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Friday, January 4, 2013

(Getting Ready To Hit The Streets: Proclaiming My Vision In Urban America)

Dear cyber friends and associates

A lot of people would have given up on doing what I have been trying to do in Black America after 21 years of rejection by established black organizations and by black capitalist within the black community. I am called to start a new organization in Black America that will end gun violence, poverty, and structural inequality in Urban America and in America in general if given an opportunity to do so. My message has been marginalized because I am not a famous person and also because I lack the capital to start this organization. I care about poor families especially those children who are trapped in American Ghettos because they are victims of social and economic opportunities. Plus I am a former ghetto resident and I know firsthand what those children are going through. This is why I wrote my book “The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America” Second Edition to recruit the best and brightest people in the United States who believe in my cause which is “Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos.” Secondly, I wrote my book in order to generate revenue/seed money to offer incentives to attract talented individuals to join my team (board of directors/advisory board). I refuse to accept financial assistances from the financial elites or from black capitalist but instead to continue to stand on the principles that my creator has given me to share with those who want to be part of the solution and believe that my book would sell based on my own merit.

This year in 2013, I will focus solely on starting my book tour locally and eventually throughout the United States. First at colleges/universities, churches, community centers, and mosques. If you are interested in being one of our actors, actresses, models, or just a member of our team please let me know I may be able to hire you pending on our budget and the support from the black community. Those of you who live in the states below I hope that you would consider working with me directly by finding at least 100 people or more to accept me as a guest speaker in your city and also help me start a chapter in your city. Once I am more established then I can hire those of you within my organization. It is my hope to have GRCAM chapters in 25 cities and within 25 states that has a large African American population. Here are the 25 states I plan to visit during my book tour they are as follows: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota , Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

Once we are established in 25 cities within 25 states in America, I plan on going abroad to set up GRCAM in Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. Once my book becomes a best seller then I plan on turning my book into a movie to share with the whole world about what I have been trying to do in Urban America for the past 21 years. As soon as the cash flow starts coming in I will openly reward those of you on my friends list who have been working with me directly in getting my book and my organization started first in Chicago and later in 25 other cities in America. Those of you who will work with me will go down in history and I will work with them and their immediate family for life as long as they remain members of GRCAM. This organization is open to all racial groups, ordinary law abiding citizens, and undiscovered artist. This is a private for profit service base organization and a democratic socialist organization. No criminals, No gangs, and No half steppers allowed. Real Christian Socialist on the scene.

My book links

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Solution-Black-America-Reclaiming-Rebuiling/dp/1480074365/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353183068&sr=1-5&keywords=The+Solution+For+Black+America

Createspace.com
https://www.createspace.com/4021116


My Cause: Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos
http://www.causes.com/causes/508743-help-stop-the-genocide-in-american-ghettos?m=509f6ac8

My Organization GRCAM
http://manwellsmovement.webs.com/home.htm


Wednesday, December 26, 2012

(GRCAM Ideology)

My revised book is now available to the general public. No person on earth knows the Grass Roots Community Activist Movement (GRCAM) better then I. No man or woman on earth will change the vision my creator has given me to share with the public. Under my leadership we will not lose focus of our initial purpose which is “Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos.” We will not get distracted by irrelevant causes but instead remain focus and determine in solving our social problems in Urban America once and for all. Even after the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement our community as a whole are not free from urban violence and corruption. What I learned about the 60’s there were no clear solution to deal with race relations or the financial elites, the emphasis was on integration. The financial elites decided to divide us by social class upper class blacks, middle class blacks, and underclass blacks. We are further divided by religion and man made denominations.

My organization will lead the second Reconstruction in Black America if given a chance. Our community programs will consist of education, employment, and housing to the low income African American community we will serve. I am pushing for a new Black America and once we are on one accord then together we can move mountains out of our lives. The hood is cut off, ignored, and forgotten. The poor are kept in a state of subjugation in other words, the hood is an urban plantation. Poor blacks try to reach the goals set by the dominant culture. If hard work brings success, then why we do not see more success in the hood? The hood must become a place in which the poor and the oppressed can live in peace and with dignity. The Grass Roots Community Activist Movement is a living testament of my life work through my book and my online blogs. My time online has not been in vain for I have spread my vision on 300 social networks to 125,000 people worldwide. The time has come for action not intellectual rhetoric that’s why in January 2013, I will start my local book tour first at city colleges, churches, and community centers.

