It is interesting to read the life of Jesus in the four gospels. He lived and taught concepts that were so appealing to the human spirit that intelligent people have marketed them broadly under the name of "spreading the gospel" ever since his death. Money and/or power have been at the root of most of Christianity for all but 33 years of its existence. Use of Jesus name and words to justify actions that in no way reflect him is pretty much what history tells us to expect of people and organizations whose "ministry" is simply one of words. Yes, there are shining examples of Christianity in its purest form, but other than Mother Teresa most of those will never be known. They do what they do without a thought of money or power and many of them will come into life and leave it without giving a single bible study, doing any music CDs, hosting any talk shows, preaching any evangelistic seminars, writing any books, donating a single dime to any televangelist or church... they simply help people in a real way like Jesus did. It was once said by a man surrounded by the effects of the evangelists and bible thumpers of his time that "The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross."