thus the non-stop screeching and hollering during that which they call worship are something new, not something stupid. Of course you wouldn’t expect an associate of T. Dexter to be any better at understanding God than the man the world is trying to give us to be the next great theologian of the church.

But enough of these clowns. Let’s take a look at one of my favorite pimps – Fast Eddie Long.

Fast Eddie is working a slightly new angle now. Here’s a shot from Fast Eddie’s web page What’s one of the first things you notice about it? Time’s up!!

That’s right! As usual, the entire site content focuses on Fast Eddie. There is a mention of God in Fast Eddie’s note to you. But that’s it. The rest of the stuff is Fast Eddie’s name, Fast Eddie’s picture, information about conferences featuring Fast Eddie or his wife, Mrs. Fast Eddie.

I’ve been watching some of Fast Eddie’s “sermons” lately. And though I have to fight the urge to whisper “Watch this! Watch this!” when I give a briefing at work, I’m going start on summarizing some of the poisoned pabulum and heresies he has been developing over the last year.

The man isn’t simply a pimp. He is a pimp’s pimp. In fact, I think he should get rid of the remodeled Benz he drives and start tooling around in this car. It fits his character and his scams much better. And yes, you’re right, that’s Ron O’Neal’s car from Super Fly (a movie that was out back when I had hair on the top of my head).

Stay away from these pimps. Stay away from anyone associated with these pimps. Any pastor who would associate with these men and women is either too stupid to understand that they are hurting you or they are too greedy to care about your spiritual health. And either of those possibilities says you need to find another church before you are dragged down into heresy, futility, and foolishness. If you want a sign indicating wether or not you should leave a church, look at the events schedule in your church program or the bulletin board and see who your elders are associating with. And if any of these pimps’ names appear there, run, don’t walk, to the nearest exit.

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As you know, T. Dexter is expanding his world. He’s a sometimes co-host on the Dr. Phil show. You know doctor Phil. He’s the the secular psychologist who got his start with that great New Age Priestess Oprah Winfrey.

The only trouble is that Phil, like Oprah shows no inclination toward Christian standards and philosophy. His views and solutions are deeply influenced by the world, not the Bible. His standards are as fluid as the sand in the parable of the man who failed to build his house on the rock.

T. Dexter has been getting softer and softer on homosexuality. No, I don’t mean that he is no longer advocating stoning them. He never did that and certainly never should have. Rather, he is starting to make noises that seem to equate homosexuality to lying, taking a pencil home from the office, or being not so nice to your wife.

In one interview, T. Dexter answers a question about homosexulity with one of his patented non-answers. And in doing so, erases any differentiation between sodomy and peeking at your opponent’s letter tiles during a game of Scrabble. (more…)

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While you’re reading this, I want you to remember that this is the man after whom John K. Jenkins has chosen to pattern himself. Oh, and Independent Conservative provides a more in-depth analysis of T. Dexter’s shameless promotion of his book and shameful half-stepping in defense of Jesus Christ.

You may best remember T. Dexter Jakes as the man who said “The word AIDS is not in the Bible.” Or you may just remember him as saying “The word Trinity is not in the Bible.” Well, get ready, get ready, get ready! It could be that the next thing the Potentate of Pomposity is going to discover is that “Jesus is the Only Way” is not in the Bible. (Yeah, it may say there is no other name, etc, etc, et. But it doesn’t say Jesus is the only way.) (more…)

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Here’s a clip from the front-end of T. Dexter’s performance.

It’s about six minutes long. In it he advertises the “Men Are Builders” conference.

The sermon, the twenty minutes of it that I could stomach, was pretty much more of the same thing.

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The Arrival
I arrived on site right around 5:25 pm. As I came up the escalator, I was quite impressed to see that there was already a line of people waiting to get in. The place opened at 5:30.

Since the people were standing there with no place to go, I started at the back of one line and moved up, passing out pamphlets. That took care of about forty pamphlets.

God was most gracious and provided some very warm weather. I didn’t have to wear my watch cap and I even toyed with the idea of taking off my jacket. At one point, I was even a little damp from a light perspiration (that’s sweat to you T. Dexter fans).

I stationed myself at the top of the escalators and, as people came up passed out the tracts. I quickly discovered that if I asked if they were going to the revival, they were more than willing to take what I had to offer. I even directed people to the correct entrance.

Fortunately, the people arrived in clumps, determined by the arrival of the metro train in the station downstairs. So at least I got a rest between groups of people.