Those of you who are serious about doing something about the black community I recommend that before you purchase my book “The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America" Second Edition please read at least 15 of my free blog entries. If you feel lead to purchase my book then by all means do so. Read the entire book so that you will gain a deeper understanding of what I am trying to do in the natural and in the spiritual to improve the social conditions in the low income African American community. If you agree with my vision and all of the principles in my book then share that information with your family and friends who care about black issues. Once my book becomes a best seller I plan on turning it into a movie so that the whole world would know what I have been trying to do in Urban America for the past 21 years. If you are interested in being one of our actors, actresses, models, or just a member of our team please let me know I may be able to hire you pending on our budget and the support from the black community. Those of you who live in the states below I hope that you would consider working with me directly by finding at least 100 people or more to accept me as a guest speaker in your city and also help me start chapter in your city. Once I am more established then I can hire you within my organization. It is my hope to have GRCAM chapters in 25 cities and within 25 states that has a large African American population. Here are the 25 states I plan to visit during my book tour they are as follows: For example, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota , Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

Once we are established in 25 cities within 25 states in America, I plan on going abroad to set up GRCAM in Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. Those who have rejected my vision have no place in my organization or in my life. Again this is a private organization only for law abiding citizens that is tired of being under Caesar’s control. We reject everything Caesar stands for and we will re-create our own political system that will bring fairness and justice to all those who want to truly be free from the power that be “the financial elites.” The reason why I keep saying my vision and my organization is because my creator has given me this vision and I claim ownership. Genuine social change does not come from celebrities but rather from ordinary people. Only the masses have the ability to transform society.

GRCAM will do what the church and community organizations were supposed to be doing that is giving help and counsel to poor residents about things that are crucial in their lives. We will remain active in the lives of community residents and their daily struggle which will help us develop a shared sense of purpose and ideas. I am not here to debate but rather to recruit the best and brightest people in the United States to join my team (board of directors/advisory board) and work with me directly in starting GRCAM and run the daily operations of this new organization in Black America. In GRCAM we will expose the wolves in sheep clothing anyone found guilty of trying to sabotage this organization or defraud any of my clients or members that person will have their name and photo ID placed on our Judas list and that person will be barred for life we may also take legal actions against such persons. We will do a back ground check on everyone once GRCAM is established to weed out trouble makers. This organization is open to all racial groups, ordinary law abiding citizens, and undiscovered artist. This is a private for profit service base organization and a democratic socialist organization. No criminals, No gangs, and No half steppers allowed. Real Christian Socialist on the scene.

My book links

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Solution-Black-America-Reclaiming-Rebuiling/dp/1480074365/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353183068&sr=1-5&keywords=The+Solution+For+Black+America

Createspace.com
https://www.createspace.com/4021116


My Cause: Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos
http://www.causes.com/causes/508743-help-stop-the-genocide-in-american-ghettos?m=509f6ac8

My Organization GRCAM
http://manwellsmovement.webs.com/home.htm

Monday, December 24, 2012

(Happy Holidays My Cyber Friends And Associates)

I would like to wish all of my cyber friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Those of you who really don’t know me that well get to know me. I am not just on here to sell my book but also to promote my organization GRCAM and develop long term long distance friendships/professional relationships with everyone on my friends list. I am gifted in the area of research I can find any and everything in print. I assist others who have accepted my hand of friendship with finding college scholarships – grants, small business grants; housing; legal services and employment on a national level all for free. Don’t forget after Christmas I will be launching my revised book “The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America” Second Edition. Please read at least 15 of my free journal entries below. If you feel lead to purchase my book then by all means do so. Read the entire book so that you will gain a deeper understanding of what I am trying to do in the natural and in the spiritual to improve the social conditions in the low income African American community. If you agree with my vision and all of the principles in my book then share that information with your family and friends who care about black issues. Once my book becomes a best seller I plan on turning it into a movie so that the whole world would know what I have been trying to do in Urban America for the past 21 years. In January 2013, I will start my local book tour first at city colleges, churches, and community centers.

