DarkLinks 44: John MacArthur’s Sermon Censored, Mike Todd Apologizes
It’s been a long time since Evangelical Dark Web has done a DarkLinks. Over the past year, this publication has stepped up its own game on newsgathering and reporting, so we have not relied on curating the content of others. However, during the past week where Evangelical Dark Web was breaking it’s own stories on […]
Mike Todd Spits, rubs it in man’s face during sermon
https://youtu.be/UNTrB4fG7vE The most recent sermon at Transformation Church featured a daring a disgusting sermon illustration that involved Mike Todd spitting and rubbing it in a man’s face as a way to “explain” Jesus spitting in the blind man’s eyes when He healed him. Mike Todd is a highly prominent false teacher of the Prosperity Gospel […]
Mike Todd’s Relationship Goals Movie Maker Devon Franklin Getting Divorced
Devon Franklin, a faith based filmmaker best known for making the heretical “Heaven Is For Real” into a movie announced on Instagram he was filing for divorce from his wife, Meagan Good, an actress. This would be yet another “Christian” celebrity couple to announce a divorce. Though in this instance the reason is unclear. The […]
Prosperity Preacher Mike Todd lands movie deal for Relationship Goals
https://youtu.be/Ol2n3F1okI4 Perhaps the most viral pastor in the United State is Mike Todd from Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2020, he published a bestselling book, Relationship Goals based on a viral sermon series he did years prior. Todd’s knack for taking years old jokes and repackaging them paid off will Relationship Goals. In a more […]
Exclusive: These Pastors and Churches Took Millions in PPP Loans
Joel Osteen landed in hot water when the Houston Chronicle broke the story that Lakewood Church had indeed accepted Payroll Payment Protection loans under the Small Business Administration’s allocation for non-profit organizations to benefit from this lockdown relief program, which he previously denied. But Joel Osteen was far from the only pastor and Lakewood Church […]
Prosperity pastor Mike Todd’s church buys mall for $20 million
2020 has been a massive year for Pastor Mike Todd of Transformation Church. The release of his book Relationship Goals and gaining an enormous amount of social media clout has evidently brought in a boatload of money for Transformation Church. After the church paid off a $10 million mortgage on its current facility in 6 […]
Is there ‘Black Privilege’ in the SBC?
Unlike the “nicer than God” Big Eva pieces that do not name names or cite evidence to point out problems in the church, writings by grassroots evangelicals that do name names and cite evidence generally make thought provoking arguments whether or not I agree with their conclusion. A piece by (presumably) JD Hall on Protestia […]
Transformation Church caught removing Prosperity Gospel faith statement from website
Transformation Church may be one of the most influential churches in America in the years to come. It’s dynamic pastor, Michael Todd, is one of the most trendy pastors on social media. This led to a reader-requested verdict on Michael Todd which concluded that he was a preacher of the Prosperity Gospel based on the […]
My dialog with a Mike Todd follower
The Evangelical Dark Web reader-requested verdict on Michael Todd has gotten traffic and engagement, much of it from people who hold differing opinions and theology. One reader who is a follower of someone labeled a false teacher responded to our verdict. Rather than bury their argument against our very purpose of a site we responded […]
Is Michael Todd a false teacher?
Category 5 Verdict: Michael Todd preaches the Prosperity and Popularity Gospels. His potential danger is one of Joel Osteen levels. Preface At the request of one of our readers, we have been asked to investigate whether Michael Todd is a false teacher. You can make a request here, and we will honor it. It is a […]