September 22,
2004 journal, Trinity Broadcast Network
secret of sodomy at Arrowhead.
The sin of sodomy will bring the Antichrist church down in time as
it is happening with the Boston Archdiocese.
God is harvesting the earth as is revealed in Revelation Chapter 14,
when he comes riding on a cloud with a sword in his
hand reaping all filthy abominations. TBN was originally founded by Jim &
Tammy Baker with Paul Crouch in the background but in the early years Paul
Crouch allegedly conspired to fire Jim Bakker just
before Baker founded PTL. I wondered for
years how this fancy little German guy could stand up there on television and
collect so much money from people. He
fitted the Ecumenical cause and thrived through the years to build a mega
Christian Broadcasting Network worldwide with 200 stations. All along the general aim seemed to be in
harmony with my Christian back ground and I applauded the good I could see
being performed but now God is purging this organization and He may be
revealing more than just sin in the camp.
I would like to see Trinity continue but God knows best and will not
compromise his Holy Word. Today CNN is
broadcasting this as news and I expect it will go universal soon. Quoting Yahoo news "Televangelist Paul
Crouch attempts to keep the accuser quiet Sunday September 12 by William Lobdell, Times staff writer. "Paul Crouch, founder of the world’s
largest Christian broadcasting network, has waged a fierce legal battle to
prevent a former employee from publishing allegations that he and Crouch had a
sexual encounter eight years ago. Crouch,
70, is the president of Trinity Broadcast Network, based in Orange County, whose
Christian programming reaches millions of viewers around the world via
satellite, cable and broadcast stations.
The source of allegations against him is Enock
Lonnie Ford, who met Crouch at a TBN affiliated drug treatment center in 1991
and later went to work for the ministry.
After Ford threatened to sue TBN in 1998, claiming that he had been
unjustly fired, Crouch reached a $425,000 settlement with him in return, Ford
agreed, among other things, not to discuss his claim about a sexual encounter
with the TV preacher. But in the last
year, Ford has threatened to go public with his story, prompting a flurry of
legal maneuvering-conducted in closed court hearings, sealed pleadings and
private arbitration. In court papers,
Crouch has denied the allegations, and the ministry officials have described
Ford-who has a history of drug problems and has served time for a sex offense-as
a liar and an extortionist. At stake is
the public image of one of the world’s most successful televangelist and,
potentially, the fortunes of the broadcasting empire that Crouch and his wife,
Jan, built over the last 31 years. TBN and Crouch went on the legal offensive
after they learned that Ford had written a book that included an account of the
alleged sexual encounter. In a dramatic
flourish, Ford had appeared at a TBN broadcast studio in Costa Mesa, minutes before
the start of a "Praise-a-thon" fund-raiser, and, without comment,
handed Crouch a copy of the manuscript. Ford's lawyer later told ministry officials
that they could keep the work out of the public view by buying the rights. After some discussion, he suggested that $10
million might be a reasonable price. While negotiations continued, Crouch sued to
enforce the 1998 secrecy agreement-and obtained a restraining order barring
Ford from seeking a publisher for his book.
Orange County Superior Court Judge John M. Watson also granted Crouch’s
request to conduct the case in secret, sealing all documents and expunging any
mention of the suit from public court records. Both sides eventually agreed to
let a private arbitrator decide the matter.
In June, the arbitrator ruled that Ford could not publish the manuscript
without violating the 1998 settlement-and that could subject him to monetary
damages". Why would he care?