Thursday, May 10, 2012

Mother's Day at Light of the World Church (another money cometh scam)

As Mother's Day approaches once again this weekend, I want to extend a Happy Mother's Day to all.  Mom's are very special people, especially if you are part of Light of the World Church in Ft Pierce, FL.

While I was there, we would plan a mother's day celebration, not for the mom's in the church, but for Joyce Leiphon the pastor of LOTWC.  This is how it works:

All of the core group would receive an email from one of Joyce's assistants extolling the virtues of the pastor and how much of a blessing to us she is and how she means so much to us etc.  We would have a list of items of appreciation to contribute to.  All these items were approved by Joyce herself or a close family member.  Actually there was a "gift fund" we would put additional monies in each week/month for these special occasion's. This in addition to the other offerings to Joyce Leiphon.  I remember we had a private meeting and some of the families who were struggling in their finances wanted to make something simple, you know, something from the heart, a simple card or handmade gift.  A big NO was the answer they got!  Our pastor deserves the very best and we will not do anything less than that!

So on Mother's Day, Joyce Leiphon would receive lavish gifts, one year it was a big screen tv, an I-pad, cash money etc.  The leadership, (I was one) would give a small speech and sing a song to her for all she did for us.  Imagine that, a song of praise to a person, (I've since repented and sing only songs of praise to the only one of whom all praise is deserved!) Then, those who wanted to say something and give her a gift would be able to speak.  One of the only times anyone was able to speak (with gift in hand).  We would even call Joyce Leiphon our "spiritual mother".  The spiritual mother thing always bothered me and even then I was uncomfortable calling Joyce Leiphon, "Mom".

I'm not against showing appreciation to anyone, however in the case of hijacking Mother's Day and using it to earthly gain in the name of Jesus is just plain WRONG!  Calling Joyce Leiphon "my spiritual mother" was off base and elevating her to a higher level than deserved was totally WRONG!

I'm glad and thanks be to God that my eyes were opened and set free from this false gospel that is really a cult.  Celebrate your Mom this weekend.  Joyce Leiphon, you are not special and do not deserve the worship you demand from your followers.






19 comments:

  1. What a cult. Didn't Jim Jones pastor of the People's Temple (Jonestown) in Guyana where there was the mass suicide of 900+ people in 1978; didn't he ask his followers to do similar things for him?

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  2. Jim Jones demanded that his followers call him "dad". Interesting that JL wants her followers to call her "mom" Is there a parallel here?

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  3. This pastor has virtues? Since when? Is such a blessing to her followers? Means so much to them? LOL Obviously they don't know her like thousands of others in the community do. This woman is so full of herself.

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  4. Joyce's ego and "self-importance" are going to catch up with her one of these days; maybe not even on this earth, but some day she will stand in judgment before the Lord. Again, this is so typical of a sociopath. They think they are more special and more deserving than everyone else and that is why she is putting out the word for everyone to lavish her with elaborate expensive gifts.

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  5. She has denied the LORD JESUS CHRIST by preaching as she is. all those who follow her are in grave danger. I am pleading with everyone who reads these post to Pray seek the face of God to give you what is needed to bring your loved one out of this cult. All prosperity is in the Cross of Jesus Christ and His Shed Blood. Pride is the downfall of all men. Only God and Father of Jesus Christ deserves to be worshiped. What was going through your minds when you were worshiping this woman? She is not I repeat she is not called of God to preach His gospel. She is called by her father the devil. All liars are from the devil. Where is the change in her life. I have seen none. She has always been about money. Always wanting to be worshiped. I should no she claims that I raised her. However, I must say a 7 year old cannot raise a child. This should tell you how warped her mind is. She teaches one thing to you but it doesn't apply to her as she thinks she has attained the prize. She has become God. It makes me sick to my stomach for this my blood sister to mock my God as she does. I am praying that MY God closes her down even if she has to go to jail to stop perverting the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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  6. Joyce is obviously not well. How sad to see a once beautiful, vibrant, productive, and intelligent woman spiral downward into such depths of despair and darkness and loss of touch with reality. She truly needs all of our prayers.

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  7. Sorry, I meant to say in the above post the word "desperation", not "despair" (referring to the fact that this woman has become so desperately needy for material things in her life.)

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  8. Just to give you an example of how greedy and evil and money-hungry this pastor is, I learned from the family that when she divorced one of her many husbands and threw him out of the house (the one who is now 100 percent disabled and is an amputee in a wheelchair), the "good pastor" demanded that he provide her with a car to drive and make the payments for her and also demanded that he pay her alimony every month, among other things. And this is the husband who raised her children.

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  9. KARMA - What goes around, comes around.

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  10. Philippians.3:13-21
    Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended : but one things I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us as many as are mature have this mind and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless to the degree that we have already attained let us walk by the same rule let us be of the same mind. 17 Brethren join in following My example and note those who so walk as you have us for a pattern. 18. For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 whose end is destruction whose god is their belly and whose glory is in their shame who set their ,mind on earthly things.
    Joyce considers me and anyone who does not buy HER gospel of GREED as immoral Christian that the bible tell us if you will not correct your life style once Knowing Jesus Christ then you have nothing to do with them. So everyone that does not look to her as their god they are not to be associated with as they are sinners going to hell. Joyce is leading you all to Hell. Read the Word of God for your self and allow the HOLY SPIRIT to tell you what HE means in the scripture you read. I beleive Joyce knows she is telling all of you a crop of lies. She wants your money. She doesn't care about your spiritual being. Greed. Our Father God the God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead is the only God To worship. This God not Joyce is the HOLY SPIRIT. Only HE can tell you what HIS word means to you at the stage of spiritual growth. Please do as PAUL tells us in the Epistles to seek The riches of God not the riches of the WORLD.

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  11. Hello "spiritual mother" Isn't it about time for you to marry another husband so God will tell you to divorce him too? You're slacking.

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  12. Spiritual mother. LOL. I am still rolling on the floor. Tee, hee, hee,hee. This woman is so evil that she is going to end up going where she has told hundreds of people they are going -to Hell. She has treated people so horribly and destroyed so many lives and made so many other lives miserable, yet anything she does is perfectly acceptable. The "Rev" is always right and everyone else is always wrong. The true earmark of a sociopath. You need to clean up your act, "Rev" - eternity sure is a long time to spend in Hell, and unless you get it together and repent and start treating people with some respect, that's exactly where your're headed. Excuse me, I have to go roll on the floor and laugh some more - "spiritual mother" my behind. Tee, hee, hee, hee.

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  13. What piques the interest of so many people about Joyce is that she has always told everyone that they are wrong and she is right, not to mention that she has talked to people and treated them like they are dirt on the ground and reduced them to tears, and that they are all going to go to Hell for this or that or one thing or another. Joyce Leiphon thinks she is worthy of being worshipped and is almighty perfect and can do no wrong, and anyone who doesn't agree with her or crosses her or doesn't see eye to eye with her or share her exact religious beliefs is doomed and going to Hell. The ultimate sociopath.

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  14. I wonder if any of her followers truly read the Word of God and ask God to give them the understanding they need. Seems to me Joyce has become a Pope like in the Roman Catholic church. What a joke

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  15. I doubt that any of her followers are permitted to study the Bible and read the Word of God, since this is a cult that controls who they can talk to, what they can watch, and what they can read. Apparently they are commanded to follow the "Word of Joyce" rather than the Word of God. You are right - everything about Joyce is a joke, not to mention what a phony she is.

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    1. I'm not defending Pastor Joyce or anything, but I know for a fact that they study the Bible, my blood relative is very very involved in this Church.
      Don't get me wrong I'm concerned too.
      The crazy thing is that the person I'm talking about studies the Bible more than most people I know, I wish I had the motivation to read my Bible that much, but still something is seriously wrong.

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  16. Spiritual mother does not sound right. That is cult or witchcraft. Read the bible daily!

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  17. Witchcraft maybe. Look at her picture on LOTWC website. All she needs is one of those pointed black hats and a broom.

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  18. What is so sad about all of this is that what Joyce is doing is highly unethical and just plain wrong - but not criminal. As long as these fools continue to give her all this money voluntarily and of their own free will, there is no crime being committed here. Not criminal on this earth, but she will one day answer to God for the way she has treated others.

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