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==Rick Joyner========= |
Rick Joyner worked part-time in a Raleigh jazz club after leaving the Navy but quit when, as he put it, he "found out there is a God." He subsequently moved to Jackson, Mississippi and founded a charter air company. Rick Joyner and his wife, Julie, founded MorningStar Ministries in Jackson in 1983. In the mid 1990s Joyner was one of the all-male members of the "International Advisors-At-Large" to the evangelical Christian women's organization Aglow International. In 1997 Joyner purchased 320 acres of land in Wilkes County, North Carolina near Moravian Falls and moved the headquarters of MorningStar there from Charlotte. By 1999 his "religious empire" was grossing $8 million dollars a year and was denied a religious property tax exemption by the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Department director John C. Bailey said that "[w]ith MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly...If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the Department of Revenue's denial. Joyner is an adherent of Dominion Theology, which advocates the involvement in and eventual takeover of civil government by Christians
On Friday, May 26, MorningStar Ministries founder Rick Joyner suffered a series of strokes.
Acting President of MorningStar Ministries and Lead Pastor of MorningStar Church Chris Reed made the announcement on Pentecost Sunday:
"Our founder, Rick Joyner, had a stroke. It seemed that he had a succession of mini-strokes that, after the MRI was confirmed, he had a stroke on the right side of his brain. He's in the hospital and Julia is of course with him and his family," Reed told the MorningStar congregation.
"He has experienced some measure of loss of feeling on the left side, and to what extent or degree that is [unknown]. ...He has increased movement now on his left side [since Friday]," continues Reed.
--James Lasher; Charisma; Rick Joyner Hospitalized Following Series of Strokes 5.30.23
Acting President of MorningStar Ministries and Lead Pastor of MorningStar Church Chris Reed made the announcement on Pentecost Sunday:
"Our founder, Rick Joyner, had a stroke. It seemed that he had a succession of mini-strokes that, after the MRI was confirmed, he had a stroke on the right side of his brain. He's in the hospital and Julia is of course with him and his family," Reed told the MorningStar congregation.
"He has experienced some measure of loss of feeling on the left side, and to what extent or degree that is [unknown]. ...He has increased movement now on his left side [since Friday]," continues Reed.
--James Lasher; Charisma; Rick Joyner Hospitalized Following Series of Strokes 5.30.23
Apr 10, 2015: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner: God Is Using Radical Islam To Punish The World For 'Perversion And Abortion'
On today's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner declared that God is using radical Islam to punish the world for accepting "perversion and abortion."
Sept 18, 2014: Wolf Tracks: Rick Joyner on Ebola
No scripture supports the following statement by Rick Joyner …“I think everyone of God’s people are supposed to be able to enter into the heavenly realm and then to return with evidence of heavens reality and authority over everything on earth….”
Sept 12, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner Says Some Christians Can Cure Ebola Simply Through Their Presence
On yesterday's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner recounted the eight hours he spent in Heaven recently, as well as the regular face-to-face encounters he has been having with Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and the Prophet Elijah.
Mar 28, 2014: Bartholomews Notes On Religion: Rick Joyner and the Return of Mike Warnke
From the website of MorningStar, the ministry of Rick Joyner:
Feb 6, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Joyner: Civil War Inevitable Thanks To Obamacare
Televangelist Rick Joyner is convinced that a second revolution or a military coup are the only options left to fight President Obama, who he claims in his latest “Special Bulletin” is threatening government officials — including Chief Justice John Roberts — with blackmail.
1999: Deception In the Church: The False Teachings of Rick Joyner
The first time I picked up material written by Rick Joyner I immediately sensed the spirit of darkness and deception. Reading his material is similar to reading New Age materials.
On today's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner declared that God is using radical Islam to punish the world for accepting "perversion and abortion."
Sept 18, 2014: Wolf Tracks: Rick Joyner on Ebola
No scripture supports the following statement by Rick Joyner …“I think everyone of God’s people are supposed to be able to enter into the heavenly realm and then to return with evidence of heavens reality and authority over everything on earth….”
Sept 12, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Rick Joyner Says Some Christians Can Cure Ebola Simply Through Their Presence
On yesterday's "Prophetic Perspective on Current Events" program, Rick Joyner recounted the eight hours he spent in Heaven recently, as well as the regular face-to-face encounters he has been having with Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, and the Prophet Elijah.
Mar 28, 2014: Bartholomews Notes On Religion: Rick Joyner and the Return of Mike Warnke
From the website of MorningStar, the ministry of Rick Joyner:
Feb 6, 2014: Right Wing Watch: Joyner: Civil War Inevitable Thanks To Obamacare
Televangelist Rick Joyner is convinced that a second revolution or a military coup are the only options left to fight President Obama, who he claims in his latest “Special Bulletin” is threatening government officials — including Chief Justice John Roberts — with blackmail.
1999: Deception In the Church: The False Teachings of Rick Joyner
The first time I picked up material written by Rick Joyner I immediately sensed the spirit of darkness and deception. Reading his material is similar to reading New Age materials.