All told, I probably said “Are you going to the revival?” at least two hundred times. But again, it was necessary because the question, my infectious smile, and my incredibly pleasant demeanor encouraged folks to take the pamphlets. Besides that, some of them probably thought it was supplemental material for the revival. The whole thing went without a hitch.

Calling it Quits
About two hours and approximately 1200 pamphlets later I called it quits. The arrivals were slowing down and the Subway sandwich shop across the street was calling my name more and more loudly. Once I finished my sandwich, I made the ultimate sacrifice for you readers out there. I went inside the convention center and sat in on the revival.

I used to work across the street from the convention center when they were digging the hole for the facility. I could tell it was going to be huge. But you have to go inside the building to understand just how large the place is. However, even with that I had no trouble finding the revival. All I had to do was follow the thumping and bumping to get there. But before I could go in to the hall, the security detail (just one guy actually) searched my bags. I guess I can understand that.

Into the Pit
When I walked into the place it was as though I was in a sea of people. I’m not very good at estimating crowd sized, but there had to be at LEAST five thousand people, probably a lot more. The singer lady was ratcheting the crowd up, with singing and shouting. She even stopped in the middle of it to let us know that we are the head and not the tail. She made sure that we knew that greater things are coming and that we should praise God because it’s through our praises that our triumphs come.

The singer lady sang a couple of more songs, one with the guy who always has his shirt tail hanging out and keeps his hair standing up on his head. And he wears a tie.

Bishop Owens stepped to the mike and said a couple of things. I forget what they were. But then he introduced the man , T. Dexter Jakes!

The Main Event , Almost
T. Dexter came out and gave a shout out to various folks. It was then that I learned that Grainger Browning, the bloke who invited Calypso Louie to speak at Ebenezer AME the year before last, was there. He mentioned some others as well, but none stood out like Grainger.

Now it could be that T. Dexter doesn’t know that Grainger prostituted himself with Louie and the Millions More March. But I doubt it. After all, it was on national television and had such luminaries as the Reverend Jackson and Super Processed Sharpton associated with it. Again T. Dexter demonstrated a lack of concern for the truth.

T. Dexter then spent the next ten minutes hawking various products. This included the male getaway he’s planning for this March 29 through 31. He even announced the speakers. This list of luminaries includes I. V. Hilliard, Jesse Duplantis and Mile Monroe.

He also advertised the Security conference his organization holds. I don’t believe he gave the cost of that event.

He then advertised a tape set that you could buy. The tapes, of course, have life changing information on them.

And of course during this time, he assured us that the new year was going to make up for all the years of loss I had suffered before, etc., etc., etc..

He Preaches
Finally, T. Dexter started his sermon. He preached, more or less, from 2 Samuel 12:15-20, the recount of the death of David and Bathsheba’s baby.

T. Dexter rambled on for the first fifteen minutes or so talking about David and Goliath, pointing out that you know you are anointed to do a particular task when you don’t have the tools to do the task. You know, it’s easy to kill a giant if you have a bazooka.

Finally, around 9:10, after a lot of “tell your neighbor this,” or “Tell your neighbor that,” he got to the section. I listened as closely as I could for as long as I could. I decided I definitely had better things to do once he explained the application to us for David washing his face once he found out the baby had died. According to T. Dexter, the washing is a lesson to us that we should become a new person once God has removed from us that which he didn’t want us to have in the first place.

One thing that I found interesting was his apparent effort to embarrass the men in the audience to jump up and down and shout. He claimed that our boys need to see their fathers shouting and see us being emotional. He said we shouldn’t just sit there quietly. I, on the other hand, think our sons and daughters need to see us living holy and consistent lives, being faithful and supporting men. But that’s just me.

Meeting Old Acquaintances
While standing at the top of the escalator I ran across a couple of old acquaintances from First Baptist Church of Glenarden.

I was happy to see Susie Taylor (I think that’s her last name), I wasn’t too thrilled to see that she was still wrapped up in the idiocies there at First Baptist. We hugged and greeted each other quickly , as I gave her a pamphlet.

Josephine Miller was a bit different. She definitely seemed peeved to see me. I suspect she has been visiting the site. It sounded like it hurt when she said she was glad to see me. I guess the fact that I questioned the validity of her being a reverend didn’t exactly make me her best friend.

Overall, it was a somewhat depressing experience. Seeing the people going in, knowing they are going to get nothing but platitudes and lies, really makes you face the pain of the human condition. I wanted to shout to everyone who came up the stairs, telling them to run away, turn around and escape. But I suspect all they would have done is look at me as though I was insane, and then gone on in to the slaughter. And while I was there, while T. Dexter was spewing his pabulum and foolishness, the guy behind me kept saying that this was real preaching. About twenty minutes into the sermon, I left.

I’m going to try to put a clip up within the next couple of days.

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It’s T minus 12 hours. The assault against one of the most prominent pulpit pimps (T. Dexter) starts today at approximately 1800 hrs (that’s 6 o’clock pm for those of you who never watched JAG). Equipment’s packed. Script is practiced. We’re ready to go.

If anybody wants to toss up a prayer or two today, I would certainly appreciate it.

I’ll report back tomorrow on how it all goes.

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That’s right! T. Dexter and his protege John K. Jenkins from First Baptist Church of Glenarden are going to be performing at the Washington DC Convention Center starting on the 3rd of January. And I’ll be there, pamphlets in hand, camera fully charged.

I just picked up about two hundred printed 3X5 cards from Staples just in case people want to ask me why I would dare put my mouth on the mand of gawd. Click here to get a gander at the card.

Oh, and as much as Mrs. Mav tried to be as outrageous as possible in her profitcy, take a look at this. I believe it’s a clip from last year. It has T. Dexter saying pretty much what profitess Mrs. Mav said.

I can’t help using the Tweedledee and Tweedledum image. It’s just such a spot on illustration of what’s happening to John K. Jenkins and the whole crowd there at First Baptist Church of Glenarden.

I wonder if Deacon Lee is going to be there. Maybe I’ll see him at the top of the escalator.

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Here’s a reminder that T. Dexter is going to be holding a “revival” starting January 3 and oozing on to the 5th of January. It’s at the brand new Washington DC Convention Center in downtown Washington DC.

I’m pretty much ready. I’ve cased the environment, laid out my general approach, finished the rewrite of the pamphlet and made a bunch of copies for distribution.

I’ve been thinking about the mechanics of passing out the tracts. I want to get as many out as quickly as possible because I’d like to go inside and listen to T. Dexter for about an hour as he feminizes the men and bamboozles the women.

I’ll probably take my camera, the one I can make movies with. I figure sight, sound and a running account of what happens should make for a more complete experience for you there at home. Anybody have a compact tri-pod I can use?

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I gotta run a recon mission this week. We’re looking at the possibility of going deep into enemy territory for a sustained operation and I need to get current intelligence on the layout of the deployment area. Recon mission will take place 2100 Zulu on 11 December. The purpose? More on that in a minute.

Did I tell you I’m revising a tract that I distributed at one of Tricky D’s ManCower - I mean ManPower conferences several years ago? The reason I’m revising it? I’m am seriously considering standing at the top of the Metrorail escalator at the convention center and passing out copies of the tract on the first night of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden’s revival. I suspect most folks are going to get there by Metrorail and thus avoid trying to find parking spaces downtown. And there is, I believe, only one way out of the metro system at the convention center - right by me.

Here’s a copy of the pamphlet I passed out at ManCower 2002. I think it was around 2002. Start reading on the left-hand side of the first page.

Remember - January 3 through 5 is the big First Baptist Church of Glenarden (with John Kenneth Jenkins and T. Dexter Jakes) Revival at the Washington DC Convention Center.

And since I’m a fair-minded kind of guy, I’m even going to give them an hour or so of my time and attend the first night’s activities. If it’s anything like the last affair I attended, or the last performance of his I saw on telelvision, there should be a lot of dancing, jumping, and shouting. And the congregation should be pretty active too. Though it might be little depressing to see a bunch of men jumping around and dancing like a bunch of girls. I wonder if Deacon Lawrence Lee has to attend?

I’m AM going to run reconnaissance on the Metrorail station this Monday right after work. I’ll already be in the train system so it shouldn’t take much time.

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Well, the First Baptist Church of Glanarden New Year’s Revival is fast approaching. The festivities start January 3 and ooze on until January 5th. The guest speaker, in case you don’t know by now, is none other than T. Dexter Jakes, the next Billy Graham - except that he not Billy Graham…and he’s Oneness…and he doesn’t preach the Gospel or the Bible that much…or…well, you get the idea.

This posting is both a reminder and a warning. I’ve reminded you that T. Dexter will be performing during the First Baptist Church of Glenarden New Year’s Revival. Now I want to warn the leaders of First Baptist Church of Glenarden.

