▁Pop off ' s ▁long time ▁assist ants ▁Re ef ord ▁and ▁Pam ela ▁Sher rell ▁also ▁began ▁a ▁tele vised ▁Texas - based ▁min istry , ▁with ▁Re ef ord ▁using ▁the ▁name ▁Past or ▁Lee ▁Sher rell . ▁Like ▁Pop off , ▁they ▁use ▁the ▁offer ▁of ▁a ▁religious ▁tr ink et ▁( a ▁free ▁prayer ▁cloth ) ▁to ▁compile ▁an ▁address ▁list . ▁Once ▁a ▁follow er ▁requests ▁the ▁prayer ▁cloth ▁and ▁inputs ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁address , ▁letters ▁asking ▁for ▁money ▁are ▁dispatch ed . ▁ ▁Research er ▁and ▁bio eth ics ▁expert ▁Fred ▁M . ▁Fro ho ck ▁c ited ▁Pop off ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁many ▁e greg ious ▁instances ▁of ▁fake ▁he aling ." ▁ ▁Ole ▁Anthony ▁of ▁the ▁Tr inity ▁Foundation , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁to ▁research ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁te lev angel ists , ▁said , ▁" M ost ▁of ▁these ▁guys ▁are ▁foo led ▁by ▁their ▁own ▁the ology ", ▁referring ▁to ▁other ▁te lev angel ists ▁such ▁as ▁Jo el ▁O ste en ▁and ▁T . ▁D . ▁J akes , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Pop off , ▁" He ' s ▁fund ament ally ▁evil , ▁because ▁he ▁knows ▁he ' s ▁a ▁con ▁man ", ▁Anthony ▁said . ▁ ▁Fin an cial ▁details ▁Pop off ▁was ▁collect ing ▁almost ▁$ 4 ▁million ▁per ▁year ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁according ▁to ▁Rand i . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3