“A workman is worthy of his wage”: How a faith healer makes money

Last updated on: October 13, 2015 at 6:00 am by Alicia de los Reyes

“A workman is worthy of his wage”: How a faith healer makes money 2015-09-28T15:32:25-08:00 Alicia de los Reyes

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Faith Healing This Way, c/o Cory Doctorow

I interviewed Jason Cooper, a traveling faith healer who lives in upstate New York (and who I met while working on my book about a year in an evangelical church) for The Billfold’s “How Other People Do Money” series. It was a lot of fun getting to ask someone exactly how they make money…

That’s the biggest question that some people have. There are organizations and ministers that charge a fee. They say, “If you want me to come to your church, it’s X amount of dollars for me to come.” I’ll be very, very quick to say that I don’t necessarily mind that. There’s a passage in the Bible that says a workman is worthy of their wage.

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