| I have strong reason to believe
that Gerald Flurry not only is a fraud, but a knowing, conniving fraud
at that. I know for a fact that the Philadelphia
Church of God minister of the Dallas/Fort
Worth (DFW) area came to see that Malachi's
Message had many "holes" in it and told Flurry that.
At the time the DFW area was the largest growing in the PCG. This
minister was beloved by most of the brethren. Flurry asked him to keep his views of MM to himself and not tell the brethren. He did that
for about 3 years. He told me that for 3 years he never mentioned MM in
a sermon, bible study, or even in conversation. His church area
continued to be the fastest growing in the PCG worldwide. Which means it
was the money-making congregation of the PCG, despite the fact that the
minister didn't preach on MM or any other Flurry booklet for that
matter. He preached mostly on Christian living type messages, and he had
the fastest growing congregation in the PCG. Do you see the correlation
here? And during these 3 years Flurry knew that this minister didn't
agree with most of MM, the central book of the PCG. Finally this
minister couldn't put up with the lies and deception any longer
and pressed
Flurry and "Chief SS officer" Ron Fraser1 more. Fraser himself
even came to see that a significant part of MM was indeed flawed, but
Flurry told him that he was either loyal to "that prophet" or
he wasn't, and to make up his mind. Fraser decided to remain loyal to
Flurry so that he could keep his rather significant paycheck and work
visa to remain in America. The DFW minister was disfellowshipped and
marked. Now, the DFW congregation is down to around a dozen people, all
of the large tithe-payers are gone. The current minister there
teaches MM and is very loyal to all of Flurry's doctrines.
I know that Gerald Flurry and
Ron Fraser
would deny this, but I have this whole story, and more, based on the
testimony of four people who were there and were involved. While people
were being kicked out for not swearing allegiance to Malachi's
Message, a minister was allowed to keep on ministering who didn't
agree with it. But it was because he was popular and was raking in the
dough for Gerry. That's all there is to it. Gerry is perhaps insane, or delusional,
but he is also a greedy fraud. And he knows he's a fraud, don't you
Gerry? And you know too, don't you Ron? I wish the Federal Government
could see how an Australian (Ron Fraser) is over here on a visa helping to scam
thousands of Americans in the name of religion. His Aussie ass would
be deported immediately. I hope it happens soon. By the way, Fraser had
his heart attack down in Texas during the time when he was seeing that a
part of MM was wrong, and he was trying to decide what to do. He had the
heart attack after he gave a sermon backing up MM after he knew it was
incorrect. I think his conscience got to him. Now he works for the devil;
his mind is made up. He has chosen who his boss is, and is stronger than
ever. But the cult is falling apart. Thank God!! You never totally get
away with it, Gerry and Ron, not even in this life.
By Jim (former
member from Texas)
October 11, 2002
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"I
sometimes feel real good when I'm called a
cult. ... I think,
isn't it nice that they think you're not very nice?" ~ Gerald Flurry,
6-23-90 sermon to Philadelphia Church of God members. |
Footnotes by ESN:
1 Ron Fraser was suspended
by Gerald Flurry in December 2007. (Read
December 10, December 13, and December 21, 2007 letters to ESN).
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