Millionaire pastor's church - former member calls for more transparency

Millionaire pastor’s church – former member calls for more transparency

Monday, December 11th, 2017

A Maserati-driving pastor who owns $4 million of property needs to be more open and transparent about his church’s finances, former members say.

Murray Watkinson, a former carpet layer who sold his carpet business in Wellington in 1975 after “encountering God in a supernatural way”, began the Celebration Centre church in 1990 in Aranui with about 80 followers. Read more

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