{"id":184,"date":"2013-04-14T18:23:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T22:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2015-10-01T13:57:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T17:57:07","slug":"rickdavismegachurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/2013\/04\/14\/rickdavismegachurch\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Entrepreneur Rick Davis to open Megachurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local Gold and Diamond purchaser, television host, and recent used car entrepreneur Rick Davis is planning to open a megachurch, according to a representative of his. From documents uncovered by Chattanooga Bystander, Davis\u2019 \u201cDavisplex\u201d includes a 4,500-seat sanctuary, 35 classrooms, 20 bathrooms with gold fixtures, and a refinery.\u00a0 Davis hopes the facilities will surpass the impressiveness of other local megachurchs. \u201cI hope the Davisplex will be seen somewhat like \u201cAbba\u2019s House\u201d, Davis Said, \u201cbut with much more gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, Davis was caught up in a legal battle on accusations of buying stolen jewelry, which Davis believes led him to open up a megachurch. Davis, who has been a lifelong Christian, believes the next step in his faith is to open up the Davisplex.\u00a0 \u201cAfter much prayer and meditation\u201d Davis stated, \u201copening this church is the least I can do for our Lord and my gold sellers. As I am your friend in the jewelry business, I am your friend in the Christian fellowship business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185\" src=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/davis-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"davis\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>photo\u00a0courtesy\u00a0of rickdavisgoldanddiamonds.com<\/p>\n<p>While the location has not been released where the Davisplex will be located, Davis representatives have hinted on an abandoned Wal-Mart.\u00a0 CB investigators have yet to find one.<\/p>\n<p>Davis hopes the Davisplex can be up and running by early 2014, in which time will allow for acquiring ministerial certifications. Davis told us \u201cSunday morning services will be the best in the business, and just like how we are talking gold, we will be talking-God. \u201c Davis hopes that future congregation members will realize that \u201cthe streets of Heaven are paved with gold, and gold prices are at an all time high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THIS ARTICLE, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS GODFORSAKEN SITE, IS SATIRE\/FICTION AND NOT TRUE. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Gold and Diamond purchaser, television host, and recent used car entrepreneur Rick Davis is planning to open a megachurch, according to a representative of his. From documents uncovered by Chattanooga Bystander, Davis\u2019 \u201cDavisplex\u201d includes a 4,500-seat sanctuary, 35 classrooms, 20 bathrooms with gold fixtures, and a refinery.\u00a0 Davis hopes the facilities will surpass the impressiveness of other local megachurchs. \u201cI hope the Davisplex will be seen somewhat like \u201cAbba\u2019s House\u201d, Davis Said, \u201cbut with much more gold.\u201d Back in February, Davis was caught up in a legal battle on accusations of buying stolen jewelry, which Davis believes led him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}