I’ll say again that T. Dexter is Oneness - he denies the triune nature of God. You elders, deacons and preachers are doing nothing to warn the people away from him. Instead you are silent, remaining in your leadership positions, sitting on the podium so that you appear on the tapes when John preaches. All the while, the men and women of First Baptist Church of Glenarden are being led further and further into an abominable set of lies. Their blood will be on your heads since you have chosen comfortable positions over warning the people.

Shirley Onque used to teach a class entitled “Trinity” in the Bible Institute. Now, as the Rev. Shirley Onque, Director of Technology & Director of Evangelism Outreach she sits silently by as a heretic is allowed to enter the church and address the saints. But don’t let me call her out all by herself. Here is a list from the First Baptist Church of Glenarden’s site listing the Elders, Reverends, Ministers, Deacons, and Deaconesses who are sitting by silently as the members of First Baptist Church of Glenarden are pulled down the evangelical rat hole.

You people who attend First Baptist Church of Glenarden - I know you can’t get in to see the pastor. Make these leader/oaves (I think that’s the plural for oaf)do their job. Ask them why they haven’t complained to John about the mentoring thing or about having T. Dexter come in and speak to the congregation. Make them look you in the face when they mislead you.

All of you leaders who refuse to sound the warning trumpet but instead stand in your positions of authority, remember - the blood of the lost will be on your heads (Ezekiel 3:17 - 19). With authority comes responsibility. You have been sorely negligent.

Here’s a link to a pretty good article on T. Dexter. A reader posted it last week but I want to bring it to your attention again, keeping the fact that John Kenneth Jenkins, the fellow who is moving his church into a FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR structure, has invited this bozo to preach during the New Year’s revival. By the way, what, exactly are they reviving? Did someone pass out? Did someone die? Or maybe the spirit just isn’t high enough and they need to ratchet the spirit up a notch or two. Maybe one or two of you manly men can ask him what it’s all about.

As a part of my Warn-the-Sheeple-’Cause-Maybe-They-Don’t-Know-Any-Better campaign, I have also linked to an MP3 file here, so you can listen to T. Dexter do one of the best verbal two-steps I have heard in a long time.

The conversation was recorded by John Coleman a few years ago. It’s the tape referenced by Christian Rsearch Journal and the Christianity Today article. The audio was made before he pretty much stopped discussing the question at all. And even here he doesn’t really say anything to indicate he accepts the orthodox view of the Trinity.

Remember, if you’re a convicted thief, you gotta be willing to empty your pockets out if something comes up missing. Otherwise people can only reasonably suspect you are hiding something. T. Dexter has long been associated with Oneness Pentecostals. He has yet to unambiguously recant any oneness views. A clear doctrine on the Trinity is not that hard to state. Even I can come up with one.

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Just in case you don’t fully understand where these pimps stand with respect to your lives and the lives of those you love, watch the 15 second clip at the bottom of the posting.

This is a clip from the program one of the networks broadcast about a month ago (back in September 2006). It finally appeared on YouTube so I can make sure all the readers see how fantastically foolish America’s greatest preacher (T. Dexter Jakes) actually is.

The question was: Why doesn’t the church address the issue of AIDS? His answer has got to be just about as weak as his attempt to sound like he was kind of saying maybe he didn’t exactly not support the doctrine of the Trinity - remembering that the word Trinity never shows up in the Bible and really it’s not that important because you have to have a relationship with God first anyway. (His words, not mine)

Jakes sidesteps the whole issue of morality by stupidly and self-importantly saying “The Bible doesn’t talk about AIDS.” Heck, the Bible doesn’t talk about Herpes, Venereal Diseases, Drive-by shootings, or Racism. But that doesn’t seem to stop him and the other ne’er do wells from babbling on about some of those things and taking your money while they do it. It doesn’t even say anything about abortion but I don’t think he’d have a problem preaching on that. And it certainly doesn’t talk about one church serving as a covering (with ten percent of the covered church funds going into the coffers of the covering church) but he has made more than a small fortune pushing that idea through his “Pater” pyramid scheme.

When T. Dexter had a chance to talk about the rewards of holy living, and the results of unrighteousness, he wimped out as large as Joel “Willow Boy” Osteen. Walk away from these pimps and find a church where you are encouraged to trust God to guide you in holy living, not receiving a hundred-fold blessing for sowing a supposed seed into their cookie sheet shallow “ministries.”

These men and women don’t care about you. Other than teaching men how to wear their emotions on their sleeves and dance around like a bunch of women, getting in touch with their feminine side or the child within, they really don’t have that much to offer. They sweat, they cry, they shout and holler. But after all is said and done, a whole lot more is said than done.

