UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

          Litigation Release No.  15877  /  September 10, 1998

          Securities  and  Exchange  Commission Obtains Order Setting Civil
          Penalties  Against  Sunbelt  Development  Corporation  And  Three
          Minister Defendants.


          The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Judge
          F.A. Little of the United States  District  Court for the Western
          District of Louisiana entered an Order Setting  Penalties against
          defendant  Sunbelt  Development  Corporation ("Sunbelt")  in  the
          amount  of  $500,000  and  against  defendants   Wendell   Rogers
          ("Rogers"), Donald Hammond ("Hammond") and Willie Davis ("Davis")
          in  the  amount  of  $100,000  each  arising  from  violations of
          Sections  5 and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and  Sections
          15(a) and 10(b)  of  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule
          10b-5  thereunder.   All   of  the  defendants  were  permanently
          enjoined from further violations  of the securities laws in prior
          orders  of  the  court,  and  were  previously   ordered  to  pay
          disgorgement in varying amounts.