Televangelist Invites IRS Scrutiny
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April 8, 2008 6:14 PM In what could be one of the most clever responses to a Senate tax inquiry to date, John Copeland, Kenneth Copeland’s son and CEO of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, walked into the Dallas IRS office yesterday and offered the ministry’s cooperation should the agency pursue a church tax inquiry. The CBS Dallas station broke the story. The results of any IRS examination are not available to the public.
March 25, 2008 5:55 PM
Televangelist Update
A Florida televangelist is facing charges of domestic violence.
The Bay County Florida Sheriff’s Office posted an incident report alleging that Markus Bishop of the Faith Christian Family Church punched his wife “in the left eye with a closed fist” on March 16th. Bishop’s attorney Waylon Graham says his client “did not intentionally punch his wife” but claims she was intoxicated and was “flailing away at him.” Graham says Bishop will submit a plea of not guilty at his upcoming arraignment. Bishop’s church issued a statement saying, “We are saddened by the recent incidents involving our pastors.”
The Bay County Florida Sheriff’s Office posted an incident report alleging that Markus Bishop of the Faith Christian Family Church punched his wife “in the left eye with a closed fist” on March 16th. Bishop’s attorney Waylon Graham says his client “did not intentionally punch his wife” but claims she was intoxicated and was “flailing away at him.” Graham says Bishop will submit a plea of not guilty at his upcoming arraignment. Bishop’s church issued a statement saying, “We are saddened by the recent incidents involving our pastors.”
January 29, 2008 7:16 PM It doesn’t take long before a bustling Fort Worth highway turns thin and lonely, winding its way north along a vast West Texas landscape pocked by a series of hard bitten homes. Soon we’re driving down Morris Dido Road, which looks a lot like it sounds, dull and dilapidated. Then around the bend it appears – almost out of nowhere – a breathtaking expanse of property that is Kenneth Copeland Ministries.
It was back in the early 1980s that Copeland, a former personal pilot for Oral Roberts, was given these 1,500 acres by a rich oil baron named Paul Pewitt. On this cold winter day it gives the godfather of “Prosperity Gospel” a very good name.
On The Road To Prosperity
(CBS)
It was back in the early 1980s that Copeland, a former personal pilot for Oral Roberts, was given these 1,500 acres by a rich oil baron named Paul Pewitt. On this cold winter day it gives the godfather of “Prosperity Gospel” a very good name.
January 29, 2008 5:24 PM
Televangelists: Who’s Accountable?
Churches don’t have to file tax returns with the IRS, nor are they required to share audited financial statements describing their tax exempt dealings. They don’t have to publish the names of their board of directors or respond to reporter’s questions. Now, five televangelist ministries under investigation by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have decided they don’t need to be accountable to the U.S. Senate either.
So who is accountable?
So who is accountable?
January 15, 2008 3:00 PM 
Oral Roberts University eliminated its entire Board of Regents last night declaring a new era of transparent governance and accountability for the financially troubled institution. The new Board of Trustees made up of educators and alumni is in sharp contrast to the old board which was dominated by high profile televangelists including Benny Hinn, Creflo Dollar, Jerry Savelle, Jesse Duplantis and Kenneth Copeland. Copeland’s son-in-law George Pearsons served as the former head of the Business Board of Regents. Within the last few weeks, Hinn, Duplantis and Dollar left the board citing demands of their ministries.
Major Shakeup at Oral Roberts University
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