MAFIA MINISTRY

Hi, my name is Cheryl Brown, and the reason I wrote M A F I A MINISTRY, A Crying Shame is to shed light on spiritual abuse by “pastors” and televangelists who preach one thing on TV yet live another type of lifestyle off the screen and pulpit. M A F I A MINISTRY, A Crying Shame is a memoir based on the true accounts of when I first came into the world of “Christian ministry”. I found hope in the prosperity teachings and started to wholeheartedly give my all to the “ministry”: my heart, money, time, mind, body and soul. The prosperity gospel was being taught to me heavily and I was in it knee deep, devoted to such concepts as “naming it and claiming it ,” “sowing seeds of money,” and “sacrificially giving,” all while the pastors are styling and profiling. You can’t even pay your bills because you constantly are pushed to give money. You better not dare ask them for help with anything. I was leaving a domestic violence relationship when I came into the church, and other abuses had taken place in my life from as far back as I can remember. I was a very vulnerable and broken person.

I went on to work for one of the most famous televangelists in the world today, Pastor Benny Hinn. I worked as a maid for him and his family in his parsonage and television studio. I also was a member of his “church” at World Healing Center Church at the hands of his unqualified son-in-law Michael Koulianos, and his daughter Jessica. My son and I endured several levels of emotional and spiritual abuses from Benny Hinn Ministries. That eventually led me into the wrong hands of other “ministries” which ultimately abused me further. It has been five years since I left Pastor Benny’s home, and I have just gotten to the point where I have been able to not constantly live in fear of them hurting me anymore.

I spent all of these years suffering mentally, physically, emotionally, financially, socially, but most of all spiritually because of all of the abuse I endured stemming from the hands of Benny Hinn and his “ministry”. He is a charismatic master of deception and manipulation and he is ruthless! He has caused many sheep to suffer as he arrogantly lives in lavishness and steps on the necks of the feeble and poor. He loves to be served. There are many Benny Hinn followers all over the world that send money into his ministry and several other ministries like his. I can give you a firsthand account that your money cannot be trusted with Benny Hinn.

He “curses” anyone that goes “against” his “ministry” but today I have the boldness to come out and let the chips fall where they may. This has been a journey of recovery for me and my son. I would like anyone that find themselves or knows someone that is dealing with spiritual abuse to get help immediately. Spiritual abuse is on the rise today in every part of the world. These predators must be stopped! This book should be for 18 years and up unless under the direction of an adult.