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Wednesday September 23, 2009
UCKG:
UCKG The advert for the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) featured a testimonial from a woman implying that her son’s lung and heart defects were cured by oil that the church had provided.

UCKG’s founder was recently charged with fraud.
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Wednesday August 12, 2009
UCKG:
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God The founder of the Brazil’s Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, and nine other church leaders, are charged with money laundering and fraud.

The public prosecutor has said that Brazil is considering filing formal requests with several countries for cooperation in researching the church’s financial dealings. Those countries eventually include all countries where the UCKG operates, including in almost all Africa countries.
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Tuesday March 17, 2009
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Universal Church of the Kingdom of God A storm is brewing at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, with South African pastors accusing their Brazilian bishop of racism, discrimination and favouring Portuguese pastors.

At least 50 pastors have left the church since the end of 2008 and some of those who have left say there are hundreds of others who are too afraid to leave because they have no financial backing.
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Tuesday August 19, 2008
UCKG:
Televangelists The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God also goes by the name of “Stop Suffering.” However, the church causes lots of suffering by preaching its heavy-handed brand of the so-called Prosperity Gospel: God can only heal you or bless you financially if you first give him money — by giving it to the church.

In Uganda, one former member who did not get healed after donating her car to the church demanded her car back. Now she is experiencing the cult’s wrath.
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Tuesday March 25, 2008
UCKG:
A church known for teaching that God blesses you more when you give more money is itself robbed.
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Friday February 29, 2008
UCKG:
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, theologically a cult of Christianity, is abusing Brazil’s legal system by filing dozens of lawsuits against reporters who investigate the money-hungry church.
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Thursday February 21, 2008
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Reporters Without Borders today condemned the “harassment” of three journalists and their newspapers by followers of the Brazil-based evangelical Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus – IURD), who have filed dozens of lawsuits against the media.
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Friday February 1, 2008
UCKG:
Human rights organization condemns the wave of civil defamation lawsuits filed by members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God against journalist Elvira Lobato and her employer, the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
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Friday January 25, 2008
UCKG:
The authors of the lawsuits say they were insulted by her investigative report, entitled “Universal turns 30 with a business empire”, published on December 15, 2007.
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Friday January 4, 2008
UCKG:
The Universal Church of God relentlessly sells the fraudulent prosperity gospel to the poor.
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Saturday October 20, 2007
UCKG:
Brazil’s Federal Police have reopened their investigation into the purchase of TV network Record by Bishop Edir Macedo, leader of the sect known as the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), local media reported on Friday.
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Monday June 11, 2007
UCKG:
That was the message from a recent Sunday sermon at the new Soweto branch of Brazil’s huge Pentecostal-style Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG).
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Friday April 27, 2007
UCKG:
An Aids patient says senior pastors at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Uganda obtained possession of her car by pretending that they would reverse her health status if she invested in sacrifice.
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Saturday February 24, 2007
UCKG:
Consumer alert: The controversial Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Church is coming to Nashville.
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Wednesday January 31, 2007
UCKG:
One of Namibia’s fastest-growing churches, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, yesterday turned to the High Court to look for some earthly justice for being referred to as a Satanic sect in a weekly State-owned newspaper.
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Saturday November 25, 2006
UCKG:
Parishioners are encouraged to give money, $33, the number equaling Christ’s age when he died. Medina informs them that the more they give, the better their returns will be. If they give money, they can receive a blessing.
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Saturday September 9, 2006
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The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God has no visible doctrine or moral message and is almost silent on the Bible, but it believes passionately in generous “sacrifices” to the sect by its followers. And in daily advertisements on television, it offers neither spiritual enlightenment nor salvation. The central message — achieving financial success and freedom from debt — is reinforced with testimonials from the church’s allegedly satisfied customers.
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Monday March 13, 2006
UCKG:
In leaflets pushed through household doors by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, you're invited to tick a number of boxes to see if you are "cursed" - boxes that declare "My life is a cycle of ups and downs" and "At times I feel I'm losing control of my life."
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UCKG:
Wanted: lost souls who believe their misfortune is caused by a curse. Must be prepared to hand over 10pc of their earnings to a religious charity.
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Friday December 30, 2005
UCKG:
LUSAKA - High Court judge Tamula Kakusa yesterday allowed the banned Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) to resume their church activities.
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Wednesday December 14, 2005
UCKG:
A Brazilian originated church that has branches in Swaziland is being investigated for allegations of satanic worship and child sacrifice in neighbouring South Africa.
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Tuesday December 6, 2005
UCKG:
LUSAKA - An evangelical church that was banned in Zambia last week for allegedly practising satanism, including human sacrifice, has decided to challenge that decision in court, an official has said.
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Wednesday November 30, 2005
UCKG:
LUSAKA Zambia on Tuesday banned a controversial evangelical church facing allegations of practising satanism and human sacrifice and the target of violent attacks over the weekend.
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Monday November 28, 2005
UCKG:
Lusaka, Nov 27, ZANIS - Church of God Immediate Past Regional Superintendent for Central Africa Bishop John Mambo has challenged Government and Church mother bodies in the country to seriously scrutinise the doctrines of the embattled Universal Church of the Kingdom of God - UCKG.
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Sunday November 27, 2005
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Lusaka - Fourteen Zambians were arrested after riots and vandalism in the capital Lusaka following allegations that a Pentecostal church was practising Satanism and human sacrifice, police said on Sunday.
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