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Originally Posted by awareness
This is all silly talk.
When I was in the LC there was no charge to attend conferences. So I never paid to go to them ... just the cost of getting there.
Charging for conferences came after Daystar.
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Few LCers realize that it was Philip Lee's idea to charge those who wanted to hear Daddy speak. After the Daystar disaster went belly up, with many of the "pseudo-investors" (
the hard-working brothers and sisters who were promised a sure-fire profit that God was certainly going to bless) wanting at least their principal back, the old Stream Publishers was flat broke. Philip then persuaded his Daddy to charge admission to his meetings. Just call it a "donation" to keep the IRS at bay. Lee's ministry was "born again" with a new and better name -- Living Stream Ministry.
It became such a cash cow that Philip later became "WL's most trusted co-worker." Max Rapoport also rose to prominence in Anaheim by traveling around the country persuading the elders and saints who invested in Daystar to consider it a "donation to the Lord's work." No different than buying your favorite minister a private jet for the "Lord's work." With the cash flowing in, they built that new place on Ball Road.