If you are interested in being one of our actors, actresses, models, or just a member of our team please let me know I may be able to hire you pending on our budget and the support from the black community. Those of you who live in the states below I hope that you would consider working with me directly by finding at least 100 people or more to accept me as a guest speaker in your city and also help me start chapter in your city. Once I am more established then I can hire you within my organization. It is my hope to have GRCAM chapters in 25 cities and within 25 states that has a large African American population. I am not here to debate but rather to recruit the best and brightest people in the United States to join my team (board of directors/advisory board) and work with me directly in starting GRCAM and run the daily operations of this new organization in Black America. Here are the 25 states I plan to visit during my book tour they are as follows: For example, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota , Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. Once we are established in 25 cities within 25 states in America, I plan on going abroad to set up GRCAM in Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. If you like you can connect with me live on Skype. My screen name is manwell4mankind or send me your Yahoo email and I will do the same so that we can chat in real time on Yahoo Messenger. This organization is open to all racial groups, ordinary law abiding citizens, and undiscovered artist. This is a private for profit service base organization and a democratic socialist organization. No criminals, No gangs, and No half steppers allowed. Real Christian Socialist on the scene.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

(GRCAM Knowledge Pt.2)

In my organization we as black people will deal head on with the Willie Lynch mentality and heal from the scars of slavery once and for all. GRCAM is not for everyone it’s only for those who want to help improve Black America, the Black Family, and the Black Community. It’s been 21 years that I have been pushing my organization online. I have 125,000 people whom I interact with on 300 social networks worldwide. The time has come for me to move my organization from behind a computer into the low income African American Community starting in Chicago and eventually in 25 other cities in America. I lack support from established black organizations and from former black churches in Chicago. Despite the lack of support I will continue to press forward in sharing my story and my vision to those who will listen.

GRCAM will be the voice for the voiceless and bring about social change in our community and our society if given a chance by implementing a plan of action that will end gun violence, poverty, and structural inequality in Urban America and in America in general. Together we must stand up for our youth, our communities and for one another. As soon as my revised book “The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America" Second Edition becomes a best seller I will hire those of you who believe in my vision and is willing and able to come to Chicago and with me directly in turning my vision into a reality. Once we’re established in 25 cities I plan to expand my organization abroad to Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands to create legitimate jobs and services to my people worldwide. After you have read the entire book I encourage the reader who agrees with my vision and all of the principles in my book to send me their name and contact number to my Facebook inbox or my g-mail so that I can answer any questions they may have. If you are not comfortable with exchanging numbers then I recommend that you send me your Yahoo email so that we can chat live on Yahoo Messenger or on Skype.

I want to make sure that no other person in America that is under my leadership would ever have to face the humiliation and reject I endured just to start a business in the black community. Don't just be on my friends list just to be seen help turn my vision into reality today by purchasing my book and interacting with me directly and joining my free online groups. Once my book becomes a best seller I plan on turning it into a movie so that the whole world would know what I have been trying to do for the past 21 years in Urban America. You have an opportunity to read my story and decide for yourself if you think this is the kind of organization you want to be a part of. If you are interested in being one of our actors/actresses, models, or a member of our team please let me know I may be able to hire you pending on our budget and support from the Black Community. GRCAM is open to all racial groups, all ordinary law abiding citizens, and undiscovered artist. Real Christian Socialist on the scene peace& blessings.

