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TBN Televangelists Subject of Senate Probe

Apparently, good Republicans do exist. CBS News is reporting that Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent letters to mega-millionaire televangelists Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn asking they turn over all financial records within a month or risk losing their tax-exempt status after fielding complaints about their extravagant lifestyles (read our take on Copeland from 2005). The six appear on the Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network, the world's largest televangelical station and the ones with the luxurious headquarters across the 405 Freeway South Coast Plaza, a delicious (or divine?) statement on the eternal struggle between God and Mammon.

Comments (4)

  1. Anonymous says:

    Only in America can you take everything to the limit and the televangelists have done just that. Raking poor and old people for cash is simply not the best and highest use of the airwaves -- and it just isn't very Christian. If Benny Hinn is such a miracle worker let him show up in congress and get them to move their asses, on anything -- then I'll believe he is a miracle worker. Is it a coincidence that Paul Crouch is a doppledanger for hmm....SATAN? Paula White is the newest snake charmer gathering loot from poor black people. It works, she has a private jet and a nookie pad in Trump Tower. The spawn of Oral Roberts misusing money comes as a real shocker. Another miracle worker covorting on stage like his nuts were attached to a cattle prod. I hate government interferece but these God-addicts have themselves to blame for not knowing when to stop. Amen.

  2. Fed Up With Church Scams says:

    Televangelists: Tax Fraud-Tax Evasion
    Punch Line: They Get Away With It

    CBS Headline Reads: "Pastor Creflo Dollar Responds To Questions About Possible Financial Misconduct." ( http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/07/national/main3464730.shtml) What a joke.

    News Media: Please continue in your effort in reporting and questioning the spending of Creflo Dollar and other ministries that are filling their personal pockets and doing nothing for the community. These ministries have their friends to establish nonprofit organizations. Then, they contribute to their friends nonprofit organizations giving the appearance that they are helping the community. They are exploiting and misusing the poor and weak minded.

    Please keep up the good work. Do not be afraid. It is wrong how many of these mega churches are exploiting their poor to middle income members. The IRS needs to find so way of dealing with this wide-spread tax fraud and tax evasion. If not, they will keep getting away with tax evasion.

    What is the IRS going to do about this? Are they fearful of the fearless?

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  3. Mike Brown says:

    After watching TBN's recent money "begathon", a number of us feel that the promises made by the TBN staff and "family" (guests) are not only non-scriptual, but downright fraudulent. To promise financially stapped people that if they take the only money they have and send it to TBN, God will give them new cars, houses, health, ect, is both immoral and criminal behavior of the lowest scheme or con. Many innocent persons have been swindled out of money they can't afford to loose, all in the name of "giving to Jesus". Can you see Jesus on that program begging poor people to send him their food and medicine income. For this cause of the damage to many, many persons, we are organizing a "class action" lawsuit against TNB and it's partners that participate in this criminal behavior. I would ask that you pass on this email to any persons that you may be aware of that have made donations or pledeges to TBN's telethon.

  4. harris freedman says:

    its amazing how gulible people are.
    it appears in the name of god you
    have a permit to steal. the country
    needs many forms to expose these
    crooks.

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