BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS...This message it to WARN people of God about this ministry of FRAUD. "Apostle" D S Mundell and "Pastor" Maya D. Johnson are defrauding the people of God. These two people started a "ministry" in Dallas, TX. and gave new Christians false hope of building a real ministry school and recieving minstry licenses, BOTH were totally false. This is not the first time such allegations have been brought against D S Mundell, he wasaccused of a simular scam in other locations in Florida.
In 2009, they came to Dallas and started a "CAMP MEETING" at the Hotel of Americas, in Southern Central Dallas. They started by giving away money and paying people's bill or making people 'THINK' they were paying bills. Actually the money raised from "OFFERINGS" and "VOWS" wasmost likelyused to pay the bills. Think about it, if you raise $2,000 on Thursday and pay a $1,000bill on Friday, they are not loosing any money. Shortly after they started a "FREE" school of ministry but each class gave 'OFFERINGS', this is a way to avoid futureliabilities.
On September 11, 2010, they held a graduation for these students at another low budget hotel in Dallas, Texas. There were over 200 students from this school that graduated, each paid anywhere from $100 to $300 for graduation items such as cap & gown, graduation photos and YES their MINISTRY LICENSE! The event was huge, great food, entertainment and recognition. ALL TO END UP BEING A TOTAL SCAM!!!
These students (NOW MINISTERS PER THE MINISTRY) were given a laminated piece of paper with their picture poorly placed on card with MINISTRY LICENSE VERBAIGE. Maya D. Johnson (IF THAT IS HER REAL NAME) did notadd her signature tothe paper. Several students reported showing this LICENSE to preach or serve in the community, only to be told it's not worth the paper it was printed on. The SCHOOL nor the LICENSE are real, TOTAL FAKES AND NOTvalid ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES!Abundant Spirtual Life Ministries led by D S Mundell andMaya DJohnson,have total decieved the Body of Christ and may be on their way to relocate to another city in Texas. There is a reason they were run out of FLORIDA! Now they are LURKING IN A NEW STATE.
These people will pay dearly for what they have done to people who trusted them and sowed into the ministry. If there is a member or former member reading this, Know that GOD IS REAL. Anything you read in the BIBLE is truth and vengance comes from GOD. I struggled for a long time about saying anything but it is time to expose this 'GROUP' and hopefully prevent them from going to another city or state doing this same thing to others. Once the money runs out, SO WILL THEY.
APOSTLE D.S.MUNDELL
LANCASTER,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, March 05, 2014
I Felt Through prayer and gods guidance it was time for me to speak out about this report.first of all what is rip off report a place where any one can go on and post anything about anyone they want to without worrying about legal problems of slander,rip off protects there name wont give it to you so you can persue legal actions.this report is absolutely false after investigation the report was written by the secretary of a jealous preacher that was fired by my wife for lying and stealing from ministry(school).if you want to contact us you can my cell#is972-365-7914.this invitation is open to all,including any newspaper reporter as well as t.v.i have all doc's i would be more than happy to show you.
If you notice the name given was a fake name from miami,if a person was telling the truth they could use there own name.our school is one of the best ask our 1000,00s of students instead of believing this trash.our bylaws and corporation include our school,it is no scam its real and has been underway since 1995 count the yrs.as far as s.fl.its easy to answer an exwife hell bent on destroying my ministry.the newspaper didnt go after me my ex(kimberly)went to them.most all of what they call facts were nothing but lies and half truths.i have all the doc"s proving that as well,contracts and court doc's.if you notice in newspaper they say s.florida yet besides my ex there are just a few people commenting.
I Have saved all doc's to one day prove the truth,i spoke with sally kestin and agreed to interveiw with her as long as they would not edit and twist my words and answers a round, she declined.my trips were done on points(delta) my hotels were done on points(marriott and hilton)no money was spent except food and tours of museums and such,that was given by committies in churh out of love on pastors appreciation day.i never sold church property to buy house,i sold our house and bought house.the papers my ex gave sally were phony.again i can sit down with anyone and show real doc's.some people dont want to know the truth,they would rather believe a lie.again you are more than welcome to contact me anytime including the news outlets.i have nothing to hide thats why you see my name contact info is 972-365-7914. if you notice mine and my wifes reponse will be pushed toward the bottom in hopes you wont read that far.you can also text me at that number or email me at [email protected]
i look forward to answering all of your questions.ripp off said to give my contact if,now lets see if they print it.
