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lived and had a recording studio. Department director John C. Bailey said, "ith
MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly... If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not
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had started in the 1980s. MSFC filed an appeal of Judge Hall's ruling that "MorningStar has not provided substantial evidence to back up its claims." The building has never been finished and the county found the church in default after they missed a deadline to show their ability to fund the
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affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the
Department of Revenue's denial. Also, Joyner's MorningStar Fellowship Church filed a $ 20 million lawsuit against York County, South Carolina, over the unfinished 21-story hotel on their property that
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in 1989, in which he predicted there would soon be a prophetic movement and a separate apostolic movement. In the mid-1990s Joyner was one of the all-male members of the international advisors-at-large to the evangelical
Christian women's organization
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Christians to own weapons to prepare for what he believes will be an inevitable civil war in the United States against those who he says stole the 2020 presidential election from the Republicans.
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contacted five, plus three whose names were not provided, including Burgee. Each said God had healed them through, or related to, Bentley and the
Lakeland services."
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Growing Chorus Seeking Exemptions". Winston-Salem Journal. p. A1.
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1076:"Coal--Climate Connection To Hit TV Screens Nationwide | PlanetSave"
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God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission
505:. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 151.
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follows Anna Jane as she tries to persuade her father, a
792:"Public Statement on Todd Bentley from Revival Alliance"
890:"Todd Bentley Remarries, Begins Restoration Process"
621:MorningStar Ministries Staff (September 28, 2015).
1029:"Lance Wallnau Biography | MorningStar Ministries"
676:"Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles"
651:Bentley, Todd; et al. (September 25, 2015).
310:, Official Website, USA, Retrieved June 18, 2017
653:"Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan"
623:"Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan"
811:"Evangelist Bentley, Wife File for Separation"
732:"Tattooed Preacher Says God Heals Through Him"
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548:"Our Purpose | the Oak Initiative"
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947:"The Tragic Scandal of Greasy Grace"
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