‘Apostle’ David E. Taylor Denied Bond, Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Human Traffiking
Pastor David E. Taylor, the name-it-and-claim-it faith-healing and prosperity gospel heretic who’s currently incarcerated on charges of human trafficking and money laundering, was denied bond last week and remains jailed until his trial. Further, he has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to all charges against him.
Taylor was arrested last month after the FBI enacted coordinated raids on properties connected to his church, the Kingdom of God Global Church, including on his 29,000 square feet “parsonage” that he purchased in 2022 for $8.3M.
Along with Taylor, Michelle Branon, 56, the church’s executive director, was also arrested, and the two of them were indicted on charges that they used forced labor to generate millions of dollars in donations.
Taylor, who self-identifies as an “apostle”, claims that in 1997 he was “given the keys to the Kingdom of heaven by Jesus in a face-to-face appearance in a dream.” Taylor has parlayed the alleged experience to sell his book Face to Face Appearances from Jesus: The Ultimate Intimacy, in which he claims to offer readers the formula to “Meet Christ face-to-face in person”, as well as several other more typical name-it-and-claim-it promises. According to the WFLA:
The Department of Justice said investigators found that Kingdom of God Global Church was, in fact, a perpetrator of a large human trafficking operation that spanned multiple states like Michigan, Florida, Texas and Missouri.
According to the indictment, Taylor and Bannon established call centers in these states operated by people called “armor bearers.”
“Armor bearers were Taylors’s personal servants who fulfilled Taylor’s demands around the clock,” the DOJ release said. “Taylor and Brannon controlled every aspect of the daily living of their victims. Victims slept in the call center facility or in a ‘ministry’ house, and Taylor and Brannon did not permit them to leave without permission. Taylor demanded that his Armor Bearers transport women from ministry houses, airports, and other locations to Taylor’s location and ensured the women transported to Taylor took Plan B emergency contraceptives.”
The release stated these people would work at these call centers or perform other services for Taylor without pay for long hours.
Federal prosecutors said if the workers did not meet Taylor’s “unattainable” donation goals, they would suffer “public humiliation, additional work, food and shelter restrictions, psychological abuse, forced repentance, sleep deprivation, physical assaults, and threats of divine judgment in the form of sickness, accidents, and eternal damnation.”
The indictment says that Taylor raised more than $50 Million from these people alone, which he then spent on luxury properties, clothing, and vehicles. The two were indicted on the following charges:
Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering: up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine up to $500,000 or twice the value of the properties involved in the money laundering transactions.
Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor: up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine up to $250,000.
Forced Labor: up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine up to $250,000.
While Taykor remains locked up, his co-defendent, Michelle Brannon, was released on bond.
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