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Worshippers scramble out of a Rio de Janeiro rain shower to enter the huge central sanctuary of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The Brazilian-born church is the country's 34th-largest enterprise, with the third-largest TV network, 35 radio stations, a bank, a furniture factory, and 2,100 churches in 46 countries -- all gained on the generosity of a congregation drawn from among the poorest people in the world. The church was founded in 1977 by Bishop Edir Macedo, a man frequently investigated for fraud who now spends most of his time in New York. He has filled Rio de Janeiro's gigantic Maracanã soccer stadium with 250,000 for revival meetings, and dragged out duffel bags full of cash.

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1. Invasion
Worshippers scramble out of a Rio de Janeiro rain shower to enter the huge central sanctuary of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The Brazilian-born church is the country's 34th-largest enterprise, with the third-largest TV network, 35 radio stations, a bank, a furniture factory, and 2,100 churches in 46 countries -- all gained on the generosity of a congregation drawn from among the poorest people in the world. The church was founded in 1977 by Bishop Edir Macedo, a man frequently investigated for fraud who now spends most of his time in New York. He has filled Rio de Janeiro's gigantic Maracanã soccer stadium with 250,000 for revival meetings, and dragged out duffel bags full of cash.