Terry Cole-Whittaker
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Terry Cole-Whittaker (born December 3, 1939, in Los Angeles), or Dr. Terry, is a New Thought author and United Church of Religious Science minister,[1] and the founder of Terry Cole-Whittaker Ministries and Adventures in Enlightenment.
History
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She became familiar with what she calls the "principles of prosperity" through the actions of a teacher in high school. She would later go on to enter the
She went on to earn a
In 1982, Cole-Whittaker left the United Church of Religious Science and founded Terry Cole-Whittaker Ministries.[3] She drew over 4,000 people to her weekly services and provided them with newsletters and instructional videos.[2] Her celebrity parishioners included Gavin MacLeod, Linda Gray, Lily Tomlin, and Eydie Gormé.[4] Despite raising $6 million in 1984, her ministry raked in a debt of around $400,000 in 1985,[3] prompting her to cease production of the television show and leave her congregation during Easter.[5][6] By October, she had created a new foundation, Adventures in Enlightenment, which organized tours to meet with her one-on-one in exotic locations, e.g., Machu Picchu, the Himalayas.[5]
The Foundation later purchased land in
Published works
- What You Think of Me is None of My Business (1979)
- How to Have More in a Have Not World (1983)
- Inner Path from the Goddess Within
- Dare to Be Great (2001)
- Creating Your Destiny – A Remarkable Guide to Making Decisions that Give You Happiness and Prosperity
- Every Saint Has a Past, Every Sinner a Future:Seven Steps to the Spiritual and Material Riches of Life
- The Inner Path from where you are to where you want to be
- Love and Power in a World without Limits
- Live Your Bliss (2009)
References
- ISSN 0036-4045.
- ^ a b Victor Bondi, ed. American Decades: 1980-1989 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1996), 392.
- ^ a b Jenifer Waren, “Terry Cole-Whittaker Says Goodby to Her Congregation”, Los Angeles Times (Apr. 8, 1985).
- ^ “Abrupt Exit: The Rev. Terry Cole-Whittaker, Woman evangelist's goodbye”, Time Magazine (Monday, Apr. 22, 1985).
- ^ a b Armando Acuna, “Cole-Whittaker Tours: Ex-Preacher Takes Off on ‘Spiritual’ Adventures”, Los Angeles Times (Feb. 28, 1986).
- ISBN 1-57392-222-6.
Further reading
- Ronald Enroth. “Self-Styled Evangelist Stretches God's Truth”, Christianity Today 28 (21 Sept. 1984): 73–75.
- D. Keith Mano. “Terry Cole-Whittaker”, People 22 (26 Nov. 1984): 99–106.