A Destiny Church pastor working for a child-fostering body that gets $10m a year in Govt funding is placing children with Destiny members.

'You would be expected to take a bullet to protect your pastor,' a former Destiny Church member who worked as a security guard says.

Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.

A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.

Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.

Former Destiny Church members claim families are pressured to give "love offerings" and other cash donations above the expected 10 per cent tithe.

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says his $1 million-plus home and $75,000 car are "not much" of a reward for decades of clean and righteous living and taking his message to the masses.

Brian Tamaki claims he had been ready to take a vow of poverty, but that was not what God wanted.

Destiny Church's Brisbane branch put on a brave face as it yesterday welcomed a new pastor after last Sunday's walk-out.