Joshua Media Ministries

Missouri business records indicate that entities using the Joshua Media name were first incorporated in the state in 2007, with Joshua Media Ministries International organized the following year; these early corporations were later administratively dissolved. ==Controversies==

Former members of have accused the church of physical, financial, and sexual abuse, including aggressive fundraising quotas, sleep deprivation, welfare fraud, and blackmail. Yohe's account of her relationship with Taylor included lavish gifts when the relationship was going well and threats of revenge porn and being cursed with cancer when it was going poorly. One member of the church donated over $1 million. In a subsequent divorce proceeding, Taylor was subpoenaed for a videotaped deposition to detail his church's spending. In the deposition, he described a $2.8 million residence in the St. Louis area, three luxury vehicles (including a limousine), and a 2013–2014 clothing budget of approximately $30,000. He explained the clothing expenditures as due to his frequent travel and "sweating through all [his] clothes." ==Real-estate purchases==

In 2015, Taylor announced plans to purchase the St. Louis-area Jamestown Mall for redevelopment as a religious complex, including a hotel, sports arena, office space, and convention center. He claimed that he had a $10 million donation from Karlos Dansby and $400 million in financing arranged, along with a contract to purchase the property from Macy's for $1 million. Dansby denied that he had made or pledged the donation, and the church was unable to begin either the site purchase or redevelopment. Instead, St. Louis County transferred the property to its port authority in 2017. In 2021, purchased an abandoned 10,000-square-foot mansion in Wildwood, Missouri owned by the rapper Nelly. At the time, the Church also owned a nearby five-bedroom, nine-bathroom house in nearby Chesterfield. ==References==