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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Saint Matthews Churches</title>
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		<title>Prayers, cash flow into Tulsa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Got mail from Saint Matthew's Churches?  Throw it away.  It is a scam.]]></description>
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		<title>Group: &#8216;Ministry&#8217; targets sick, needy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you one of the area residents who recently received a curious &#8220;Jesus Eyes Prayer Rug&#8221; in the mail with the suggestion of divine blessings if only you would send money?
The come-on might seem bizarre, but it is said to be a lucrative direct-mail campaign.
Most people will just throw the letters in the trash with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer rugs: the opposite of firm spiritual footing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder how many people get suckered by the &#8220;church prayer rug&#8221; that shows up in the mailbox this time of year.
Have you seen these things?
St. Matthew&#8217;s Churches of Houston offers divine dividends to folks who receive a prayer rug and believe in its power.
The &#8220;rug&#8221; is actually a legal-size piece of paper with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need A New Car, More Money? Try The Prayer Rug</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The senior citizens in Virginia Robinson&#8217;s apartment building got a precarious package in the mail.
It&#8217;s a &#8220;prayer rug&#8221; from an organization called &#8220;St. Matthews Churches.&#8221;
The instructions say, if you keep looking at it, you will see Christ&#8217;s eyes open.
&#8220;At first, I wanted to laugh, and then I thought, &#8216;You know, this really isn&#8217;t a joke,&#8217;&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipient skeptical of Jesus letter</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9963/recipient-skeptical-of-jesus-letter</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLUSHING - Jesus has been making the rounds in Flushing, and at least one local resident is worried.
Mary Damico, 77, opened her mail last week to find the face of Jesus on the promise of God&#8217;s blessing if she sent the letter to someone else - along with a monetary gift to a post office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Reaping from faith</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8427/special-report-reaping-from-faith</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucrative &#8217;seed faith&#8217; mail ministry has Tulsa ties
Once a traveling tent-revival preacher, the Rev. James Eugene Ewing built a direct-mail empire from his mansion in Los Angeles that brings millions of dollars flowing into a Tulsa post office box. 
Ewing&#8217;s computerized mailing operation, Saint Matthew&#8217;s Churches, mails more than 1 million letters per month, many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial blessings in return</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2003 08:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mail-order ministry promises spiritual and financial windfalls in return for a donation. 
In the world of Saint Matthew&#8217;s Churches, Heaven is a bank and God is the bank president. 
The organization mails more than 1 million letters across the country each month seeking money from recipients and promising a spiritual and financial windfall in return. [...]]]></description>
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