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My Organization GRCAM


Sunday, December 16, 2012

(Revolutionary Thinker)

Jesus himself was a revolutionary thinker because of his preaching he became a threat to political and religious establishment because he wanted people to focus on God first and the kingdom. In the book of Matthew 6:33“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” As a Christian Socialist my favorite passages in the bible is in the book of Romans 12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” In the book of John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” My creator has given me a positive vision on how to end gun violence, poverty, and structural inequality in Urban America and in America in general. I have been pushing my vision 21 years now and still I don’t have anyone on my board of directors. If it was up to me every person I correspond with“125,000 people” online would be on board and work with me in turning my vision into reality. Thirty people in the United States would come to Chicago and work with me directly in getting my organization started and then we would expand to 25 other cities setting up GRCAM. Once we’re established in 25 cities within 25 states we would expand aboard to Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands.

Why am I unable to get others on board? I believe because our people has been Americanized and they view each start up as a potential competitor or fear of being assassinated just like Dr. King, Malcolm X, or the Black Panthers. Established black organizations in my city such as the NAACP of Chicago, Rainbow Push, Chicago Urban League, and host of other black organizations including the black church refusal to work with me is based on the fact that a majority of them are accepting funding from the financial elites in the form of a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status. Out of 125,000 people I correspond with on 300 social networks I only have three people actually working with me directly from Facebook this is unacceptable black people! I speak out against the financial elites, black capitalist, and urban terrorist. I published my first book in 2010 in order to rise beyond people of my city and those who I communicate with online in order to reach reasonable brothers, sisters, and others who would work with me and give my organization a chance. What a later learned was that my first publisher only published my book they did not edit my book. I paid for both publishing and editing. I believe that my book was sabotage deliberately. Now I have found a more professional publisher called Createspace and they have published my revised book "The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America" Second Edition available on Amazon.com and Createspace.com

My creator brought me out of the slums of Chicago, I am a former special ed student. Despite my dyslexia I graduated from high school and from college. I did not ask for this vision I wanted to be a physician assistant rather than having to deal with people’s attitude. I finally submitted to his will and no man or woman on earth will change the vision my creator has given me. Those of you who are serious about doing something to help our children who are trapped in American ghettos, then I suggest that before you purchase my book please read at least 10 of my free journal entries. Especially my blog entry entitled "My African Connection" and "Who is Emmanuel Barbee and what is GRCAM?" In order to gain a better understanding of what I am trying to do for the low income African American communities around in 25 cities in America starting in Chicago.
After you have read my journal entries if you disagree with what I am trying to do please delete me off your friends list and we can remain strangers for life. Those of you who agree with my vision then by all means purchase my book. Read the entire book so that you will gain a deeper understanding of what I am trying to do in the natural and in the spiritual to improve the social conditions in our community and other communities in 25 cities. If you agree with my vision then share my information with your family and friends who care about black issues. After you have read the entire book I encourage the reader who agrees with my vision and all of the principles in my book to send me their name and contact number to my Facebook inbox or my g-mail so that I can answer any questions they may have. If you are not comfortable with exchanging numbers then I recommend that you send me your Yahoo email so that we can chat live on Yahoo Messenger or on Skype. I want to make sure that no other person in America that is under my leadership would ever have to face the humiliation and reject I endured just to start a business in the black community. Everyone must accept the vision and all of the principles in my book. Once we have a place of business everyone must sign a consent form and be placed in our database so that I can monitor those what people are not doing within this organization and remove passive spectators in order for this organization to become effective and successful. Everyone must attend our orientation workshops. We will expose wolves in sheep clothing by putting scammer’s and con artist on notice. Anyone that is found guilty of trying to deliberately sabotage this organization will have their name and photo ID placed on our Judas list and they will be barred for life plus we may take legal action against such person. We will do back ground checks on everyone once GRCAM is established to weed out trouble makers. My first goal is to stabilize the community through my political component by changing the current gun laws within 25 cities starting in Chicago. My organization will create legitimate jobs in the black ghettos/the hood, so our young people don’t have to become career criminals.

