Print Article"Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, has opened an investigation into the finances of six of the leading prosperity televangelists, Paula White, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, Eddie Long, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn. Grassley is looking into whether these celebrity preachers abused their tax-exempt status by using proceeds to enrich themselves with luxury items like mansions, private jets, and fancy cars."
Quotation from The American Prospect
A concise definition of the prosperity gospel: A well-coiffed and designer-clad televangelist badgers his TV listeners to send him their hard-earned dollars so that God will in turn financially bless them.
Jesus Christ never promised his disciples earthly rewards -- only heavenly rewards. For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul? Mark 8:36
These shameless prosperity hucksters live in mansions, ride in limos, dine in world class restaurants and stay in 4-star hotels, but the Bible says "the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."
Televangelist Joyce Meyer, who's yet to meet a plastic surgery procedure she doesn't like, installed a $23,000 marble topped antique commode in her new ministry center complex.
Nothing has changed since Tammy Faye Baker invested more on a luxury dog house than some people spend on a mobile home.
How can a so-called preacher justify wasting $23,000 on a toilet? Don't her followers cringe at the prospect of their donations being flushed down the toilet? Apparently not, her ministry continues to prosper financially.
No church, and certainly not the ministries of these prosperity gospel charlatans, should enjoy a tax-exempt status.
I have little faith that the intellectually-challenged supporters of these con artists will ever have an epiphany and reject the false prosperity gospel. It is imperative that the federal government stop enabling these clowns and take away their tax-exempt status.
Quotation from The American Prospect
A concise definition of the prosperity gospel: A well-coiffed and designer-clad televangelist badgers his TV listeners to send him their hard-earned dollars so that God will in turn financially bless them.
Jesus Christ never promised his disciples earthly rewards -- only heavenly rewards. For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul? Mark 8:36
These shameless prosperity hucksters live in mansions, ride in limos, dine in world class restaurants and stay in 4-star hotels, but the Bible says "the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."
Televangelist Joyce Meyer, who's yet to meet a plastic surgery procedure she doesn't like, installed a $23,000 marble topped antique commode in her new ministry center complex.
Nothing has changed since Tammy Faye Baker invested more on a luxury dog house than some people spend on a mobile home.
How can a so-called preacher justify wasting $23,000 on a toilet? Don't her followers cringe at the prospect of their donations being flushed down the toilet? Apparently not, her ministry continues to prosper financially.
No church, and certainly not the ministries of these prosperity gospel charlatans, should enjoy a tax-exempt status.
I have little faith that the intellectually-challenged supporters of these con artists will ever have an epiphany and reject the false prosperity gospel. It is imperative that the federal government stop enabling these clowns and take away their tax-exempt status.
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