Church of Eternal Light – Jimmy Jay Jenkins was the founder and pastor of the Church of Eternal Light – the church was founded nearly thirty-five years before (c. 2025) – from the tent revivals and country fields of its beginnings, the church had grown into a multibillion-dollar-a-year business in Salvation in Death.[1] The Eternal Light Singers were the choir members of the church and were present at the revival being held in the main arena at Clinton Theater in Madison Square Garden.[2]
The church’s assets and the family’s personal assets, combined, were worth upward of six billion dollars.[3] Good Shepherd Productions was one of various arms of the Church of Eternal Light.[4]
- Staff includes:
- Jimmy Jay Jenkins - Founder/Pastor
- Clyde Attkins - Bodyguard to Jimmy Jay[5]
- Merna Baker - Nanny to the Jenkins family[6]
- Jilly Carter
- Walt Carter
- Billy Crocker (and his son and daughter-in-law) - in charge of booking appearances, clearing the venues, scheduling all of Jenkins’s appointments, and securing his transportation[7]
- Foster - Hair Stylist[8]
- Luke Goodwin - Spiritual Adviser[9] and probably the new head of the Church of Eternal Light[10]
- Kammi - Wardrobe Mistress for Jimmy Jay Jenkins and the Church[11]
- Samuel Wright - Attorney[10]
- All of the rest of the family, including the minor children[12]
- The Eternal Light Singers:[13]
References:
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 107
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 107, 110, 113
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 127
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 154-155
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 113-114
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 159
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 151
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 125
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 184-185
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 163
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 124
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 131
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 124, 134, 137