Joyce Myer
Teaching we are little gods
More Unbiblical teachings of Joyce Myer
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Listen to Joyce Myer add to the
Bible by teaching Extra Biblical Revelation via what many in the Word of
Faith Movement call, "the anointing"
Actual Audio of Joyce Meyers
teaching some very strange doctrines. It is clear that Joyce Myer is
teaching another Jesus. According to Joyce Myer Jesus ceased to be God
when he was on the cross Hear these strange doctrines from her own
mouth from a tape she authored called 'From the Cross to the Throne'
strangely enough Kenneth Copeland came out with a tape by the SAME NAME
many years earlier, teaching the exact same doctrinal errors,( yet Joyce
claims she got this information by divine revelation from God ) ALSO
hear also how Joyce Meyers agrees with the Jehovah's Witness false bible
version..and so much more.. it saddens us to see how many people are
being deceived by such teachings as she is teaching. By the
way..strangely this tape of hers is 'no longer available' from her
ministry.[2]
Extravagant lifestyle of Joyce Myers
The following are excerpts from an article written in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Carolyn Tuft AND Bill Smith
"Meyer, 60 and a grandmother, runs the ministry with her husband, Dave, and the couple’s four children. All of the family, including the children’s spouses, draw paychecks from the ministry.
Meyer is fond of nice things and is willing to spend for them. From an $11,000 French clock in the ministry’s Fenton headquarters to a $105,000 Crownline boat docked behind her vacation home at Lake of the Ozarks, it’s clear her tastes run more to Perrier than to tap water.
The ministry’s headquarters is a three-story jewel of red brick and emerald-color glass that, from the outside, has the look and feel of a luxury resort hotel.
Built two years ago for $20 million, the building and grounds are postcard perfect, from manicured flower beds and walkways to a five-story lighted cross.
The driveway to the office complex is lined on both sides with the flags of dozens of nations reached by the ministry. A large bronze sculpture of the Earth sits atop an open Bible near the parking lot. Just outside the main entrance, a sculpture of an American eagle landing on a tree branch stands near a man-made waterfall.
A message in gold letters greets employees and visitors over the front entryway: "Look what the Lord Has Done."
The building is decorated with religious paintings and sculptures, and quality furniture. Much of it, Meyer says, she selected herself.
A Jefferson County assessor’s list offers a glimpse into the value of many of the items: a $19,000 pair of Dresden vases, six French crystal vases bought for $18,500, an $8,000 Dresden porcelain depicting the Nativity, two $5,800 curio cabinets, a $5,700 porcelain of the Crucifixion, a pair of German porcelain vases bought for $5,200.
The decor includes a $30,000 malachite round table, a $23,000 marble-topped antique commode, a $14,000 custom office bookcase, a $7,000 Stations of the Cross in Dresden porcelain, a $6,300 eagle sculpture on a pedestal, another eagle made of silver bought for $5,000, and numerous paintings purchased for $1,000 to $4,000 each.
Inside Meyer’s private office suite sit a conference table and 18 chairs bought for $49,000. The woodwork in the offices of Meyer and her husband cost the ministry $44,000.
In all, assessor’s records of the ministry’s personal property show that nearly $5.7 million worth of furniture, artwork, glassware, and the latest equipment and machinery fill the 158,000-square-foot building.
As of this summer, the ministry also owned a fleet of vehicles with an estimated value of $440,000. The Jefferson County assessor has been trying to get the complex and its contents added to the tax rolls but has failed.
Stylish sports cars and a plane
Meyer drives the ministry’s 2002 Lexus SC sports car with a retractable top, valued at $53,000. Her son Dan, 25, drives the ministry’s 2001 Lexus sedan, with a value of $46,000. Meyer’s husband drives his Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG sedan.
"My husband just likes cars," Meyer said.
The Meyers keep the ministry’s Canadair CL-600 Challenger jet, which Joyce Meyer says is worth $10 million, at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield. The ministry employs two full-time pilots to fly the Meyers to conferences around the world.
Since 1999, the ministry has spent at least $4 million on five homes for Meyer and her four children near Interstate 270 and Gravois Road, St. Louis County records show.
Meyer’s house, the largest of the five, is a 10,000-square-foot Cape Cod style estate home with a guest house and a garage that can be independently heated and cooled and can hold up to eight cars. The three-acre property has a large fountain, a gazebo, a private putting green, a pool and a pool house where the ministry recently added a $10,000 bathroom.
Much of her clothing is custom-tailored at an upscale West County dress shop. At her conferences, she usually wears flashy jewelry. She sports an impressive diamond ring that she said she got from one of her followers.
Meyer has a private hairdresser. And, a few years ago, Meyer told her employees she was getting a face-lift.
Not everything is paid directly by the ministry.
Last year, the Meyers bought a $500,000 atrium ranch lakefront home in Porto Cima, a private-quarters club at Lake of the Ozarks. A few weeks later, they bought two watercrafts similar to Jet Skis and a $105,000 Crownline boat painted red, white and blue that they named the Patriot.
Meyer says she should not have to defend how she spends the ministry’s money.
"We teach and preach and believe biblically that God wants to bless people who serve Him," Meyer said. "So there’s no need for us to apologize for being blessed."
Meyer’s "trusted" board
For the most part, Meyer can spend the ministry’s money any way she sees fit because her board of directors is handpicked. It consists of Meyer, her husband and all four of her children — all paid workers — as well as six of Meyer’s closest friends. (Ministry officials said that daughter Laura Holtzmann has now resigned; state records still list her on the board.)
"Our family is a huge help to us," Meyer said. "We couldn’t do this if we didn’t have somebody we trusted."
None of her critics seems to rile Meyer. She says her material success is a reflection of her commitment to God.
As she puts it: "The whole Bible really has one message: ‘Obey me and do what I tell you to do, and you’ll be blessed...’"
Joyce Myer Financial Records
Deception in the Church - Joyce Myer
Let Us Reason Ministries - Joyce Myer
Joyce Myers at Apologetics Index
THE PREACHER WHO DOESN’T TELL IT LIKE IT IS - THE TRUTH TWISTING AND TALL TALES OF JOYCE MEYER by Paul R. Belli and G. Richard Fisher
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