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October 30, 2011

Philadelphia Inquirer: Church folk stuck when they gave pastor their faith and their money

by Jeremy Roebuck
The Philadelphia Inquirer

From the pulpit of his modest Spring City church, Pastor Michael Wilkerson delivered electric sermons on God's desire to shower down riches upon his faithful adherents.

And with a Lexus and Escalade in its garage, his $1.7 million Schwenksville home seemed convincing proof. How else but by faith, his congregants wondered, could a man raised on Pottstown's urban streets have risen to such heights?

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