For 17 years I have been bred, harvested, in The Church of The Lord Jesus Christ of The Apostolic Faith. The politics within the edifice resemble a hierarchy all to similar to that installed in our nation. The finances of my church are large and well hidden, its distribution is vague and networked by committee members who were hired not by the general assembly, but by elders, ministers and deacons. I must separate myself form a community that is ruled by fear. The assembly is manipulated by Bishop Omega who uses the bible to justify the corruption of the Apostolic power bloc that benefits him and the self righteous henchmen he calls elders, deacons and ministers.

• My absence won?t change anything within the church. I could at least start by persuading my brother to not attend church, but once I?m gone he will be highly influenced by the elders, deacons and ministers to begin to despise me. S

• Many people, young and old alike, look up to me and want me to follow in my fathers footsteps and become an esteemed official in the church. In a sense I?d be dishonoring my father?s name and further, leading to the speculation that my mother is doing a bad job raising me and my brother. S

• In the past 10 years the church has been producing videos, if I were to leave may miss the opportunity to learn some valuable film pointers. W

• My entire family is pretty much devoted to The Church of The Lord Jesus Christ of The Apostolic Faith, I may loose my entire family?s trust. M

At this very moment it is 7:31 PM, Monday may 31^st 2004. My mother and

brother have returned home from the end of the Memorial Day weekend church

gathering, which I was supposed to head out to on Sunday, yesterday. I received

a phone call this evening around 7:15, it was my brother. he was giving me the

heads up that they were close to home and he instructed me to come outside to

help with the luggage. I got dressed, hoodie, boots and jeans, and headed out. I

put the hood up and approached the street where I saw my mother, my brother

and a guy from church were pulling luggage out of the trunk. As I got closer I put

my head down, I don?t think they even recognized me at this time, I mean ? I

haven?t worn that particular hoodie in a while. As an extra measure of precaution

I tucked the bottom left corner of my lip under the left corner my upper lip. I took

whatever bags were handed to me and scurried back home to avoid contact with

my mother as well as my brother, there was no need to make a scene outside ?

in the rain. Long story short to this very moment, 7:45 PM, Monday may 31^st

2004 neither my brother nor my mother have noticed the piercing.

At this time I?ll take the opportunity to say a few words about the over all

project by responding to each section;

Force Field Analysis: This section of the project seemed to make me more

vulnerable. By critiquing my campaign I could see my strengths and weakness,

what I am willing and not willing to sacrifice in order to complete my campaign. I

had a soft spot for my family, I found myself reluctant to jeopardize their positive

reputation. I want the be the black sheep with a cause, I guess I?m still attempting

to shape that cause.

Message Box: This is where I unleashed the fury of my campaign. It consisted

of off the book remarks that ended up in the book, if you catch my drift. I basically

reflected upon what I have been exposed to in the past 17 years, in a fashion

that couldn?t be more honest.

Graphic Organizer #1: Overall this section wasn?t too helpful. There were ideas

written down that I didn?t follow through with either because they were too far

fetched and required actions outside of my general conduct towards my fellow

man or they wouldn?t get the point across and nothing would be immediately

changed in a span of 3-4 days.

Graphic Organizer # 2: Everything should be ignored, all but for the research

questions, mainly because I really wanted to know the answers rather than

generate questions that I knew the answers to because I predicted the answers

would be exciting.

Summary/Bibliography: All of my sources were primary and produced by my

opponents so I enjoyed poking wholes into my oppositions point of view. The

greatest source had to be the finance report. In 2000 I began working with the

brothers department, punching numbers into the computer. Clinton Childs was

my supervisor and general money record keeper for the brothers department.

Some time ago I swiped a disk, no worries, for it was a copy. Now, here I am

today exposing one of the many best kept secrets in my church. Thanks to the

disk and the averages and statistics Clinton Childs gave me, for the first

time, I can estimate the amount of money my church makes. The next step is to

find out ultimately where it?s going and how it?s distributed because I believe that

there is in fact a surplus that the Bishop Omega is directly benefiting from.

Who is Bishop Omega Yediduth Limmud Shelton? Page two of the

Concord introduces him through the eyes of the congregation. The description

reflects him as the holiest of holy, the leader of all men. All the corresponding

images on the page depict him as wide eyed philosopher who is eager to seize

the day and save the world. The paragraph states,

Based on this description he seems to be a man divinity, a man who has

accomplished much academically and shook a few socially esteemed hands.

This status given to him is almost matched to the likes of Jesus, I feel as though

the comparison is evident. If he has freed and enlightened so many around the

entire world why haven?t all of man kind joined our congregation to create a

utopian society or elect him to power? Why is the congregation 99.9% black?

This isn?t the first recorded reference to Bishop Omega as a king among men, his

father was identified as the King over the congregation?

• Church of The Lord Jesus Christ (Bishop S. McDowell Shelton). A Dedicated And Extraordinary Man. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Church of The Lord Jesus Christ of The Apostolic Faith, 1992

Before his father, Bishop S. McDowell Shelton, died, the saints used a verse

from II Chronicles 23:3 to Yediduth Limmud Shelton, an elder at the time. the

verse was to the right of a picture on page twelve captioned, "Bishop Omega

admiring his Blessedness and Father [S. McDowell Shelton]", the verse stated,

12)". Through out the book many biblical texts are associated with both Sheltons.

In the same book there is a poem/song written by the late "Blessedness",

it outlines this duty as a man, boldly placing himself above all men,

Two words come to mind, CULT LEADER, the last two lines outline the

duty of the congregation.

Omega Invited Major John Street of Philadelphia to speak take is place on the

altar to speak to the congregation about his plans for the community. After the

Mayor wrapped up his levity filled speech Bishop Omega came forward to

preach, this was the day I began to question the content of the bible and see it

more as a tool to oppress mankind rather than enlighten. Bishop Omega read

from 1^st Peter starting at the second chapter and thirteenth verse,

This quote instructs all believers to trust in God, for all who are elected to

a position of power were put there by God and all of their actions are influenced

by God. This is the reason why there is a lack of activism in my church

community and this is the reason why I haven?t "acted" in seventeen years, at

one point I subconsciously believed this. All the elements of evil that thrive in our

government, desire for domination, narcissism, hypocrisy, projection, lies and

dehumanization, are supposed to exist in the government because the oligarchy

is elected by God. To protest the government and its policies is to protest God,

which is blasphemy. This is the reason for them lack of activism, lack of social

empathy and emotional complacency in what was once my church. I can no

longer be a part of this ideology, therefore I am not.

• Clinton Childs. Men?s Conference Ordination Love Offering 2000. Microsoft Exel Spreadsheet. 2000

This is an actual list of the first sunday payments towards the men?s conference.

The fee is $300.00 and the love offering is $50.00. On the list there are roughly

50 brothers, by the end of the week all of the payments were in, that means

around $17,500 dollar was collected form the New York City church and wired to

Headquarters in Philadelphia. Now keep in mind, The Church Of the Lord Jesus

Christ of The Apostolic Faith is made up of 72 churches throughout the united

states. There is an average of 80 brothers per church, this was aquired from

Brother Clinton Childs. The men?s conference is making an estimated

$2,016,000 from the males alone. The females out number the males 3:1 and

pay a total 200 dollar men?s conference convention fee. Where is all this money

going?