Prophet Omega
Prophet Omega (real name Omega Townsend; August 27, 1927 – February 28, 1992) was a weekly radio evangelist broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee on Music Row’s WNAH in the 1970s. He was the founder of the Peaceway Temple, then located at "Apartment Q-258 at 488 Lemont Drive" (the Kenmont Apartments). He has become most known for the recordings of his sermons, which became popular among musicians in the 1980s. Before entering the "prophet circuit," Townsend was a carnival worker.
The following is an excerpt from one of his more popularized sermons:
...repeat these words, I am what I am and that's all I am is what I am. That's all I am is what I am ...and I am It. Now, repeat those words. If you repeat those words and continually to repeat those words Blessings gonna come to you. You got to remain to being yourself. You cannot be nobody else. Ain't no use in tryin' bein' no whirlwind and jumping here and playing checkers with your own life. That ain't gonna work, baby. Now, repeat these words behind me, I am what I am. Now, that's all you are! You are what you believe you are....
