{"id":1341,"date":"2007-10-01T14:20:59","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T14:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/10\/bobby-brown-goes-to-church.html"},"modified":"2007-10-01T14:20:59","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T14:20:59","slug":"bobby-brown-goes-to-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/10\/bobby-brown-goes-to-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Brown Goes to Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bobby%20Brown%20%28WinCE%29.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/Bobby%20Brown%20%28WinCE%29.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"320\" style=\"float:left;margin: 5px\">First Paris Hilton. Then Michael Vick. Now Bobby Brown. It seems that whenever a celebrity has been getting some bad press, they start finding religion, leaving everyone to wonder if it&#8217;s a real revelation or just another PR stunt.<br \/>\nBobby Brown has dealt with drug addiction, a disastrous reality show, the decline of his once-hot career, and his divorce from Whitney Houston. He is a prime candidate for the Church of Celebrity Repentance, and now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2007\/09\/30\/bobby-brown-seeks-a-higher-power\/\">TMZ.com<\/a> reports that Brown has been regularly attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agapelive.com\/index.php?anchor=home\">The Agape Spiritual Center<\/a> in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAgape, which can mean &#8220;love&#8221; or &#8220;wide open,&#8221; defines itself as &#8220;a trans-denominational spiritual community whose doors are open to all seekers in search of authentic spirituality, personal transformation and selfless service to humankind.&#8221; Agape is traditionally celebrity friendly, as stars like Vanessa Williams, Christina Applegate and LeVar Burton have been spotted there in the past.<br \/>\nChurch founder Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith not only leads services every week, he appears in the hugely popular self-help movie &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; Maybe he&#8217;ll help Bobby to visualize a new life for himself? 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