ALL ABOUT US
 The Reverend Charles Gurtien was born in 1971 in Baton Rogue, Louisiana. He is the son of migrant Creole gypsies. "I was conceived in the bed of a pickup truck, and I entered this world on that same steel bed nine months later." After five years of wandering from job to job, the family settled in Odessa, Texas. This is when the visions started. Visions that would never end. In 1985, Charles ran away from home. "Satan, in the form of a satyr, told me to strike out and bring damnation to the people." And so he did. With $17 in his pocket and a few grams of stolen cocaine, he took to the streets of Houston, and began "witnessing" to hobos and drug addicts. Always the dapper ladies man, he soon turned to pimping, and assembled a small stable of prostitutes. Before long his pockets were lined with sweaty money and dime bags of product. But Charles didn't rest on his early success. "I knew that a life of street hustlery was no kind of life. You don't live long doing that stuff. All the time, I was thinking, 'is this really the best way to do Satan's bad works?' And so I bought some real estate. I invested wisely in the market. And then, I founded my ministry." Services began in 1990, when Charles rented the Apple Drive-In and conducted Sunday services from the roof of the snack bar. The explosive growth of the congregation dictated the decision, in 1997, to build the internationally infamous Gurtien Ministries Church of Satan. Gurtien Ministries complex is located on sixty-two acres of rolling Texas countryside. Set up in a renovated peanut factory, the church is part unholy sanctuary, part corporate headquarters, and includes a 2000-seat chapel, a full gym, orgy saunas, and a real operating dungeon. The Reverend is an accomplished interior designer, and the space is resplendent with nouveau-industrial touches. While special events are still held at the Gurtien Ministries Church of Satan, Sunday services are now held at the South Waco Hippodrome. Despite the size of the 55,000-seat auditorium, this is a standing-room-only event. Click here for a full schedule of events. |
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