In time I plan on starting local chapters in 25 other cities after we are established in Chicago and eventually aboard in Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. Once my book becomes a best seller I plan on turning it into a movie so that the whole world do know what I have been trying to do for the past 21 years in Urban America. You have an opportunity to read my story and decide for yourself if you think this is the kind of organization you want to be a part of. If you are interested in being one of our actors/actresses, models, or a member of our team please let me know I may be able to hire you pending on our budget and support from the Black Community. I want to do cooperative alliances with other organizations beyond the black community to strengthen our cause “Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos.” GRCAM is open to all racial groups, all ordinary law abiding citizens, and undiscovered artist. Everyone will have a voice in my organization and I will openly reward those of you who will help me put my book on the best sellers list and as soon as my book become a movie I can be in a better position to hire those of you who have turned my vision into a reality. For GRCAM is all about turning people’s dreams into a reality. I want to invest in those innocent children who are trapped in American ghettos and their families by providing them with similar goods and services that affluent children have in their neighborhoods. Those who join my organization I will work with you and your immediate family for life as long as you remain a member of GRCAM. In GRCAM we as black people will heal from the scars of slavery collectively and we will separate ourselves from black capitalist or anyone else that want to divide us based on social class. In GRCAM I want my black middle class brothers and sisters to work with us because you have the talent and skills I need to make GRCAM effective and successful.
Our political party (the democratic socialist party) would help us advance our cause by making what we do within the law because the community would participate in the major decisions taken place in the community by signing petitions and holding rally in GRCAM. Let’s end these kind of tragedies that have taken so many lives due to senseless violence by helping me get GRCAM started first in Chicago and later in 25 other cities. All I can do at this point is share my vision and encourage others to purchase my book and join my free online groups until I am able to find those who will be on my team (board of directors/advisory board). I come not to improve the current system but to offer an alternative system where about people will have a voice that is GRCAM. Genuine social change does not come from celebrities but rather from ordinary people. Only the masses have the ability to transform society. GRCAM was given to me to share with others as a way to opt out from under Caesar/capitalism into the kingdom of light. GRCAM is a private for profit service base organization, as well as a democratic socialist organization one mind, one voice, one accord. Real Christian Socialist on the scene. Peace& blessings

My book links

https://www.createspace.com/4021116

My Cause: Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos

My Organization GRCAM



Thursday, December 13, 2012

(My Book & My Organization GRCAM)

The Grass Roots Community Activist Movement – In Progress

Capitalism is wrecking the lives of millions and endangering our planet. A new society can only be constructed when ordinary people have control of the wealth and planning of our future as a community for human need rather than only a few who decides what good for society.

REVOLUTION STARTS WITH THE MIND SET

The current system cannot be patched up or reformed. The courts, the army, and police exist to defend the interests of the wealthy. We need to educate our people about GRCAM and create a state based on more political and economical democracy.

AGAINST IMPERIALISM AND WAR

War is a constant feature of capitalism today as the imperialist powers try to dominate the earth. Bush's/Obama’s "War on Terrorism" is a crude device to attack any country which threatens US interest, strategic, or economic dominance.

END RACISM AND OPPRESSION

GRCAM oppose all forms of oppression and racism. This divides and weakens the middle class, working class, and underclass. We are for full social, economic and political equality for all persons.

GRCAM IS A REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION

To win democratic socialism our people and others need to help me organize this organization in 25 cities starting in Chicago. GRCAM stand against right-wing ideas “Republican ideology” and begin starting our own system within our community. We call for co-operation between left-wing parties and the formation of a peaceful democratic socialist ideology.

The Goal for GRCAM

To fight for the community and the People and do cooperative alliances with other left wing groups as long as they are law abiding and as long as we don’t lose our focus on the black family and the black community. We want to push for democratic socialism for real democracy and worker's rights worldwide.

My Book Link

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Solution-Black-America-Reclaiming-Rebuiling/dp/1480074365/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353183068&sr=1-5&keywords=The+Solution+For+Black+America

My Cause: Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos

http://www.causes.com/causes/508743-help-stop-the-genocide-in-american-ghettos?m=509f6ac8

My Organization GRCAM

http://manwellsmovement.webs.com/home.htm

Monday, December 10, 2012

(What Will It Take For Me To Find Reasonable Brothers, Sisters, And Others?)

