Tampa Strip Clubs: Can Paula White be savior for Without Walls?

July 26, 2009

… I come to church to be fed spiritually,” said Saul Bruno Encarnacion, who started attending Without Walls four years ago. “That wasn’t happening anymore. But with Pastor Paula, I always learn something. She’s a great preacher and a great teacher.”
Paula’s return
Religious experts and those who follow charismatic and Pentecostal preachers see Paula’s return as a necessity for her and the church.
Without Walls stumbled in the absence of Paula, whose ministry increasingly took her away from Tampa long before she and Randy divorced.
Randy, who struggled with the death of his 30-year-old daughter from his first marriage, often left preaching duties to associate pastors or guest ministers. He talked openly about wanting to move to Malibu, Calif. Sometimes congregants were surprised when Randy’s sermons included anecdotes about going to bars, cavorting with bikers and hanging out with former strippers.
Barbara Burgos, a small-business owner from South Tampa, left Without Walls almost a year ago because of Randy’s “obsession with talking about strippers and porn.”

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