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ORIGINAL: YvonneW

May I direct everyone's attention back to the interview I mentioned above?

I'd like to know what people think about Erwin's non-profit organization "Awaken".

Yvonne W

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ORIGINAL: YvonneW

When Erwin talks about his "non-profit" organization, which "Awaken" is he talking about?

I've been posing this question to the leadership of Mosaic and "Awaken" for a year now and I still haven't gotten a definitive answer.

To see what I mean, go to the California Business Portal at:
California Business Portal
and type in the word Awaken in the box for corporations.

This will bring up a list of registered California corporations. Near the top of this list are FOUR separate corporations tied to Erwin McManus that use the word "awaken" in their title:

Here they are in order of the year in which they were incorporated:

2002 Awaken Center for Creativity
Agent for Service of Process: Erwin McManns (This is a mispelling but I have researched this corporation and can prove it is the same Erwin Raphael McManus.)

2003 Awaken International
Agent for Service of Process: Erwin R. McManus

2005 Awaken
Agent for Service of Process: Sealy M. Yates (Yates and Yates, LLP. This is Erwin's literary agent.)

2007 Awaken Humanity
Agent for Service of Process: Eric Bryant
(He is Erwin's number two man and the lead pastor of Mosaic, L.A.)


If you go back to the interview with Infuze Magazine, you'll see that it was written in 2006 so my question is:

Which of these "Awakens" was Erwin talking about?

If you follow the link to the California Business Portal you'll see why I don't believe he was talking about the first two "Awakens." He couldn't have been talking about Awaken Humanity because it didn't exist in 2006.

That leaves "Awaken" but this corporation doesn't show up on the California State Attorney General's List of Charitable Trusts.
To check this out please go to:

Office of the Attorney General, State of California

Click on "Charities Search", and enter Awaken in the box marked "Organization Name."


So, which one is it?


Yvonne W.

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ORIGINAL: YvonneW

Just to clarify things:

I have been conducting my own research into "Awaken" for a little over a year now.

During this time, I have also been researching the laws concerning the operation of non-profit organizations at both the state and federal levels.

I've consulted with two different attorneys and a tax accountant (all of whom specialize in this area) and asked questions regarding the proper operation of non-profit organizations.

When I first began to look into Awaken, I was contacted by it's former vice president Jimmy Duke (he contacted me, NOT the other way around!) and he attempted to give me some answers, unfortunately; he was not able to answer some of my most basic questions.

I then started an email conversation with the current vice president of Awaken and executive pastor of Mosaic, Eric Bryant. His answers were vague and at times contradictory.

This is not the place to go into the details of my investigation but I can assure everyone here that I am not the person who is "confused."

To anyone who reads this:

If you are an attorney, CPA or some other tax professional I would be more than happy to continue this discussion with you but after a long, hard year of research I really don't have the patience to waste my time responding to people who obviously don't know what they are talking about.


Yvonne W.