ATLAH World Missionary Church (formerly Bethelite Missionary Baptist Church) is a Christian church and ministry located in Harlem, New York. James David Manning is the chief pastor.[6] The church campus is the site of the unaccredited ATLAH Theological Seminary, where classes are offered on preaching and prophecy.[7] The church also has a studio that Manning uses for his Internet radio program The Manning Report.[8][9] The church's YouTube channel had over 72,000 subscribers as of March 2018[10] but was shut down by YouTube later that year.[11]
The church was founded and organized in Harlem on June 6, 1957, by the Reverend Millard Alexander Stanley as the Bethelite Community Baptist Church.[6]
In early June, just a few days before the first worship service was held, Stanley was sitting in front of a storefront on 8th Avenue in Harlem. A local heroin addict spoke to him and said, "If y’all gonna be a church, you better 'Be-The-Lite.'" Thus, the mission was formed and named Bethelite.[6]
In 1981, James David Manning replaced Stanley as chief pastor. Under Manning's leadership, the church name changed to ATLAH ("All The Land Anointed Holy"), and ministries were established.[12]
Newest Ministries – The Temple Hour of Prayer May 29, 2008; and The Manning Report August 25, 2008.[12]
ATLAH Men's Business Association: Men's group established in 2003.
ATLAH Superior: Started as a group of 70 women in 2003 for the establishment of a specialty food service supermarket in New York.
ATLAH Theological Seminary: Established in 1994 as an adult-education, Bible, business, and social studies institution.
ATLAH World Ministries: Established in 1992 as a half-hour Christian teaching radio, expanded to a weekly TV broadcast heard on several networks, and currently on YouTube and several other venues.
Great Tomorrows Elementary/Middle School and ATLAH High School: The school was established in 1994 for the purpose of educating young people from elementary to high school focused upon a private Christian education founded on the M.A.D. Curriculum. The school is not registered and has been pending since about 2013.[13]
Obama has released the homo demons on the black man. Look out black woman. A white homo may take your man.[16]
Many of these homos moving into Harlem looking for some black meat[17]
In March 2014, local lesbian and transgender activist Jennifer Louise Lopez knocked on the church door to ask for her stoning.[18]
In August 2014, Manning promised that President Vladimir Putin of Russia would release information collected by the KGB that would prove that President Obama is homosexual.[19]
In November 2014, Manning claimed in a video presentation that Starbucks was "Ground Zero" for Ebola. He warned people to stay away from Starbucks if they did not want to get Ebola.[20]
On November 5, Manning claimed that in "a few days' time," there would be no homosexuals in Harlem and Starbucks would close."[21]
In January 2016, a state judge ordered ATLAH Worldwide Church to be sold at a public foreclosure auction after failing to pay creditors more than $1.02million, court records show.[22] The Church maintains they are afforded tax exempt status by the New York Supreme Court and are not liable for the fines[23] citing the Court's ruling in December 2004.[24] The Ali Forney Center announced their interest in acquiring it for the purposes of an LGBT youth homeless services center, and raised $200,000 in two weeks from a fund-raiser to achieve that goal.[25][26] A temporary stay on the sale was granted pending a full hearing on April 21, 2016. Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center planned to use the time to research the property.[27] In September the judgment of foreclosure was vacated.[28]
↑ Weigel, David (March 12, 2010). "Obama on Trial". washingtonindependent.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
↑ Supreme Court, New York County, New York (December 28, 2004). "IN RE: BETHELITE COMMUNITY CHURCH". caselaw.findlaw.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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