looking for answers
cedar hill,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, October 21, 2011
To a chorus of Amens and Thank You, Jesus, the Rev. Daniel S. Mundell tells followers God will free them of debt, even make them millionaires.Then comes the sales pitch: Back up your faith with donations. Give, even if its your last $100. Write a check. Pay by credit card.Preaching mostly to a low-income following, the Hallandale Beach-based evangelist has raised millions of dollars through services and crusades in South Florida and across the country.Former followers say the only one who seemed to attain wealth was the preacher.Before starting New Generation Ministries in 1991, Mundell had filed for bankruptcy protection and lost a home in a Foreclosure. By 2005, he was living in a $1.8 million estate in Safety Harbor, near Tampa, with basketball and tennis courts and a putting green.Money, Money, MoneyIf anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, {4} he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions {5} and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. {6} But godliness with contentment is great gain. {7} For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. {8} But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. {9} People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. {10} For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- The Bible, 1 Timothy 6:3-10 NIVResearch resources on Prosperity TeachingComments & resources by ReligionNewsBlog.comThe ministry paid the preacher $206,000 in 2005 and once provided him a Mercedes-Benz, a Jaguar and a Corvette, according to court records.Mundell, 55, declined to be interviewed, citing pending litigation. His wife of 20 years and former co-pastor, Kimberly, filed for divorce in October.Im not going to deny that it was lucrative, Kimberly Mundell told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.For 10 years, Mundell preached in the Fort Lauderdale area at the Solid Rock Family Worship Center under the umbrella of New Generation. He raised money for a new church but then left the congregation in 2004. The church was never built.Mundell traveled the country on crusades, soliciting donations for overseas mission trips he never took and making predictions to followers that they said never happened.Mundell is now back in South Florida, preaching at Good Shepherd Ministries in a strip mall in Hallandale Beach and rebuilding his ministry after filing for bankruptcy protection a second time last June. He hosts a weekday radio program broadcast in South Florida on WEXY (1520 AM) and several cities around the country.Do you need a miracle? Do you need someone to talk to? Mundell asked in a Feb. 6 broadcast. Well you can have that happen today, right over the telephone. As youre getting ready to dial the toll-free number that Im going to give you, your lifes getting ready to change.APPEAL TO THE POORAt its peak in the late 1990s, New Generation took in about $3 million a year, Mundell testified in a July bankruptcy court hearing. In addition to his Solid Rock congregation, he preached on the radio and TV through paid programming in multiple cities.Mundells message of abundant living helped the white preacher attract worshipers, most of them low- and middle-income blacks.What I believe was that he felt like he was called to help the rejected, the downtrodden, the forsaken, said Kimberly Mundell, who is black.Mundell is part of an unregulated network of traveling evangelists who say they can heal the sick, perform miracles and make the poor rich. They hold crusades mostly in poor neighborhoods, stay until the money stops coming in and split the proceeds 50/50 with the home church, said Kimberly Mundell, who traveled the revival circuit with her husband.In April, Mundell hosted Apostle J.G. Rice of Columbia, S.C., for a Flame of Fire crusade at Good Shepherd. Rice blessed attendees with miracle oil and at one service encouraged them to give $300 each in collection envelopes that included options to pay by credit or debit card.Last year, Mundell teamed with the Rev. W.V. Grant of Dallas. Grant spent more than a year in federal prison after a 1996 conviction for failing to report $375,000 in taxable income in the purchase of two homes, including his $1 million residence.Grants miracle revival at Good Shepherd lasted more than six months.Fifteen thousand souls have been saved. Scores have come out of wheelchairs, off the crutches, canes and out of their braces, Grant wrote in an October letter to prospective attendees.My short leg grew out 3 inches! said the caption over one mans photo.I no longer have epilepsy! said another.Grant could not be reached despite messages left at his Dallas church.Phillip Umphres, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Dallas who prosecuted Grant, described the traveling evangelists as a small community.Theres a whole little subculture and they know each