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You are right 7thson - Joel does not beg for money on his show like the televangelists do. His message is upbeat and does reference Jesus and the Bible. I will give him credit for that. Also, his wealth is from his book sales, in fact I read that he no longer takes a salary from the Church because he is comfortable with his book proceeds.

However, the problems some have are with the amount of money spent to purchase his current building and remodeling - I'll look it up but I recall something like 80 million dollars going into this megachurch which holds 16,000 people at a time. They have to hire police officers to direct traffic to get in and out of the service. Again, that is the right of the parishoners if they want to attend a megachurch - but have you ever noticed there isn't a cross on his stage? There is a world and fountains, but no cross. Isn't the cross kind of an important symbol to Christians?