Evangelist Leroy Jenkins
"I believe God wants to COMPLETE THE MIRACLE He started in you! Don't let the circle of God's blessings be broken. I have LOANED YOU MY HANDKERCHIEF. Put your name on it and send it back to me tomorrow morning. I use the word, 'LOAN,' because I must have this FAITH HANDKERCHIEF back after you put your name on it, I am going to anoint it and SEND IT BACK TO YOU to keep as a point of contact for YOUR MIRACLE. You are on my heart. Sometimes God wakes me up at night just to PRAY FOR YOU and some of my other special partners. I feel your need...I have obeyed God and loaned you my FAITH HANDKERCHIEF. Now-you must put your name on it. I must have your name on my handkerchief...DON'T MISS GOD! Follow these instructions exactly. Here is how to use my MIRACLE FAITH HANDKERCHIEF...Right now, I am asking you to get out your largest bill, or write a check for the best gift. God sees your sacrifice. It may be $100, it may be $50, or it might be $25, like my partner, Milton, gave, and God blessed him with a fine job."
(Leroy Jenkins, letter from his ministry 2004)
"God has anointed me as a prophet, and that is my calling. Your obedience to that calling is what heals and blesses you."
(Leroy Jenkins, letter from his ministry 2004)
"When you listened to my TV broadcast, God brought us together in the spirit. I have been seeking God for you. I am very sensitive to the SPIRIT OF GOD about your needs, especially a personal blessing you so desperately need God to give you. I never cease to be amazed at God's gifts in my life. God uses me in the gifts of healing and miracles, and you know God's gift of the Word of Knowledge and prophecy works in me all the time...I believe by faith this is YOUR TIME. GET READY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS."
(Leroy Jenkins, letter from his ministry 2004)
"You have to be willing to give to Him. Whatever you make happen for God's work, He will make happen for you. You see, they obeyed Jesus and poured out what they had. If you want God to bless you, you have to pour out something to Him. The Bible says in Luke 6:38, 'Give and it shall be given unto you.' This was Jesus talking. He was saying, 'Give God your best and He will give you His best!' What is your best? Is it $100 or more? then give that. If it is $50, give that. If it is $30, give that, or the closest thing you have to $30."
(Leroy Jenkins, letter from his ministry 2004)
"I know your enjoying this program and I'm sorry I had to break in right now. But, this testimony, these testimonies, about a hundred or so of them. Right away testimonies. Now, right now testimonies. Not 2,000 year old testimonies. Not 20 year old testimonies, right now testimonies!"
(Leroy Jenkins broadcast, June 24, 2004, Dr. Ross Collete the man that reads testimonies)
Note: Do you see the disregard for Scripture with that statement? I guess the testimonies in the Bible which are 2,000 years old are not good enough for Leroy Jenkins!
"And I'll tell you and you won't need, you won't need to call a psychic to have your fortune told. I'll tell it and it won't cost you a penny..."
(Leroy Jenkins broadcast, The Word Network, August 17, 2004)
"I have de-tailed more devils than any other preacher in the world. De-tailed, that means cut their long tail off. I've got people out there preaching now that thought I was a demon. They found out they was looking in a mirror and saw themselves. Now if you don't believe God talks to me, and I'm not being a smart alleck, don't think you would be. You come on down here and I got something for you that the mailman can't deliver."
(Leroy Jenkins broadcast, The Word Network, August 17, 2004)
Water touted as a tonic may make drinkers sick
Ohio prohibits sale of S.C. evangelist's elixir
KEN GARFIELD
Religion Editor
If evangelist Leroy Jenkins hands you a bottle of his so-called miracle water at his revival today through Sunday at the Charlotte Convention Center, you might want to think twice about letting it pass your lips.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has ordered him to quit distributing the stuff because it was found to have contained a bacteria that can make you sick.
Jenkins declined to talk to The Observer Thursday about the water he claims has special healing powers. June Buckingham, his secretary at the ministry office in Columbus, Ohio, wouldn't say whether her boss plans to offer the water for a donation this weekend in Charlotte....
The water is what's at issue.
Melanie Wilt, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Agriculture, said Jenkins agreed in late July to quit distributing water bottled from a well on his former Healing Waters Cathedral property in Delaware, Ohio, after the state said it contained coliform bacteria. Coliform comes from human and animal waste. Wilt said a West Virginia woman who drank it in late 2001 took ill.
Following the court-ordered agreement, Wilt said her office began looking into whether Jenkins was violating the agreement after an ad was placed in a Columbus (Ohio) newspaper indicating "new miracle healing water" would be available at an upcoming service.
Told about possible plans to make water available in Charlotte, Wilt said her office notified federal and N.C. health officials.
So-called miracle water has long been a part of the controversial evangelist's MO.
At a 1995 tent revival on North Tryon Street, Jenkins told followers that God told him in 1977 to drill a well 100 feet deep.
Then he asked the faithful to step right up for the fruits of his labor -- 600 jugs of miracle water he was offering off the back of a truck, all donations welcome.
Evelyn Duncan, a 63-year-old retired housekeeper who had open heart surgery, paid $3 for her jug full of hope.
"I'm buying it to get healed," she said. "I know it will."
State appoints guardian for evangelist's wife
Sunday, March 18, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman who married an evangelist nine days following the death of her first husband has been found to be legally incompetent.
Franklin County Probate Judge Lawrence Belskis also appointed state Sen. Ben Espy, D-Columbus, as guardian for Eloise Thomas Jenkins, 76, and asked the county prosecutor to investigate large withdrawals from her bank accounts.
Judge Belskis' declaration, written Friday, suggested that evangelist Leroy Jenkins has attempted to take advantage of his wife. The couple married Jan. 12 in Las Vegas.
Mrs. Jenkins and her late husband, who had no children, won $6.9 million in the Ohio Super Lotto in 1992 and split the money. The exact amount of her wealth has not been revealed, but is thought to be at least $2 million.
Evangelist To Stop Distributing 'Miracle Water'
The Agriculture Department said the water contained coliform bacteria. Coliform, which comes from human and animal waste, can cause serious illnesses.
Jenkins claimed tests conducted by independent laboratories all found the water safe for drinking. He said the state ignored his findings.
"(If the water was dangerous) don't you think that after 30 years we would have one complaint out of our congregation?" Jenkins asked.
He settled with the state because, he said, "I'm just tired of being hassled about it."
Jenkins was fined $200 last year because he didn't have a license to sell the water. Rather than getting a license, he agreed to stop selling the water.
The Agriculture Department later used undercover agents to purchase the water from Jenkins. Again, it contained coliform, the department said.