At the call centers, people worked without pay to reach “unobtainable” goals and were punished when they failed to meet those goals.
The DOJ said punishments included “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.”
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The indictment includes text messages from victims illustrating the above claims. According to one, Taylor texted:
Michelle and top 9 closers..How is it in 5 hours you’ll have only raised $6K..THIS IS A MARATHON!! You’ll are not taking this serious enough!! THIS HAS TO STOP!! Nobody gets lunch or dinner!! You’ll are going to press for another 5 hours !! Make sure no one eats until these numbers change. If they don’t change in the next 5 hours you’ll are going to work until 4 am !!
Another text said:
Repent now n***** All of you get on your knees now and repent !! NOW !! You have pushed God and I too far !! … I’M DONE !! EVERYONE GO INTO THE TAMPA GARAGE TONIGHT!! THIS WILL NEVER STOP UNTIL YOU CHANGE COMPLETETLY.
According to the indictment, Taylor and Brannon told the victims that if they left the ministry, they would face “divine judgment in the form of physical harm and eternal damnation.”
The DOJ also said that some of the Taylor’s workers were called “armor bearers.”
“Armor bearers were [Taylor’s] personal servants who fulfilled Taylor’s demands around the clock,” said the DOJ. “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 efforts of Taylor’s so-called ministry were so lucrative that the indictment said that Taylor had received millions of dollars in donations every year and had accrued $50 million dollars since 2014.
 and his associate, Michelle Brannon (56), have been indicted by a federal grand jury for 10 counts related to human trafficking and money laundering.){kind=link}