Troens Bevis trykket en rekke artikler om pengeforbruket til de store evangelistene i USA. Ja, det var Troens Bevis som skrev dette, jeg måtte sjekke to ganger for å være sikker på at februar nummeret av bladet jeg hadde i hånden var Arild Edvardsens blad. Kritikken mot de amerikanske predikantene var ikke liten i dette nummer. Kilden til Troens Bevis var bl.a. USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-11-07-televangelist-probe_n.htm
Men nå viser det seg muligens at dette med gullforgyldte toalettskålen dreier seg om en misforståelse eller falskt rykte. Her er en person som mener å bevise dette. Det dreier seg om en gammel kommode donert til hennes lobby.
http://www.philcooke.com/Joyce_Meyer_toilet
Viktigere er det å lese hva Joyce Meyer selv sier til dette med hennes angivelige 100.000 kroners dolokk:
Regarding the Purchase of a $23,000 Commode - While many have mistakenly associated this piece of furniture with a common household toilet, this particular term actually refers to the classic definition of commode identified by Webster's Dictionary as, "a tall elegant chest of drawers." In 2001, when the ministry moved into its current 150,000-square-foot headquarters located in Fenton, Missouri, a significant amount of furniture was needed for the larger facility. This "commode" was one piece of a total of sixty-eight pieces purchased from a single supplier to finish out the interior of the offices. A total of $261,498.21 was paid for these sixty-eight (the majority were significant in size) pieces of furniture. The $23,000 purchase price of this chest of drawers was actually an errant value assigned by the selling agent after the transaction was complete for the entire sixty-eight piece lot. Joyce Meyer Ministries humbly regrets not paying closer attention to specific "assigned values" placed on those pieces that have now led to gross misrepresentations. Joyce Meyer Ministries takes financial stewardship and accountability very seriously, and this oversight serves as an opportunity to only improve future practices.
Because of the vast success of her books and other related materials that are produced independently of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Joyce Meyer is able to personally give generously back into the global media and mission outreaches of the organization. In the past four years, she has made donations to the ministry in amounts greater than she and her husband, Dave, have received in compensation from the ministry.
http://joycemeyer.org/aboutus/mediarelations/whatwedo.htm#Commode
Dagen.se har også en artikkel om Senator Grassleys etterforskning av de store TV evangelistenes pengeforbruk.
http://www.dagen.se/dagen/Article.aspx?ID=150462
Vel om ikke akkurat toalettet til Joyce stemte med virkeligheten så ligger det nok mye grums i de store organisasjonene. SIste ord er nok ikke sagt i denne saken.
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