Posted on 04/29/2013 11:02:20 PM PDT by Cronos
Televangelist Benny Hinn has asked supporters of his ministry for $2.5 million in donations, which he says an anonymous donor will match dollar by dollar to help him get out of debt.
"God wants your ministry to be completely out of debt, and I want to plant an anointed seed that will help you take a giant step toward becoming totally debt-free!" says the anonymous man, whom Hinn calls a "long-time and beloved" friend.
"God has laid it on my heart to plant a seed of $2.5 million into your ministry, but God only wants me to make this gift if the ministry partners match the amount within 90 days! I feel so strongly that He wants them to be part of the supernatural wealth transfer that is coming to every believer who will obey God's Word," the man reportedly adds.
..The preacher has been criticized for using his ministry's money to buy a private jet and luxury cars, but the exact state of his finances has been kept under wraps.
Earlier in April, Hinn led a large service in Trinidad and Tobago where the minister apparently asked the thousands in attendance to each give a $100 donation to help pay for the two-day event
The Texas televangelist has built his ministry around the idea that if people help the Christian Church, including his own, by offering financial support, then God will reward them and even double their fortunes.
"Imagine not dreading going to the mailbox, no bills piling up on your counter, and no calls from collectors coming to your home. God wants to wipe your debt out! Every bit of it ... and in the next 90 days!" Hinn says on his website.
(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...
What a jerk.
How Christ like.
“Watchman Nee said that if a man does not have enough faith to trust God to provide all of his needs without ever mentioning his needs to man - he does not have enough faith to even be in the ministry.”
Would you happen to know what book of Nee’s that comment comes from?
Do people not remember Jim Bakker? Or is everyone involved in supporting this bozo under the age of about 45?
Benny probably says the Pope is a dope for not adopting the prosperity gospel
So those Catholic properties worth millions just kind of happened!
And doesn’t Pope Francis live in a mansion, have the best security and airplanes too.
Your etymology actually starts with original Greek.
I wouldn’t give Benny Hinn a wooden nickel. He fleeced many folks in Orlando when he had his cult down here. This guy is no Christian. I worked with a guy who had most of his retirement savings fleeced by Hinn
Oh lord, woncha buy me a Mercedes Benz
All my friends got Porsches, I must make amends.
A favorite “hymn” of Robert Tilton as well, written by a dear departed sister from Beaumont/Port Arthur.
Looks like it is more than good morning money, it is 24 hour money. But I really was impressed by that book. Too bad Benny became so money hungry and that the Holy Spirit was no longer his sustenance!
I would give my money to the Church of Benny Hill...
...long before I would give a single penny to any of these so-called "Televangelists"...!
Perhaps you should get to know Pope Francis also.
How long has he lived in “rags”? Did he seek wealth?
When he was Popefied, he didn’t seek nor embrace the riches. He caters to the poor and various , in health, wealth and Spirit.
To Benny Hinn, the poor are useless because they cannot add to his coffers.
Those Catholic properties have grown throughout time and used by many Popes. Comparing the Catholic properties to one lone Benny Hinn is ridiculous. Will BH’s properties be passed on in the future? When he dies, his properties will go kaput, if not sooner.
It is a good book. Worth rereading again.
Focus on the message, on the One Who inspired it and not the human author.
I believe it was “The Normal Christian Church Life” published by Intervarsity Press in the early ‘70’s.
Transformational book in my my life and ministry. The Lord clearly told me when about 25 to leave full-time “professional” ministry (supported by finances from others) and to follow Paul’s and the Lord Jesus’ example - by being self-supporting, never asking for support (receiving support occasionally, but never as a result of requesting it).
The only collection Paul ever took was not for himself or his “ministry”, but for the starving saints in Jerusalem going through famine.
The calling to ministry never changed - just that I was to never look to saints for my supply, but only to the Lord and the work of “my own hands.” I can say that for almost 50 years, He has never failed to supply. He is faithful.
It is one of the worst of all contradictions for a man serving God to on one hand say, “God is faithful and will supply all of your needs” to others - but then on the other hand, reach out to others for provision for himself, his ministry, or his church (no man dared call a church “his church” in the Bible). I believe in essence it effectually destroys the credibility of his whole ministry and is one of the worst examples of the practice of hypocrisy.
I’m going to irritate some people, but Benny Hinn is a con man. Go watch “Oh, God” again. Benny Hinn is like the Paul Sorvino character.
Or God will call him home?
Kris Kristofferson wrote it. Janis made it hit.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.