Don’t count on the big dogs to help you to understand the relevance of True Chirstianity in your day to day living. All they want you do do is touch your neighbor, say “I’ve got my breakthrough” and dance in the aisles. Don’t count on them to teach you how to truly care for and love someone with AIDS or a child who has lost one or both of their parents to AIDS.

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One of my favorite characters is Zathras, the fix-it humanoid from Babylon 5 (The greatest Science Fiction series ever, by the way). And one of my favorite quotes from him was: “Zathras has had a hard life . He will probably have a hard death. At least there is symmetry.”

Apparently, like Zathras, the pimps are into symmetry too.

As you know, The ‘Mess 2006 finished up a couple of weeks ago on the East Coast , down in Atlanta as a matter of fact. Well, in Riverside California, we just finished with “The ‘Mess 2006 , West Coast.” Okay, they didn’t really call it MegaFest. They called it Koinonia 2006. Perhaps we should call it Coin-o-mania 2006.

It’s almost like the folks want to make sure the West Coast gets a taste of the same things the Easterners have to put up with , I mean… get to experience.

T. Dexter was there. Juanita Bynum and her cohort Jamal (I’ll-Preach-Anywhere-I-Can-Get-Publicity) Bryant were there. Then there were the usual “gospel” singers, more than willing to ply their trade for a couple of shekels and some exposure than really praising God (and yes, I know I can’t see into these men’s hearts).

Here’s the line up. As I said: It was the usual suspects, saying the usual things, trying to attract the usual dupes and separate them from their money. It obviously is not as developed as the Eastcoast version. But give it a few more years and they should be drawing folks from as far away as Michigan.

Click on the image to see the full sized web page.

I’ve said this before but it bears repeating. These people think you are nothing more than a market, a source of easy income for them while they prance around on the stage trying out new slogans. T. Dexter can almost copyright “Get ready! Get ready! Get ready!” I can almost see the rest of them struggling to come up with a phrase they can use to milk you of ever cent they possibly can without having to think too hard or come up with new things too often.

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If you don’t believe you are simply a market to these bozos, let me point something out to you. Here is the appeal to advertisers (sponsors) for The ‘Mess 2006. Read it carefully. The original is here

On July 19-22, 2006, we will host our third annual MegaFest event in Atlanta, Georgia.

This event blends two separately successful nationally branded events (Woman, Thou Art Loosed and Man Power) that began in 1992 under the highly regarded T.D. Jakes brand. MegaFest also includes two youth components: MegaLand for children ages 5-12, and the MegaYouth Experience component for ages 13-21. T.D. Jakes branded-events have set attendance and economic records around the country including breaking the single event attendance record of 90,000 at the Georgia Dome. Previous T.D. Jakes branded events in Atlanta have grossed over $500,000 million for the local economy over the past three-years. The Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that the amount was significantly more than the past three Atlanta-based Super Bowl events that totaled just $250 million.

This high-profile four-day, three-night festival receives national attention and will feature something for the entire family including: indoor/outdoor entertainment by Grammy award winning artists, comedy, spiritual enrichment, a separate youth, women’s and men’s component, a Celebrity breakfast, a Celebrity Golf tournament, sports and recreational activities, and a series of seminars and workshops that cover personal finance, relationships, home ownership, health and nutrition, and much, much more!

Our inaugural event attracted over 140,000 attendees daily from a multicultural audience that included families of with various incomes, over 20,000 teenagers and children, professionals, entrepreneurs, and a strong group of upwardly mobile and affluent individuals.

Are you ready to be a part of the MegaFest Experience???

I should point out that the terms he uses are those of the marketing world. Notice he refers to “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” and “ManPower” as national brandings. I thought these were spiritual events that will change your life forever. Now I come to find out they are national brandings.

He speaks of his activities, when talking to the advertisers, not as an anointed ministry. That’s the phraseology he uses when he’s talking to the marks. No, in actuality, according to Jakes, his “ministry” is a branding.

He goes on to describe the marketing accomplishments of the past MessMess conventions.

1. They grossed over $500 million for the local area
2. They broke the single event attendance record for the Georgia Dome
3. Features Grammy winning entertainment
4. Features a celebrity breakfast and golf tournament
5. Attracted 140,000 people the first time
6. Attracted 20,000 teens
7. Attracts affluent and upwardly mobile individuals
8. It receives nation attention

One of my favorite political commentators has said that if you want to know the motivation a person has for doing something, just follow the money. This little love letter to the potential sponsors seems to provide a really good money trail. You can say “It costs money to put on a quality program.’” But what, exactly, is the program when you have people whose behavior is indistinguishable from the unsaved, teaching, preaching, and entertaining?

