The Wanda S Knox Trust

Wanda Knox was wealthy and NOT impoverished as James Knox claimed 

On Sunday 3/20/22, James Knox preached the morning and evening sermons at his church. (They were titled 2 Corinthians Lesson 18 and 19). In both of these sermons Knox strongly appealed to his congregation for money while citing his parents as models for Christian giving. One point he belabored was that in spite of his parents' poverty, they always tithed and therefore God blessed them. For example, in Lesson 18 at 1:05:07, Knox praised his mother's supposed charitable giving in spite of her poverty:

"She's been living on $18,000 a year since dad [Maitland Brooks Knox] died. And she gives $6,000 to the church every year. I don't know many people who would be content to live on $1,500 a month and I don't know anybody who gives 1/3 of their income to Jesus Christ. You know why I didn't know that? Nobody but my son [Israel Knox] knew." 

Nobody knew this for another reason: IT'S NOT TRUE; James Knox's mother, Wanda Knox, WAS WEALTHY and not poor.  

At 1:07:50, and while feigning to cry Knox preached, 'That lady traveled the world and lived like a queen because God blessed her. You wouldn't think a person that had the income she had [near poverty level] could go to the places she went and do the things she did.'"

How did Wanda S Knox "Travel the World and Live like a Queen?"  

Wanda's Husband, Maitland Brooks Knox, was a Wealthy International Banker

Wanda Knox's husband, Maitland Brooks Knox, was a wealthy international banker.  As Wanda Knox stated in a recent interview (Wanda Knox-My Testimony), "He was one of the youngest bank presidents in Florida. He was very successful. He worked for National Bank and they even sent him overseas on trade missions for the government."  

In another interview Wanda Knox stated that her husband was "one of the youngest bank presidents and was once the president of two banks in Florida."  

The Wanda S Knox Trust

Maitland Brooks Knox set up a trust for his wife which enabled Wanda Knox to "travel the world and live like a Queen."  At the time of her death, it was called the Wanda S Knox Trust.  

James Knox preached that from the time of Maitland Brooks Knox's death until her own, his mother was living on $18,000 per year from which she tithed $6,000 per year.  James Knox also preached that Wanda Knox had been living in her son's [Israel Knox's] house until she died.  

What James Knox was careful NOT to disclose was that at the time of her death, his "impoverished" mother owned the building in which she lived with her son, Israel, as trustee of the Wanda S Knox Trust.    

James Knox's Fraud

The true purpose of James Knox's sermon on 3/20/22 was to manipulate his congregation to tithe.  His fraudulent claim was that his mother was able to "live like a Queen" despite her poverty because God blessed her tithe and therefore, even though the members of his congregation are also poor, they should tithe believing that God will bless them.    

Knox's rationale is not only a lie and unbiblical, but it's actually criminal fraud to entice people to give you their money through deception.