My critics are forever asking me to show them something concrete about my organization but they fail to work with me directly in order for me to get my organization established. The only reason why I am pushing my vision is because my creator told me to. All a person has to do is go to my Myspace page alone and view my profile. They will see that I correspond with 49,000 people and they will see my blogs have all the same information trying to get others to work with me directly and for them to join my free online groups. In 2003 I created a profile on Myspace and still to this day I have no one from Myspace on my board of directors. This is the main reason I wrote my book “The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, And Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America.” Second Edition. This book is about my personal life experience growing up in the inner city ghettos of Chicago. I am a chosen man endowed with a vision on how to end gun violence, poverty, and structural inequality in Urban America and in America in general if given a chance.

It’s my goal to find only 30 people in the United States who have read my book and is able to travel to Chicago and work with me directly in making my book become a best seller so that I can turn my book into a movie so that the whole world would know what I have been trying to do in Urban America for the past 21 years. Once the cash flow starts kicking in I will hire those who have worked with me directly and begin my organization first in Chicago and later into 25 other cities in America. Why only 25 cities because of all of the rejection I faced by established black organizations and black churches in Chicago. I forgive them as a Christian but as a business owner that will not be a part of my organization I would die and go to hell before I allow such mess in my organization to take place. Once I am established in 25 cities I plan on expanding aboard to Africa, Brazil, and the Caribbean Islands. If I am unable to hire all of my clients and members then I will teach them how to start their own business and work with me until it materialize. GRCAM is about turning people’s dreams into reality and I promise I will not allow none of my clients or members to have to suffer the way I did just to start a business to improve the black community. Black capitalist refuse to lease rental space to me and the black church receive a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status from the financial elites which makes them not want to embrace my vision on starting a new system called GRCAM. Instead our people are embracing such garbage as such song as “I got Crack” which I added on show and prove and anything else as a way to avoid my message on how to create legitimate jobs in the hood and how to deal with gun violence, poverty, and structural inequality.

I see the similarities when in Jesus time people wanted him to prove himself . In the book of Matthew 16:1-4 “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.” On Sundays, religious people sit and listen to prosperity preachers. Luring people to Christ to get rich is both deceitful and deadly. It’s deceitful because when Jesus himself called us, he said things like: “Any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:33). And it’s deadly because the desire to be rich plunges “people into ruin and destruction” (1 Timothy 6:9). So here is my plea to preachers of the gospel. Jesus said, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
His disciples were astonished, as many in the“prosperity” movement should be. So Jesus went on to raise their astonishment even higher by saying, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” They respond in disbelief: “Then who can be saved?” Jesus says, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God” (Mark 10:23-27). My question for prosperity preachers is: Why would you want to develop a ministry focus that makes it harder for people to enter heaven? Paul said, “There is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.” But then he warned against the desire to be rich. And by implication, he warned against preachers who stir up the desire to be rich instead of helping people get rid of it. He warned, “Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs” (1 Timothy 6:6-10). Jesus warns against the effort to lay up treasures on earth. That is, he tells us to be givers, not keepers. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal” (Matthew 6:19).

What is it about Christians that makes them the salt of the earth and the light of the world? It is not wealth. The desire for wealth and the pursuit of wealth tastes and looks just like the world. It does not offer the world anything different from what it already believes in. The great tragedy of prosperity-preaching is that a person does not have to be spiritually awakened in order to embrace it; one needs only to be greedy. Getting rich in the name of Jesus is not the salt of the earth or the light of the world. In this, the world simply sees a reflection of itself. And if it works, they will buy it. The context of Jesus’ saying shows us what the salt and light are. They are the joyful willingness to suffering for Christ. Here is what Jesus said, “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoiceand be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. You are the salt of the earth. . . . You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:11-14). What will make the world taste(the salt) and see (the light) of Christ in us is not that we love wealth the same way they do. Rather, it will be the willingness and the ability of Christians to love others through suffering, all the while rejoicing because their reward is in heaven with Jesus. This is inexplicable on human terms. This is supernatural. But to attract people with promises of prosperity is simply natural. It is not the message of Jesus. It is not what he died to achieve. Maybe this is why I don’t have any black churches from my former community willing to stand with me. I am a Christian Socialist and proud for it.

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