There's trouble in Tampa Bay....

A local newspaper has leveled serious charges against Florida megachurch leaders Randy and Paula White. But the couple deserves a fair hearing...
I felt a bit woozy last week after learning about yet another potential scandal in the volatile world of independent charismatic ministries. I am referring to recent allegations made against Randy and Paula White, pastors of the 23,500-member Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Fla. After the Tampa Tribune ran a full-length investigative piece on the Whites on May 20, my e-mail box quickly became clogged with messages.Everyone was asking the same question: "What is Charisma going to do about this?" Some accused me of "covering up" these allegations?even though I didn't know about them yet.
Here's my official answer: We are studying the situation and will interview the Whites to get their side of the story. I hope we discover that the charges are baseless because the body of Christ has endured enough disgrace in the last year.
The article in the Tribune raises fair questions about the Whites' spending habits, accounting practices and business dealings. It mentions their $1.9 million jet, their $2.1 million home in Tampa and Paula's $3.5 million Trump Tower condo in New York. It even claims that the Whites took economic advantage of an elderly widow in their congregation.
In a later article, which ran in the newspaper on May 25, a former member of the White's church said she was told she won a free house in a contest the church sponsored in 2002. She even went to a ribbon cutting and was given a tour of the house?a celebration that was shown on local television. But today, 25-year-old LaShonda Dupree says Without Walls officials explained to her that they only intended to give her the down payment for the home. The newspaper raised other issues that relate more to the Whites' flamboyant lifestyle than their business ethics. When asked about both Randy's and Paula's plastic surgeries, Randy told reporters that they must "look the part" in order to make their frequent television appearances. It also mentioned Randy's tattoos, gun collection and a 2005 appearance on the cover of Makes and Models, a monthly magazine devoted to exotic cars and motorcycles...
To read the rest of the article go to:
http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=8004
PS:I hope all this is NOT TRUE,but if it is ...it really saddens me....Not all that say:"Lord,Lord",shall enter...
Some of them the Lord will say:"I never KNEW YOU"...
The servant of the Lord HAS TO BE SOBER.What is wrong with the old Gospel of Contentment...???Isn't it in the Bible...???OF course contenment is not "popular" like hell,holiness,fasting,denying oneself,etc....I still find today that the way of the Cross is the better way!!!
As in the days of Noah...