Pastor Tony Spell says he's raking in stimulus money donations and still planning on leading Sunday service.
can get away with, but for now ... he's still collecting stimulus dough from parishioners while dodging jail.
The infamous leader of the Life Tabernacle Church in Louisiana tells TMZ ... since April 19 when his"stimulus challenge" began, 205 people have given at least a portion of their stimulus checks to his church.We're told this includes parishioners as well as outsiders who don't belong to Life Tabernacle. Spell would not reveal how much cash he's hauled in from these folks.
We did the math, out of curiosity, though, and if each donor gave the typical tithe of 10% of the max stimulus amount of $1,200 -- that's $24,600 for Tony. Granted, it could be less or a lot more. He seemed to be encouraging donors to give their full checks ... as he claims he did.to all evangelists who can't pass the offering plate during the pandemic shutdowns.
Of course, that doesn't really apply to Spell because he's not been abiding by the Governor's stay-at-home order. Not only is he still holding services where he can take offerings, but he's also
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