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...most successful woman preacher-entrepreneurs is Johnnie Colemon, 70, who started her Christ Universal Temple in 1956 with 35 members. Now Colemon operates Chicago's largest black church, boasting 10,000 followers who meet in a sprawling $10.5 million complex on the city's South Side. Colemon was ordained by the Unity School of Christianity, based in Unity Village, Mo., a New Thought group that she quit in 1974 because of what she charged was a racist tinge. Colemon preaches reincarnation (she believes she was once an Egyptian princess) and an unapologetic quest for material prosperity ("Money...
...Preacher, rapper, Indian chief...10 extraordinary women...
...soul and jazz. A professional rapper for five years, she sees herself as a role model for young people, and she's as committed to raising consciousness as she is to having fun. "I try to slip in a few lines about something serious. But I'm not a preacher," says Latifah, a.k.a. Dana Owens. As she chants in her hit song Latifah's Law, "BMWs and gold rope chains don't impress me, won't get you closer to the point you could undress me." The name Latifah, she notes, is Arabic for delicate and sensitive. As for calling...
...federal bankruptcy judge in Columbia, S.C. The judge instead approved a surprise bid of $7 million from another faith-healing charismatic, San Diego-based Morris Cerullo. The purchase brings new U.S. visibility to Cerullo, 58, who is far better known in the Third World. A flamboyant and apocalyptic preacher who converted from Judaism as a teenager, Cerullo runs revival meetings, Bible training courses and a daily TV show. He keeps secret how much money is raised for these ventures but boasts of being debt-free...
...INTERVIEW: The preacher and politics...