other, he said. Theyll borrow each others written materials if theyre successful.NO SILVER SPOONBorn in southern California, Mundell describes in sermons a childhood of poverty. Raised by his Pentecostal grandparents, Mundell says he was saved at the age of 4 and began preaching the Gospel at 8.I didnt come from no family with a silver spoon, Mundell said in a Feb. 25 broadcast. My daddy was a prisoner in San Quentin [Calif.] Prison. The whole time I was growing up we had to go visit him there.California archive records show Mundells now-deceased father spent less than four months at San Quentin. He first entered prison in 1961, just before Mundell turned 9, for writing a bad check and returned twice for parole violations, serving a total of less than four years, according to the records.Mundell preaches that he is living proof of miracles, paralyzed from the waist down from a 1976 car accident in California. Told by doctors hed never walk again, Mundell says Jesus healed him one night two and half years later.California police agencies no longer have records from that time. Kimberly Mundell, who met her husband after he says he was healed, said she pressed him for evidence, but he never produced any.If what he says is true, it truly is a miracle, said Maria Amador, director of education at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami School of Medicine.Preaching financial prosperity, Mundell tells followers that above all God wants them rich. God made me debt-free and blessed me with multi-million-dollar wealth, he said in a sermon dated Nov. 10, 2006, on his Web site.By then, Mundell had stopped making mortgage payments on his Safety Harbor home, which he lost in Foreclosure in January. In his bankruptcy petition last year, he listed debts of $1.5 million on the home, credit card bills including $10,385 to Saks Fifth Avenue, and $28,041 in unpaid child support for a daughter from a previous marriage.We believed and taught that there was nothing wrong with being prosperous, so the lifestyle fit what he was teaching, preaching, except we werent debt-free, said Kimberly Mundell, who was not a party in the bankruptcy filing. We were in debt trying to live the lifestyle.That lifestyle included European vacations, $1,000 shoes, Rolex watches, and fine Italian suits, she said. And it took root in South Florida.TRUST GOD AND GIVEThe ministrys success soared after Mundell settled in Fort Lauderdale in 1994 and started Solid Rock.We hit big, Kimberly Mundell said.Within three months of his first service in a Lauderdale Lakes office park, Mundell was drawing crowds exceeding 800 worshipers.Annette Hopkins of Margate, who met Mundell on a crusade, was so taken by the preacher that she moved from St. Louis to South Florida in 1998 to be part of his ministry.People believed in him, she said. You were encouraged not to hold back in your giving, to trust God.Hopkins said she donated tens of thousands of dollars.Former Fort Lauderdale resident Winnie Francis, now of Land O Lakes on Floridas west coast, said she gave about $20,000 one year. I wasnt even earning that much, Francis said, adding that she used savings and proceeds from property she sold.Preaching mainly from schools and leased buildings, Mundell told his congregation he would build a church.It was going to be beautifully decorated, Hopkins recalled. I gave, we gave.Property records show New Generation purchased 4.5 vacant acres in Oakland Park in 2003, land upon which Mundell said a church would rise. A little more than a year later, Mundell closed Solid Rock without ever breaking ground.The very night he said the church was closing, he took up a collection, Hopkins said. We never knew what happened to the money.In June 2005, New Generation sold the land for an $800,000 profit. Two months later, Mundell and his wife bought their $1.8 million estate, putting down $525,000, records show.Kimberly Mundell said the couple used some of the proceeds from the land sale in the purchase of their home. She provided New Generation bank records that show four payments totaling $189,366, three to an escrow account and the fourth to a title company.We felt that was the churchs money, Hopkins said.Now 71, Hopkins said she had planned to retire but is working as a substitute teacher as a result of the money she gave to Mundell.I have no regrets, she said. I gave it to the Lord.As for the preacher, Hopkins said: Its over for me and his ministry.MONEY FOR MISSIONSSandy Miller met Mundell at a crusade in Dallas in 2006.He just was friendly, knew you on a first-name basis, she said. He did a lot of promising, that its your time for the Lord to bless you financially.Miller said she gave the preacher about $16,000. Her daughter, Kelly Smith of Santa Monica, Calif., said she reviewed her mothers financial records and calculated the total was $43,000.Mundell talked about his missionary work in poor countries. Skeptical, Smith attended a crusade he held in Los Angeles and pressed the preacher for details of his work via e-mails, copies of which she provided to the Sun-Sentinel.Mundell sent Smith photos from India, though he was not in them, and an e-mail that he described as confirmation of an upcoming trip to Africa.We are under a great burden of finance for our upcoming mission trips, he wrote to Smith on Aug. 13, 2006. I want to ask you if you can give an offering any thing would help, also you may have some friends that might want to help I have to send a payment next week.Miller said the mission trips never occurred. Kimberly Mundell said they were canceled because we did not have the money to go.Miller, 66, now lives in an assisted living facility in Glendale, Calif., unable to pay her bills, and is financially dependent on her daughter. She said her once-trusted preacher stopped taking her calls.He dropped me like a hot potato, Miller said.PROMISING MONEYMundells message of prosperity struck a chord with his mostly poor followers in North Carolina, said Monte Carr, who had heard Mundells radio show and helped bring the preacher there for crusades, the last one in 2006.He promises in his broadcasts that somebodys mortgage is going to get paid, somebodys bills are going to get paid, Carr said. Thats what appealed to us was the idea and concept of giving back to the people of need.Mundell urged crusade attendees to give donations and in return God would bless them, Carr said.Carr said one follower took out a $600 loan. Another, a Hurricane Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, gave the preacher her $1,000 tax refund. Carr herself gave the preacher $1,000, she said.Im in the middle of a divorce, Carr said. He said, Gods going to send you a wonderful husband; hes going to be a minister. I havent seen this man yet.Carr said attendees complained to her when their blessings never came true.He continues to send these people letters saying, Give me money and in seven days this and that is going to happen to you, Carr said. These people believe in him and theyre sending their hard-earned money, and these things never happen.Mundell continued holding crusades and in March 2007, started a ministers training school in Norfolk, Va. He held Sunday services and again raised money for a church.Todays offering is going to be the first offering going into the property, not because I need it, you need to give, Mundell said on a videotape of a class last spring.He never said where the property was, who he was trying to buy it from, but he wanted us to give, said student Vera Jackson.The church never materialized. Within several months, Mundell left Norfolk and the 300 students who enrolled in his school. LaVerne Johnson, a school bus driver, said students gave donations, including $100 for a cap and gown and graduation banquet to be held in February.We did not get to graduate, Johnson said.Mundell had returned to Florida amid mounting personal debt and allegations of domestic violence.FAMILY TURBULENCEOn Oct. 7, sheriffs deputies were called to the Mundells Safety Harbor home. The preacher told them he had called a family meeting so he could fire Kimberly and her daughter from the ministry board, said sheriffs spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda.On Oct. 9, Kimberly Mundell sought a domestic violence protection order from her husband, saying he had slapped me, punched me, dragged me by my hair, choked me, she wrote in Pinellas County court records.Kimberly Mundells mother, Loyce Alexander, who lived with the couple, wrote in a court statement that she saw Mundell beat and kick my daughter on many occasions.One time, I was told if I called 911 he would stomp her to death and beat me, too, wrote Alexander, 78, who said she needed a walker to get around. These fights would always take place when he would return home from doing a revival. He would be very drunk. A judge granted the order, prohibiting Mundell from being within 500 feet of his home or the ministrys office, also in Safety Harbor.On Oct. 22, Pinellas sheriffs deputies arrested Mundell at the ministry office on a misdemeanor charge of violating that order, according to records. Mundell has pleaded not guilty, and the case is set for trial in June.In an e-mail to the Sun-Sentinel, Mundell said his wife obtained the order after she had been fired, listing my office as her place of employment.She did so to shut the ministry down, knowing it was no longer her place of employment, he wrote. I went to my office to collect docs [sic] and equipment.While in the Pinellas County Jail, Mundell was served with divorce papers. He has filed a counterclaim, calling his marriage irretrievably broken.Now preaching at Good Shepherd in Hallandale Beach, Mundell said during an April 27 service that he was called back to South Florida, and predicted that soon lines would form outside with people waiting to get into the mostly empty but growing church. He urged the crowd of about 40 to pledge donations of $100 a month and told them they were on their way to a debt-free life.On his radio program, Mundell has announced plans to start a ministers school on May 17, and recently sent a letter to prospective donors with a packet of gold dust and instructions to sprinkle it on their bills and credit cards.God is poised to bless you with prosperity and abundance, Mundell wrote. However, He can only do it as you OBEY HIS FAITH INSTRUCTIONS!Mundell urged SEED-OF-FAITH donations of $7.23 to $25.23, in reference to a Biblical passage that says God rewards faithful servants. The letter ended with a voucher containing payment options and the words, Dear Pastor Mundell, I would like to sow my seed offering on my credit card.Staff Writer Georgia East contributed to this report. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel does not have a dedicated religion news section, but you can search the paper for religion news
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meihi sihi barbara myers merrick
dallas,#4Consumer Comment
Wed, February 09, 2011
Let's talk dollars and GOD bless sence. now as you know all money (American) money anyway have a face on it. every nickle every dime, and every quater and penny. don't forget the kind that fold the kind that will make you sale your soul the ONE BIG EYE that see everything. how you are spending it and where you are sending it. well let me inform you(GOD DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY!) GOD want to see how you will handing his money that he entrusted you with. now if you are bring it to the stoerhouse then it's all good and blessed.because GOD's HOUSE of PRAISE and WORSHIP alway's need to be maintained at it's best and it take money to do so. you know that MR. BILL and MRS. NEEDMO will come around at anytime. MR. BILL running around shouting PASS DUE! MRS. NEEDMO crying i need more money to pay pass due. well money to me means- MASTER OF NATIONS EVERLASTING YEARS. people don't let money change your heart toward GOD, because it's not an inportant part of the body of CHRIST. YOU ARE! here at ABUNDANT SPITURAL LIFE MINISTERY we know that all money have in GOD WE TRUST on it, and accuser (devil) that's who we TRUST. if all the rich man in the world would put there money together there would not be enough to go around. that's why we need JESUS. to save our soul form the devil's green. JESUS paid our bill in full and there is no lack, and as we pray needmo just set back and relax, GOD IS IN CONTROL. MEIHI SIHI--OK --- ONE KING. STAY FOCUS.
meihi sihi barbara myers merrick
dallas,#5Consumer Comment
Wed, February 09, 2011
I heard that there was a camp fire meeting held by the Abundant Spiriual Life ministries. i know that GOD was there, i only wish that i had been . i love to be where the presence of GOD is. i know that the fire was burning bright and GOD's word gave true light, to those that could not see, next time will you please invite me? we can sing songs of praise and thank (GOD) for bless days. so those of you that don't have anything to do, come to our camp fire meeting and GOD bless you. you will say when is the next CAMP FIRE MEETING WITH GOD? don't bring a thing, GOD has everything, (under control)so in the meantime and in between time come and let his fire(HOLY SPIRIT) consume your soul. i have been to a camp fire meeting bless by GOD, and did i catch a fire? YES! i am still on fire for GOD.so let the word of GOD fan your flame, i bet you want be the same. we as children of the most HIGH GOD we need those CAMP FIRE MEETINGS to fan our flame to keep the fire burning. it is better to burn on earth for GOD, than to burn in ell with the devil for ever. MEIHI SIHI-- OK--- ONE KING. STAY FOCUS.
meihi sihi barbara myers merrick
dallas,#6Consumer Comment
Wed, February 09, 2011
I'm a student at Abundant Spiritual Life Ministries and also a member of the church. I’ve' been out due to illness (school and church). I returned to church on Sunday and was blessed by God to hear my pastor teach the anointed word of GOD.
After all that blessed anointed teaching, I had to hear that the school and the church were under attack by the Accuser (Satan). I don't know why people are so surprised when they hear what the accuser (Satan) has done or what he is doing, that’s his job, to accuse you before GOD day and night. As children of the most high GOD, we should always be focus on the things of GOD. Some are called by GOD to do the work of GOD and some are lead by unclean (spirits). To the Accuser, (Satan) you had to be lead to the school by an unclean (spirit) and not called by the most high GOD.
Let each of us, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior, put on our spiritual eyeglasses and see the Accuser (Satan) for what he really is. He has no eyes, he has no mouth, he has no hands, he has no feet, and without us he has NOBODY. So I say to you again, the Accuser (Satan) “Tell the Truth and shame the Devil”.
TellMEIHI SIHI
john demoin
dallas,#7General Comment
Sun, January 30, 2011
now im not a smart man, but i know one thing, what was mine will b mine again and what the devil took will come back and yes please give to the ministry so we can keep on this is the message i hear every week from both of the people acused....
now hear me out to the defense see im a soldior a champion, a warior for christ
i see your point but hear is the deal if you dont get blessed then its not what he did or she did its what you did
let me give this to you....i lost my wife my home my car and all i had and the devil took it..from me and then a friend invited me to the church and i was blessed two weeks later my wife was home now we stay with family with a roof on our head and im working on the vehical as we speak..
so when you speak of my pastor and my apostol you better know what you are saying.. now your a bold indavidual but remeber every man has the right to know his acusser so is this why you left it out hay by the way. years ago the devil took a good friend and a preacher from the world guess what we are back and im a warior. as far as your tithes its to pay bills and a vow is to feed or supplie a need hay guess what im blessed are you...
my final thought
i know one thing read ezekiel 30:20-26
then listen to my words im not a preacher nor a apostal but i am a chapion and i will fight for what i believe in god and what hes doing here and as far as making money well guess what everyone here are champions and we are all to preach the word and no were does it say with a license so let me ask you why
are you so hung on a license. and by the way tell your lawyers to join the devil were hes at
god bless my enemy on this but you are to know i will stand firm on my be life
and no i spelled that right im standing on what im gonna be soon very soon
get the behind me satan and hefleed. god bless all
Abundant Spiritual Life Ministries
Oregon,#8REBUTTAL Individual responds
Sat, January 29, 2011
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
As the Pastor of this Ministry, I am absolutely disgusted to read this foolishness. Satan is busy using whoever will allow him. We will not pull any punches in this response.
Abundant Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc. is a registered TX Corporation a 501C3 and per our Articles of Incorporation we are a Church and have an Adult Ministry School. As such, we have the right to License and Ordain Ministers much like other religious organizations. Go to any of them and youll see foolishness wont be tolerated either. And then of course they will be wrong too.. Right?
These baseless allegations are taken seriously by us. How cowardly to hide yourself. Per Apostle Mundell -Never again, will I naively believe that my silence and not being baited be enough to prove my innocence! I will not fail to respond with an attorney to put an end to vicious slander. 50 years in the ministry serving, and blessing thousands right here in this area. If you dont know me by now.. But I will keep on praising him.
This site and others are used to attack anyone simply because they feel they have the freedom to do so without revealing themselves. How cowardly to hide yourself.
The writers motives must be called into question. First, just as they have done here; anyone can accuse anyone but that does not make the allegations true. The reference that Apostle Mundell has been accused yes but the accuser was another who did not get their way, had his very life threatened for the ministry and yet would not back down. Oh, and by the way as he has been vindicated, where were you? Or is it that you are consumed by hatred, or whatever it is that motivates you, that even legal documents, affidavits etc. proving his innocence still isnt good enough for you?
This site tells you, that they do not verify, substantiate anything on it. In other words, just like this person anyone can write anything about anyone. So how do you trust anything you read on this website? They have no interest in whether its truth or lies. Anything for sensationalism. You can use fictious information. However, that does not make it true as it is not! YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT THIS LETTER OF RESPONSE IS REAL, AS IS OUR PROMISE TO DEFEND THIS MINISTRY AND ITS LEADERSHIP WITH EVERY RESOURCE THE LAW ALLOWS.
I question the credibility of the writer of this garbage.
YOU DECIDE WHERE THE TRUTH LIES.. What they failed to mention with reference to the camp meeting they wrote: They came to Dallas and started a "CAMP MEETING" at the Hotel of Americas, in Southern Central Dallas. They started by giving away money and paying people's bill or making people 'THINK' they were paying bills. Actually the money raised from "OFFERINGS" and "VOWS" was most likely used to pay the bills. Think about it, if you raise $2,000 on Thursday and pay a $1,000 bill on Friday. Shortly after they started a "FREE" school of ministry but each class gave 'OFFERINGS', this is a way to avoid future liabilities.
DID THEY FORGET THAT APOSTLE MUNDELL CAME TO DALLAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANOTHER APOSTLE, JAMES BRODNAX (GDM Ministry)???
I SAY FAILURE TO DISCLOSE THIS WAS A CONVENIENT OMISSION ON THEIR PART.
Apostle Mundell has for years clearly stated that he is doing what the Apostles did in
Acts 4:32-37 they shared everything they had... There were no needy persons among them .From time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles feet and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.
How then, and where then is there fraud. How many churches have you been to that takes an offering and gives back to the people. Then they didnt have the overhead expenses like radio, printing and computers etc.. But go figure, if and when an offering barely met the bills then what? Did Apostle Mundell ask you for it? Of course not, the ministry paid it. He kept the promise every time. If the writer feels that giving, blessing those in need by paying their bills and even question if their bills were actually paid the money order receipts to the finance companies, apt management, electric companies, etc (which we have) and there was taping a camera in the center aisle, it aired on a local TV station. Did this accuser miss the camera? Maybe the writer is upset that their bill wasnt paid.
IF, IF AND IF the writer of this filth felt that taking care of the needs of the people, giving mothers money for gas and food, etc. was wrong, then read James 2: 14-20
What does the Word sayIf you have aught against your brother take it to them. Maybe this writer applies the part of the Word they like.
All offerings are freewill, its announced on the air, in the classes, in the church.. If you have a penny sow and God will bless. You cannot reap if you dont sow! Gods law. Future liabilities? My, what a careful choice of words. You want back what you say you gave to God? Im sure from just this ministry only not GDM ministry, just this one. Giving to God or man? You get mad at the man and say you want offering back, is that it?
Those who dont have $25 registration fee are admitted, and we dont go back hounding them for it; bounce a check, we dont hound you for bad check and fees. Be an accountant with God???
Why has this writer failed to mention Apostle Brodnax and his GDM Ministry? Why is the attack made against Apostle Mundell, Pastor Johnson and ASL Ministry ONLY? Are we to understand that when Apostle Brodnax was handing out money orders paying bills and giving cash to someone in the congregation, it was just fine with you, you didnt have a problem with it? You just cant believe that Apostle Mundell was giving the money orders, paying the bills or giving cash. You had a problem with believing it then? Some complain not matter what you do not matter how. Is there ever and pleasing you?
We didnt send you to a Board, nor do we ask you to pay it back, we dont ask for proof of income We believe in giving and for that you curse us..
The writer says they are not loosing any money - the writer of this garbage deliberately fails to acknowledge that there were 2 ministries 2 Apostles Mundell and Brodnax. WHY?? The writer fails to acknowledge finances needed to operate in the ministry, to have a meeting space., radio, etc. Speaking in tongues doesnt pay the bills.
Quite frankly, the omissions have been deliberate - to malign Apostle Mundell and Pastor Johnson. Hatred and obsession. Its sad that Christ died and shed his blood for ALL of us! Ones color should not matter. Some who come to the School and church have, like this accuser have spout off racist remarks, referring to Apostle Mundell as that white man. If Christs skin was different from yours, does that mean that his blood was and is unacceptable to you, or not good enough? We cannot say we love God, when we curse our brothers and sisters as we have been made in Gods image. Hence, when we curse our brother we are curse God. Skin color should not matter, when Genesis says that He made man and woman in his image. It doesnt say He made white or black. Read it, it says man and woman!
When some didnt get their way and the realization came that the Dean of the school was indeed in charge of its operation, they had a problem when they also realized that Apostle Mundell would not bend to suit them or compromise. Many dont like another woman in charge, heaven help us if she is a strong woman dealing other women of the same race. THE FACT OF THE MATTER WAS - A STRONG WOMAN AND A WHITE MAN WERE THE TWO THINGS A FEW UNCHRIST LIKE SAINTS HAD A PROBLEM WITH AND WERENT ASHAMED TO SAY SO DURING THE MIDST OF THEIR TEMPER TANTRUMS..
This writer IGNORANTLY, definitely makes the untrue claim that - There is a reason they were run out of FLORIDA! Now they are LURKING IN A NEW STATE. Well Abundant Spiritual Life Ministries is alive active and prosperous under Pastor, Curtis Bessiant and Assistant Pastor, Ruth Jackson in the Fort Lauderdale, Fl location. We are still there! There are currently 2 Ministry training classes in session held weekly and a third will be added. Some of the Florida students participated in the graduation ceremony held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 AT THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL 35/STEMMONS Dallas. As advertised and announced on KGGR radio M-F 3:00 p.m.
We inform and encourage all students from the very beginning that this is a 2 year course. Different states have different regulations as what licensed or ordained ministers can and cannot do.
Graduation costs were $150.00 per student. Thats in writing too. NO STUDENT PAID $300.00 FOR THEIR GRADUATION. A few of the students who grasped the concept of giving, offered to and paid for or assisted one or two others who could not afford the graduation fees.
