Before we begin posting any evidence, I would firstly like to point out that This is not conclusive. All evidence shown today is for you to make your own educated decision and further your own research and make your own conclusion.
Alright, First off; What is House Of Prayer [Here after referred to as HOP].
HOP is a sim (now set of sims) in the virtual world of Second life. HOP is owned by a not for profit incorporation by the same name, The corporation was founded by the controversial Patrick Christain.
HOP claims its goal is to spread the word of god and other than it's own Inner Circle of directors This is the goal. There are many volunteers working for their ministry who believe they are doing a good thing and when we approached with alts who acted calm, more often than not this was the case.. but the actual reason for the church is most certainly in disrepute. We will go into the "Treasurer" Patrick on another page, This is all only for HOP.
Alright, First off; What is House Of Prayer [Here after referred to as HOP].
HOP is a sim (now set of sims) in the virtual world of Second life. HOP is owned by a not for profit incorporation by the same name, The corporation was founded by the controversial Patrick Christain.
HOP claims its goal is to spread the word of god and other than it's own Inner Circle of directors This is the goal. There are many volunteers working for their ministry who believe they are doing a good thing and when we approached with alts who acted calm, more often than not this was the case.. but the actual reason for the church is most certainly in disrepute. We will go into the "Treasurer" Patrick on another page, This is all only for HOP.
The beginning of HOP
SecondLife God’s House of Prayer (HOP) Meeting On Public Stream unethical practices using 501 c3 non-profit
A public streamed meeting at HOP on the game of Secondlife has come to me by concerned Christian. Aparently the sim was owned by a male, with a avitar by the nic name “Patrick Christian” whos real name is Patrick Stansbury of Snellville GA, owner of Pentegon Publishing inc, The only reason that I found his personal information important is because he requests that all donations to HOP church be sent to an address that is the address to his publishing company, and because in this meeting he suggests that his company make a tax deductable donation to this "God’s House of Prayer" and that "staff" (which includes Patrick, Brett, Loki) should be paid for their time there.Also his suggestions of getting other SL ministries hooked up with him kind of makes him look like he is wanting to rule the christian world, some of the avitars nic names that are talking with him are Brett Bailey, and Loki. Meeting doesn't start until about 4:00, so skip forward to save your ears from the nasal whistling.
A public streamed meeting at HOP on the game of Secondlife has come to me by concerned Christian. Aparently the sim was owned by a male, with a avitar by the nic name “Patrick Christian” whos real name is Patrick Stansbury of Snellville GA, owner of Pentegon Publishing inc, The only reason that I found his personal information important is because he requests that all donations to HOP church be sent to an address that is the address to his publishing company, and because in this meeting he suggests that his company make a tax deductable donation to this "God’s House of Prayer" and that "staff" (which includes Patrick, Brett, Loki) should be paid for their time there.Also his suggestions of getting other SL ministries hooked up with him kind of makes him look like he is wanting to rule the christian world, some of the avitars nic names that are talking with him are Brett Bailey, and Loki. Meeting doesn't start until about 4:00, so skip forward to save your ears from the nasal whistling.
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The Senior Pastor of Hop has stated many times that Patrick Christian does not own or have direct role in HOP. During this meeting, Patrick was directly involved in forming of the 501 c3 and is also a main member on its board of directors. Patrick Christian, Brett Bailey, and Loki also disuss how HOP wants to take over and control Christian ministry on Second Life along with making a nice profit and also discussed how their personal businesses could receive tax rightoffs when they donated to this non-profit HOP. It's unethical when a person that is on a board of directors of a non-profit organization to benifit in their personal businesses. .HOP requesting donations, see the address in picture below,
V Patrick's own company adress V
This confirms that the church is in its own part of a business establishment and is no doubt one in the same. I could post more basic evidence on this page but all sources will be linked at the bottom of the page for you to get the information first hand.
More corporate information:
More corporate information:
Google Search of God's House Of Prayer physical address....Patrick's place of residence... not really a "real life church" after all.
Source: http://concernedchristian2013.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/secondlife-gods-house-of-prayer-hop.html