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After the tithes, having food for the kids was the miracle

A good week was when there was enough food on the table for her seven children, or money to buy clothes and school books.

Cash for preaching lifts Tamaki's pay to $1m

Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.

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Kiwi family stunned about expulsion

A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.

NZ family in expelled group

Church donations close to $6m a year

Destiny Church demands more than tithe, former members say

Former Destiny Church members claim families are pressured to give "love offerings" and other cash donations above the expected 10 per cent tithe.

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Tamaki defends high life

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says his $1 million-plus home and $75,000 car are "not much" of a reward for decades of clean and righteous living and taking his message to the masses.

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Tamaki: God doesn't want me to be poor

Brian Tamaki claims he had been ready to take a vow of poverty, but that was not what God wanted.

Destiny's Brisbane church regroups

Destiny Church's Brisbane branch put on a brave face as it yesterday welcomed a new pastor after last Sunday's walk-out.

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