Comments on: Televangelists Living Like Kings?

Senator Investigates Whether Prominent Ministers’ Churches Are Really Non-Profits

[lukewarmchur]

About the TV evangelists. Like Joyce Meyer, God woke me up one morning to turn on the TV. That''s not my norm. And here is Joyce Meyer at her podium, saying. "Do you think I got this ministry by being a nice submissive wife to my husband??? NO!!! I just took it, and so can you." A clear statement out of her own mouth that she is in violation with God''s word. It is written; I permit no woman to teach/preach in the church. God told me afterward, that she is a transformed minister,...Satan to transform himself and his ministers into the angels of light,... See 2. Cor. 11:13-14. Yes, Joyce Meyer is the archangel of Satan, deceiving millions, especially women. And ALL these TV preachers are only in for the money, it is written, their god is their belly. They also preach another gospel,with modern translations, counterfeit bibles of Satan. It is written let him be accursed who preaches another gospel. NONE of these TV preachers are servants of God. And if they don''t repent, they will hear the Lord say, "depart from me I never knew you". Take a look at a website, luke-warm-church.org, and see the truth. For God will bring these TV preachers down, and I hope they see this as a warning from God to REPENT. Jesus had not even a pillow to call His own, the apostles were not floating in money.They spend much time in jail, and took beatings. TRUE Christians were persecuted. And I was one of them. They are putting christianity to a shame. Herman, a watchman to the churches.

[countingonu2]

Get saved and get into the Word of God and you will see that God wants HIS children to be prosperous. People who are angry and outraged by the blessings the Copelands, Dollars and the Meyers enjoy are just jealous. If you don''t think they should have the money, cars and jets keep your money in your wallet! :) People who want to quote verses of the bible to support their distaste for the wealth should remember that Jesus was accused and crucified because lies, hate and jealousy. In John 7:7 Jesus said, The world cannot [be expected to] hate you, but it does hate Me because I denounce it for its wicked works and reveal that its doings are evil. Jesus said in John 15:18, If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. In Luke 6:38 the bible says, "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall MEN give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
My family gives to these ministries because we believe the Word of God.
As far as SSOIL6327''s claim the Copelands were responsible for Bonnie Parker''s death, Jesus states time and time again that healing is according to YOUR faith. It is unfortunate that she died, but going after the Copelands on some sort of "vendetta" is not going to bring her back. Besides bitterness and unforgiveness is one of the quickest ways to separate yourself from the love of God.

[dylanxxv]

Much of the money these people mentioned recieve is from books they write. Does anyone have a problem with Bill Clinton or Al Gore receiving millions from the books they write? They use their fame, notariety, position, whatever you want to call it to sell books. Why shouldn''''t preachers? There is nothing wrong with being a millionaire.

It is unrealistic to expect anyone to give all they have away. What about their children and their retirement? Should they not be able to invest for their own future and the future of their posterity.

Posted by paulie91864 at 06:34 PM : Nov 07, 2007


Are you serious? 99.9% of the money they "make" (as you call it) is from donations from people like you who could really care that a good portion of the money they "make" goes in their own pockets...I do not care if bubba or bore make 99 trillion from a book...I would care if bubba or bore scamed the money off their followers as these so called men of God do...

As for the second part...No...It is NOT unrealistic to expect them to give away the money donated to them to do Gods work...What IS unrealistic is that they live very, very high on the hog while very little of the money is actually used for what it was intended for...
Your saying it''s OK if they spend 90.00 or 95.00 out of every 100.00 on themselves?

[krisparker]

The family of (Bonnie Parker)would like to thank Trinity Foundation (Mr.Oley and Pete Evens),who showed us there was a light at the end of the long dark tunnel that our lives had become.We will never forget the ultimate price mom(Bonnie Parker) paid to the Copeland''s,or why she made the fatal decision all those years ago to put her life in their hands.Also we send our thanks to all that helped us through this tragedy.

[krisparker]

This subject is not just about the misuse of money!People have put their lives on the line believing the bull these people dish out, and some in the end it cost them their life!Your most likely thinking I don''t know what I''m talking about, and you would like proof of this outlandish accusation. Ok here it is. In you search engine type in Kenneth Copeland jet,several stories will come up.Go to www.wfaa.com(Brett Shipp)or any other you choose. www.sufferthechildren.com also is quite informative also.My mother was Bonnie Parker,and we miss so very much!!!!!!!! If anyone would like to argue or talk with me you may do so at [e-mail]

[likeitis5050]

Someone please begin an investigation on why Congress will not submit to term limits and ending in-house votes that give them all pay raises...please. We already know ''properity ministries'' are prosperous...they flaunt it as part of the evidence of their ministry. If these people are too thick to understand televangelists prosper because viewers make them wealthy, it''s their own stupidity at work. I want to know why Congressmen refuse to acknowledge the overwhelming demand of taxpayers to limit all terms and to stop giving themselves pay raises at what ever point in time they so choose. Seems the first order of business after elections somehow manages to be salary increases for Congress. Why? The focus needs to be on them, and not the obvious wealth of ''prosperity ministers''.

[paulie91864]

Much of the money these people mentioned recieve is from books they write. Does anyone have a problem with Bill Clinton or Al Gore receiving millions from the books they write? They use their fame, notariety, position, whatever you want to call it to sell books. Why shouldn''t preachers? There is nothing wrong with being a millionaire. What makes people think that preachers should be poor? I guess the Catholic doctrine of poverty is next to Godliness has brainwashed use to think that anyone who serves God as their life''s work needs to be poor and give away everything they have.

It is unrealistic to expect anyone to give all they have away. What about their children and their retirement? Should they not be able to invest for their own future and the future of their posterity. I think it is ridiculous to have a senate investigation for this. Isn''t the IRS empowered to audit these organizations/minitries and revoke their non-profit status if they are not complying. Is the senator saying he has no faith in the IRS? I wonder what would turn up if he were audited?

[dylanxxv]

I''ve been saying for years...The only difference in jimmy boy baker the crook and these other televangelists is that he was caught with his hands in the cookie jar and the others haven''t...Why do any of them need Rolls Royces or Bentleys? And why in the world would they need or even want a marble commode?
Why do they need 50thousand square foot homes and multiple vacation homes just as large?

Surely they can get by on just 1 mil a year, instead of the obvious multi-hundred millions they squander on themselves BEFORE a dime goes to help the needy...

TV Pastor John Hagee''s (Cornerstone Church, San Antonio) financial abuse has been well documented on the internet... see "Open Letter to Pastor John Hagee." The problem is, there are no laws against greedy Pastors. Those leaders of 501c3''s are required to have "reasonable" salaries, but "reasonable" has never been defined by the government. Pastor Hagee has public records of being paid over $1 million $$$ from his ministries. Pastor Hagee has since folded his TV operations into his church so he no longer publicly discloses his financial abuse.

[ericmichael1]

How would Paul view this?

He left the Pharisees, who pursued the same lavish lifestyle as these tele-evangelists, to become...

A Tentmaker.

Jesus said himself: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites..."

Woe to anyone who has made a business out of religious activity.