I would describe it as RZIM 2.0, said Carson Weitnauer, a former RZIM staff member and manager. The evidence mounted against Alamo, and he was convicted of 10 sex trafficking offenses relating to minors and given 175 years in jail, which at the age of 79 amounted to life in prison for the former preacher. (RNS) The founder of one of the world's largest megachurches has died, according to news reports from Korea . We seek to thoughtfully engage people in gospel conversations and to train and disciple Christians to be messengers of Christs love in their spheres of influence.. Some of Phillipss beliefs included the idea that women must be completely submissive to their husbands and fathers. 10 Of Christianity's Most Profitable Preachers, 10 People Who Actually Fell Into A Volcano, 10 Times A Meteor Fell To Earth And Flew Back Into Space, Top 10 Old-Timey Hoaxes People Actually Fell For, 10 Historical Shoe Rituals and Superstitions You Might Not Know About, 10 Unusual and Incredible Reinterpretations of Classic Artworks, 10 Ancient Fertility Treatments You Wouldnt Want to Use Today, 10 Inventive Ways People Survived Winter Before Electricity, 10 Bleak Facts about Victorian Workhouses, 10 Amazing Archeological Discoveries Made by Dogs, Top 10 Churches Where God Is Not Worshiped, Top 10 Shameful Moments in Catholic History. The handling of the accusations has divided church elders. Hargis was a member of a sect called the Restoration Movement and led the Church of the Christian Crusade. Just because wacky televangelists aren't a staple of the news cycle anymore (the Joel Osteen follies notwithstanding) doesn't mean that this particular breed of huckster has become a thing of the past. 484 Pastor Sam Collier preaches at Hillsong Atlanta for the last time on Sunday before leaving the denomination to form his own congregation. When his wife died in 1982, Alamo went a little crazy. Christianity Today, calls it "an aberrant theology" promoted by disgraced televangelists including Jimmy Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Baker. Despite these convictions, Alamos website still protests his innocence, and the church continues to operate, though many of its assets have been sold off to pay the compensation fee. He claimed he would then use his special connection to God to personally pray over the requests and increase the chance of the prayer being answered, assuming a little bit of money was sent in alongside it. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Haggard could not be reached for comment. Tony Alamo rocketed to famein the 1970sfor preaching a fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity.