(Headline article at bottom) This 40 location Live.Church is a serious business hustle and not a real church (as most are today), and why they would bring in the Disney adaptation of Maori paganism at one of their locations. And here is a great scripture I just read that covers this perfectly.
2 Timothy 4:3–4
[3] For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, [4] and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (ESV)
And to show off what a business Life.Church is, they have a phone app so giving is easy and convenient, for them. And as false Christian churches go, they’re misrepresenting the nation tax of Israel as if it applies to Christians. One could say if you can, giving 10% to the work of God is a good place to start if you can financially. But for some they need to get themselves to a good place of financial stability and out of debt first, so a sign of a false church is to push giving to the genie god over concern for their financial health and stability. And giving to this church would severely limit the impact of your funds to God’s work on earth (covered below).
And as expected, the church has near half a billion dollars in net assets per the 2022 financials I found. Of the total contributions, revenue and gains totaling $207 million, they gave $11 million to local and global missions (I’d bet suspect partner organizations too). They spend $58 million on campuses, and $38 million on weekend experiences whatever that is. I’d bet they specialize in live music and an entertaining experience over real substance, which bears out in theming to movies instead of Biblical topics.
Consequently, I found this site, https://onwardinthefaith.com/life-church-a-discussion-and-warning-about-this-growing-church/, with a thorough overview of the church. And they had the video below as an example of their many sermons that don’t need a Bible, as he’s not referencing the Bible nor did I see one on the pulpit, nor any notes. Dare I say this guy has some weird smile tells and is pretty dark in the eyes. Woe to him and the rest of them for working this grift using God’s name.
https://protestia.com/2025/08/18/oklahoma-megachurch-erects-statue-of-literal-demon-god-in-church/
An Oklahoma church has created a statue of a false god and put it in their church lobby for congregants to pass by and take pictures with.
Life.Church is 85,000-member, seeker-sensitive, multi-site-based Oklahoma church that has 40 locations. We’ve covered them previously in our posts:
- Life Church Puts on ‘Jurassic Park’ Themed Church Service + Animatronic Dinosaurs
- Mario Sermon Series? Life Church Transforms Church into Mushroom Kingdom + Singing Bowser
- Megachurch Puts on ‘Spiderman’ Themed Church Service +Webslingers Galore!
- Megachurch Puts on ‘Ghostbusters’ Themed Service, With Slimer and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
For their At the Movies sermon series, Life.Church Omaha put on a Moana-themed sermom series and decorated the church building with the theme. (Click to enlarge)
Along with these set pieces, however, was the erection of a large depiction of the false goddess Te-Fiti right near their entrance.
In the Moana films, Te Fiti was the first being to exist in a world of only ocean. She is a divine being with the ability to create life, which she used to form the Polynesian islands. Using her life-giving heart, she crafted islands filled with plants, animals, and people. After her work, she rested, becoming an island herself. Her heart became a coveted treasure, sought by villains like the Great Eel, Tamatoa the crab, and the fierce Kakamora pirates, all wanting its power for themselves.
Maui, himself a demigod and a bold trickster, used his shapeshifting skills to steal the heart from Te Fiti’s spiral, hoping to gift it to humans. This theft plunged the island into darkness and turned Te Fiti into the demonic god Te Kā, fiery and destructive demon who becomes the film’s main antagonist
With Te Kā in control, a dark, life-draining force begins to destroy the islands Te Fiti had created, and only restoring her heart stops the destruction.
And Life. Church just put a depiction of it in their church building so that people can take pictures of themselves alongside this deity.
