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Mike Murdock exaggerates his accomplishments and cites dubious statistics. Critics say his goal is to keep donors from questioning his authority. Source: Darren Barbee, Star-Telegram Staff Writer, March 4, 2003 - On the television screen, letters fade in - fancy silver script spelling out wisdom. An announcer's voice, deep and smooth, says, "Whatever your struggles, frustrations or failures, wisdom is the master key that can change anything in a moment." The Wisdom Keys announcer falls silent as the man God gave all of the keys to appears on the screen: Dr. Mike Murdock. Viewers of Wisdom Keys can't ignore the evidence: He is Mike Murdock, anointed by God. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > Murdock uses 'love bonding' to reach donors Source: Darren Barbees Star-Telegram Staff Writer, March 4, 2003 - He's been there, where you're at now. Mike Murdock has been down and out -- no money, sheets tacked up as curtains. He's been so broke that he had only $10 in his pocket when he needed $3,000 to give to a minister. He's been heartbroken from a failed marriage; uncertain; even, he says, a doubter of the Bible. In 1997, Murdock told viewers of his television program Wisdom Keys that he has had his world come apart. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > CORRECTION Source: Star-Telegram March 4, 2003 - The Cessna Citation 500 shown in a graphic Sunday was a 2002 model. A photograph of a 1973 Cessna Citation 500, like the one owned by the Mike Murdock Evangelistic Association. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > BLURRING THE LINE Denton televangelist Mike Murdock makes few distinctions between his resources and those of the ministry he founded. Some critics question whether his actions are proper. Source: Darren Barbee Star-Telegram Staff - Writer March 3, 2003 - Not too long ago, Denton televangelist Mike Murdock got an idea, he said during a television broadcast in November. What was it? He didn't say. He said only that it made him thousands of dollars. In 2002, with the money from that idea, he said, he bought a 1973 Cessna Citation 500, a small corporate jet that usually seats six. "God gave me an idea that bought me a jet [with] cash," he said. But Murdock does not own the jet. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > Ministry gives money to Murdock's relatives Source: Darren Barbee Star-Telegram Staff - Writer March 3, 2003 - The brass-colored door knocker on the small house in Argyle is engraved with the words The Murdocks. The Rev. J.E. Murdock, wearing a blue jumpsuit, answers the door of the home he believes his son, Denton televangelist Mike Murdock, bought for him. The house is tax-exempt and belongs to the nonprofit Mike Murdock Evangelistic Association, Denton County records show. J.E. Murdock is a lean, broad-shouldered man with a firm handshake. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > Published on March 2, 2003, Page 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) PROFIT in the pulpit A Denton televangelist who says his mission is to rescue people from poverty is living lavishly, while the ministry he founded spends most of its money on overhead, an examination finds. Source: Darren Barbee Star-Telegram Staff Writer - March 2, 2003 - Mike Murdock peers into the television camera, seemingly able to see the people watching him. He says he can sense that the poor, the struggling and the lonely have tuned in to his program. "You've got to have a breakthrough," he tells them. Murdock offers the solution to all their problems: Give money to a man of God. Murdock's unwavering message -- on his program, at his seminars and in his books -- is the Law of the Seed: Plant a seed Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > Published on March 2, 2003, Page 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) Ministry's board had minimal role Source: Darren Barbees Star-Telegram Staff Writer March 2, 2003 - For the past several years, the governing board of the Mike Murdock Evangelistic Association has been made up of Mike Murdock, his father, a brother and, occasionally, people who worked for the ministry or who did business with it. But the board's mainstays -- Murdock's father, the Rev. J.E. Murdock, and brother John Murdock -- said they had little information about how the ministry operated. Click here for complete article < http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html > (Ann R) Mike Murdock (source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)) |