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April 1, 2019
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sitting in his office at his mega-church, the Reverend Billy Paul looked at the video Greta Van Horn had placed in his Dropbox. He watched the local Taos, New Mexico TV reporter sign off with the hopeful words that everyone was praying for the lost hunting party’s well-being. He felt the knot in his stomach. He was facing total disaster.
The Reverend Billy Paul had brought a new, simple message to his parishioners. It was the message of the one truth, the truth of the Bible— Jesus is Lord and only through taking Him into your heart as your personal savior could one enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Billy Paul’s charismatic style of preaching and his simple practice of faith had found a large audience among those searching for a conservative religious
