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Article: THE GOD SQUAD ; Preacher power ++ The death of Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, has rocked America's evangelical movement . Andrew Gumbel examines the saints and sinners of the religious right
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2007
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Paul Crouch
Who is he?
Crouch and his wife, Janice, founded the California-based Trinity
Broadcasting Network, which started small in 1973 and is now the
world's largest televangelist outlet.
What's his style?
Regal. He and Jan like to appear on air on high-backed purple
thrones. And the station logo is a crest based on the British lion
and unicorn.
How does he keep the faithful in line?
Telling viewers if they don't pay up they could spend eternity in
the flames of Hell. "If you have been healed or saved or blessed
through TBN and have not contributed to [the] station," he said on
air in 1997, "you are robbing God and will lose your reward in
heaven."
Juicy scandal?
Plenty of ...