Previously, we have covered the trial of Anthony and Harriet Jinwright. They have been convicted of tax evasion and are presently mounting a defense. By presenting the updates here, it is not meant to implicate the Jinwrights as leaders of a “religious cult”. It is just curious to me the loyalty of the followers and the resulting flow of previously unreported income and material “blessings”.  The first update below is from May 2, 2011.  

‘Charlotte Talks’ about Jinwright trial and prosperity gospel

By Qcity Staff – May 2, 2011  source link: http://www.qcitymetro.com/news/articles/charlotte_talks_about_jinwright_trial041903552.cfm

“Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman, who covered the 2010 tax evasion trial of Anthony and Harriet Jinwright for Qcitymetro.com, will be a guest Tuesday morning on WFAE radio’s “Charlotte Talks” with host Mike Collins.   ….    Bowman, who wrote an article about the Jinwrights in the May issue of Charlotte Magazine, covered nearly every day of the five-week trial, which ended with the co-pastors of Greater Salem Church in west Charlotte being found guilty on multiple count. Both are now serving prison sentences in West Virginia.   Fionn-Bowman described the experience as “exhausting” yet gratifying.

     She said she stayed up late each night reading online comments about the trial and came to realize that many Qcitymetro readers identified with some of the issues uncovered during the trial, especially issues relating to pastoral gifts, “love offerings” and the role money now plays in some African American churches.   “It amazed me,” she said. “I started to realize that this wasn’t just a Greater Salem issue. I started noticing a conversation thread out there”

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