A former hotel in Houston was the principal location of two religious leaders accused of filling call centers with unpaid workers across several states, with the U.S. Department of Justice claiming an armed guard and locked gate prevented movement in or out of the secured building.
Recent court filings show Kingdom of God Global Church leader David E. Taylor suspected federal agents would raid his properties, and he believed he was a “general” leading the “end time army.” Taylor was accused of expecting his workers to wage war against anyone seeking to interfere with his mission.
“I am just telling you, you kill them on contact if they come in here with that foolishness, you understand? They need to die,” Taylor told his workers, according to court documents…