Everything Is Going Down, But The Word Of God……Investigators with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service served a search warrant Wednesday at the Grapevine offices of televangelist Benny Hinn.
A large number of agents walked in and out of the offices with boxes, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported, but officials wouldn’t confirm to the TV station what they’re investigating or whether they’re looking into Hinn.
Televangelist Benny Hinn raises his hands in prayer during a service at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu in 2002. He has no choice, but to surrender to the Feds.
A woman who answered the phone for the Benny Hinn Ministries headquarters said she had no information.
Hinn was the subject of a 2007 U.S. Senate inquiry that looked into the spending of six televangelists. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, questioned the personal use of church-owned airplanes, luxury homes and credit cards by pastors and their families, but there was no definitive finding of wrongdoing when the investigation ended in 2011.
At the time, Hinn’s ministry said it complied with tax regulations for religious nonprofits. But it told Grassley that it had made changes in how it governs its ministry and sets compensation.
Several media outlets have investigated Hinn, a well-known pastor from Israel who claims that God uses him to miraculously heal people who are sick. He calls it “the anointing.”
He’s been accused of being a con man and criticized for living extravagantly — flying in a private plane and staying in fancy hotels.
“I think if I was fooling the people, over 35 years of it now, I would have been caught already fooling them,” he told ABC’s Nightline in a 2009 interview.
He told the news program at the time that his salary was more than $500,000, but he wouldn’t give an exact figure.
Hinn at one time was very close to Manessah Jordan, who he purchased a very expensive watch for some years back. Bishop Bernard Jordan was very upset about the expense gift and wanted his son to give it back. Not sure what cause Manessah and Hinn to part ways, but when the two of them did Hinn started using Brian Carn. The rumor is Manessah practically collapsed Hinn’s ministry and took his staff and mailing list when they had an ugly falling out.
Obnoxious Media is looking closely into this matter and will keep you posted and if this investigation will point to others like Brian Carn, Manessah Jordan, and Hinn’s other close affiliations.
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