This cost covered, caps, gowns, tassles, hotel auditorium, decorations, flowers, banners, administrative costs, 3 meat buffet including NY steak, cheese, fruit appetizer 10 desserts, plus gratituties etc. Oh, I did I say it was at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. What kind of hotel did the writer say it was? We believe that our students deserved the best, which we gave them. ASL Ministry paid for 20 students who could not afford to pay the fee. You do the math. We denied the request of only 2 students this, prior to their expulsion from the school. ASL made no profit from this event.
No ministry is required to open any of their records to anyone, not even you. How many are like Thomas, you have to see it to believe it. Stop judging us by your standards. Some of us just happen to do it for the love of God.
Keep watching for the Abundant Spiritual Life Ministry web site which will be up in 2-3 weeks. The video of the graduation and testimonies from current students will be available for viewing. SEE FOR YOURSELF! See the Graduates in Black caps and gowns. The Ministry Training School under Apostle Mundell has been licensing and ordaining ministers since 1994.
The School was also in partnership with GDM Apostle James Brodnax - you forgot him how and why? Ummh
Unfortunately, some who call themselves men and women of God are still on milk, dont like and discipline or correction. However, the Word of God in Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves disciple loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. NIV
It is obvious that the writer - (IF THAT IS HER REAL NAME).. of this foolishness, has issue with Pastor Johnson and likely received discipline, or was expelled from the school for their behaviors. Jesus dismissed Judas from his presence.
Sadly, some have come to this ministry feeling that could behave anyway they chose. Some fought over seats, with each other, cursing, gossiping, were disruptive etc. NO, we would not tolerate these behaviors, and some didnt like the correction, or refusal to compromise or put up with inappropriate unchristian like behavior. Because the School is free, doesnt mean we will put up with this kind of mess. Ask yourselves, the person that wrote these accusations, was obviously a student, wonder why they arent now. The venom, lies, hatred, wed give you a license why? Not from this ministry.
We will not tolerate for the sake of any offering, any kind of mess. Nor will we compromise for the sake of money. If and when needed, these ministries has and have used the services of an attorney to do what is necessary to defend ourselves against malicious, slander and defamation.
2 Timothy 3:16 ALL Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for TEACHING THATS THE ONLY PART OF IT SOME OF US WANT, WE WANT TO WINDOW SHOP KEEP READING REBUKING, CORRECTING AND TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Romans 12:1 - Present your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable.The writer of these accusations, Im sure will say they are holy How can that be when, you are persecuting the Body of Christ. Whether you agree or disagree with our ministry you have freedom to choose. Youve chosen. Great! As the Word says vengeance belongs to God you are taking this on yourself why??
No matter how hard you work, how much you give, how much you put others first, someone still finds fault. Even Christ didnt please everybody, no matter how many miracles he performed. He told his disciples the world hated him, so they would us.
This ministry, Apostle Mundell and myself have been threatened previously, because we will not compromise to the whims and wills of some immature people nor will we leave. We have been sent to do a work, Gods work and its obvious that Satan himself is mad. We will expand out to other locations with Dallas as our base. We came in peace and stay in peace. We are not in competition with anyone else. If fact, we all could have churches overflowing if only we could all get along.
You make false accusations about everything. When and if you are completely soled out for God you can live clean no matter the situation or circumstances. We dont spend our time and will not again bother to take the time to address these lies. God says I can. Either he and his word are true (We know they are!) or you just arent there yet. Satan tries to distract us and take our eyes off of our Lord and Savior. Jesus told Peter that Satan wanted to sift him. Jesus said but, I prayed for you that your faith will.
This is quite obviously, a personal vendetta and if you wish to remove your cloak we will happily as weve done before let our attorney take care of this defamation and slander
Foolishly many unlearned, believe that we as Christians are to be doormats. Christ was not a doormat. He healed, fed the hungry, and raised the dead, cried tears for his friend Lazarus and . John 2:15-16 SO HE MADE A WHIP OUT OF CORDS, AND DROVE ALL . Because we are Christians doesnt mean we rollover like rover!
Not everyone is for everybody but tell all of the facts. Tell the facts truthfully, make sure your hands are indeed clean and your motives are pure.
Everyone else is always doing wrong, why are you so enraged, so possessed with envy, when our Father is perfect love!
We will pray for you and may God bless you..