I can almost picture T. Dexter in the role of jungle guide, directing the big game hunters to the herd of elephants. Instead actually ministering to the alleged saints, T. Dexter is gathering them all in one place, crying Havoc, and letting loose the dogs of commerce. (I always wanted to use that phrase in a sentence.)

I’ve told you time and again that T. Dexter, John Jenkins, and the rest do not see you as a ministry. They simply see you as a market and a stepping stone. Aren’t you tired of being stepped on?

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As you are aware, I have been running a series of articles on the approaching ‘Mess 2006 brought to you by T. Dexter Jakes.

I’ve demonstrated to you that he is presenting this event as a Christian/spiritual event. I have demonstrated that some of the speakers he is bringing in, some of the “entertainers” he’s bringing in are at best questionable in their relationship with God and in their walk with the Lord. One of the primary examples is Ms. Pigford who, though she appeared in a nude photo shoot (click here) is going to be a panel member during the Singles Workshop, where singles of all ages learn how to live a holy and pure life in Christ.

We also have Tommy Davidson coming in to make fun of the Church. Tommy Davidson is best known as a member of the “Living Color” and “MadTV” ensembles. Both of these shows are, shall we say, a bit on the tawdry side. He also starred in “Bootie Call.” The theme of the movie can go without saying.

Both choices (the Singles Workshop participant and the “Just Churchin’” comedy show participant) seem like anything but maturing Christians able to offer a real example of Christian living for others to emulate.

T. Dexter is showing himself to be a man who either doesn’t have a clue or doesn’t really care about the people who will be attending this “Christian” event. All he appears to be doing is getting more and more cozy with the world - something we are told time and again not to do.

You people at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, I want to point out again that T. Dexter is the man your pastor, John Kenneth Jenkins, Sr. has decided to make his mentor. Remember, a mentor shows you how to succeed at the things they do. Have you considered asking John why he would follow after a man who gets cozy with the world, denies the Trinity, and seems determined to commercialize Christianity at the expense of the saints?

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Only a couple of weeks left! I can feel the excitement rising as we get closer to The ‘Mess 2006.

The ‘Mess is having a Singles Workshop. And according to the web site the workshop will enable singles to “…be inspired and receive knowledge from a panel of professionals as you celebrate the single life with singles from the U.S. and around the world.” I would assume that part of the celebration of their singleness would include encouraging chastity and chaste behavior for both men and women.

If you take a look here , you can see that Eva Pigford is one of the professionals hosting the Singles Workshop.

As in previous posts, I can almost hear you give forth a collective “Yeah. So?”

And as I usually say at this point , that is a perfectly valid question. So let me explain.

One of the readers brought to my attention the fact that Ms. Pigford was a winner on the reality show where Tyra Banks and a panel of folks select the next great model. Pigford apparently won the contest and has gone on to do some pretty good (or bad from a Christian perspective) things since her victory.

Now remember, Ms Pigford is going to be sitting on a panel of people running a workshop for ostensibly Christian…uh…workshoppers. Supposedly the singles sitting in the workshop will be getting Christ-centered advice. That would seem to imply that the panel members in the workshop are at least nominally Christ-centered and encouraging a Christ-centered lifestyle.

And there-in, kind readers, lies the rub. My constant rant for the last week has been that I have been unable to identify the criteria for selecting a number of the personalities selected. I fear Ms. Pigford falls into that category. Take a look at a cleaned up photo of what Ms. Pigford, one of the professionals on the Singles Workshop panel, has been doing with her time. I created the strategic covering so I wouldn’t stumble a bruvva by putting the uncensored photo out there.

We should also note that Ms. Pigford is going to be a co-star in a sitcom next season on Fox Television. You know Fox. They’re the ones with a long line of fairly sleazy sitcoms, starting with “Married With Children” and continuing the proud tradition with “Family Guy”, “The Simpsons”, “That 70’s Show”, and “King of the Hill” to name a few. The network is a veritable sitcom sewage pipe. Pigford gets to add her name and face to that.

I’m not saying that people who do these things are going to hell or that they should be taken out and stoned. But I would love it if one of you, if you get the chance, would ask T. Dexter what his thought process was for appointing Pigford to the Singles Workshop panel.

A tip of the hat to Katina for bringing the information to my attention.

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