Albert Hamrick

-- Bishop Lucius Cartwright and Pastor Albert Hamrick of St. Phillip's Pentecostal Church in Washington, D.C., were sent to jail in 1976 for embezzling $250,000 while administering food stamp distribution.

In 1978 Al and Jeanie Mills started a refugee center for Jonestown survivors, amid reports that Jones had left behind a "hit squad" to kill defectors.
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-- Bishop Lucius Cartwright and Pastor Albert Hamrick of St. Phillip's Pentecostal Church in Washington, D.C., were sent to jail in 1976 for embezzling $250,000 while administering food stamp distribution.

In 1978 Al and Jeanie Mills started a refugee center for Jonestown survivors , amid reports that Jones had left behind a hit squad to kill defectors.
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Bishop Lucius Cartwright and Pastor Albert Hamrick of St. Phillip's Pentecostal Church in Washington , D.C. , were sent to jail in 1976 for embezzling $ 250 , 000 while administering food stamp distribution.They used the money to buy a car , an ice cream parlor , and a bank building.

A white revivalist , the Rev. James Eugene Ewing of Los Angeles , acquired thousands of black followers around the United States through an odd promise : If they sent him monthly donations , God would bless them with Cadillacs , color televisions , Mark IV Continentals , new homes , etc. God's Gold Book Plan for Financial Blessings , it was called.Those who mailed their Gold Book pledges faithfully could expect power to get wealth , Ewing said.His monthly newsletter was filled with photos of pledge-payers beaming over new Eldorados or stereos.Followers were also urged to buy miracle billfolds and golden horn-of-plenty neck charms. ( An architect friend of mine sent a fake name to Ewing and collected his mailings to pass around the office as funny-sad reading. ) The Los Angeles Times said Ewing grossed $ 4 million a year.