Arcane Enigma (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
" In the kingdom of the blind...." Here is " King " Brian Tamaki, tailored suits, handmade shoes and with a lifestyle that would grace the pages of any womens weekly magazine. Check him out ! Easy to see why he is New Zealand's latest "King" and " Saviour ".Poor Brian felt that there was no place here for him to worship that catered for his...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Brian Tamaki has found an unlikely supporter in the Mayor of Waitakere City.In a letter to the New Zealand Herald this week Bob Harvey compares the Destiny Church leader to the founders of the Salvation Army and Martin Luther,...
A Dabble at Blogging (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Wow I've been watching from afar, and I've been thinking about it for a long time - 5 years perhaps. I am interested in the truth. I can't make the truth out for myself from the other side of the world, closeted in a thoroughly white middle class market town in the middle of the midlands. But still I watch. And when I heard of this 700 men given an oath of allegiance to Bishop Brian Tamaki,...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Brian Tamaki is given up to $500,000 every year in donations from Destiny Church members on top of his six-figure salary, according to a former employee.The 7000-strong congregation is encouraged to donate money in an annual "First...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
It's about time someone asked Beyonce what she makes of this covenant proposed by Brian Tamaki's men.If you're a paid-up member of the Destiny's Church, a "spiritual son" of the self-appointed bishop, doesn't that make you Destiny's...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Destiny leader Brian Tamaki yesterday struck back at criticism of his church and oaths of allegiance sworn to him by parishioners.At an Auckland service that began with a request for cash and ended with the congregation vowing...
Big News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
God is not happy with Brian Tamaki I had a chat to God today and he told me that he is not happy with Brian Tamaki. Not happy at all. God told me that Tamaki is an arrogant prick, who leads a cult, not a church. And God is, as usual, right. Tamaki, you see, is the "spiritual father " of the Destiny Church , and all 700 male members of the church...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Destiny Church supporters parted with tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of watching 700 worshippers swear an oath of allegiance to leader Bishop Brian Tamaki.Church officials have confirmed "several thousand" people...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
“..Brian Tamaki is given up to $500,000 every year in donations from Destiny Church members on top of his six-figure salary .. .. according to a former employee. The 7000-strong congregation is encouraged to donate money in an annual “First Fruits” offering in an October service .. .. which is gifted to the self-appointed bishop for his own [...]
Big News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
More on the cult of Brian Garth George did really have one big scoop. But TV3 were also on the case on the cult of Brian. Cultwatch has upgraded Destiny's rating. Destiny was featured on Campbell Live last night [you can see that online here ].Campbell Live had a plant in last weekend's Destiny conference, but they wouldn't let TV3 reporter David Farrier in. I suggest you also check...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The leader of Destiny Church, Brian Tamaki, who not long ago anointed himself bishop of the church he founded, has now proclaimed himself the church's "spiritual father" and designated the male members of the church as "spiritual...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
In requiring its men to swear an oath of loyalty and obedience to Brian Tamaki, the Destiny Church - having glorified the messenger above the message - has begun to transform itself into a cult.The Concise Oxford Dictionary ...
Bene Diction Blogs On (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
New Zealand’s cult watch has placed Destiny Church at the danger level. The formerly apostolic, now independent prosperity gospel New Zealand mega church had 700 male church members swear an oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed bishop of Destiny, Brian Tamaki this weekend. Destiny Church falls under the cult of personality, and theologically and sociologically is [...]
Not PC (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Why all the outrage about Bishop Brian Tamaki and the ‘loyalty oath’ just sworn by 700 of his closest ‘sons. ’ Bishop Brian says he has a direct line to his God. But so does the Pope. He says that, as a representative of God, his ‘sons’ should avoid taking his name and person in vain. But so does the Ten Commandments. He says that his followers...
No Right Turn (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The Herald this morning reports on "Bishop" Brian Tamaki's latest move to transform his church into a wacky personality cult: forcing a personal oath of loyalty on his followers . Garth George - writing in his own words this time - denounces the move , exclaiming how 700 Kiwi men could accept this nonsense and swear lifetime fealty to a mere fallible mortal is quite beyond me....
