Skip to main content.
Related sites:
Religion News Blog is a non-profit service providing academics, religion professionals and other researchers with religion & cult news
ReligionNewsBlog

Religion news articles about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues

Navigation:
Web religionnewsblog.com
Home | Site Menu | About RNB | RNB Store | Cult FAQ | Cult Experts | Apologetics Index | Cult Information Search Engine
Benny Hinn:

Benny Hinn on the air despite inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Jan. 2, 2008
Yuko Narushima
www.smh.com.au
  • Article Tools  • Share This Story

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 20257 • Posted: Wednesday January 2, 2008  

Click here... More articles on this topic: Benny Hinn

The prosperity gospel of the televangelist Benny Hinn is being aired on Channel Ten while the US Senate investigates the finances of his Texas-based church.

The 55-year-old pastor of the Benny Hinn World Healing Centre Church, who conducts “faith healings” and prophesied the burning to death of all gays in America, refused to hand over financial documents to the inquiry, saying the church was accountable to God and would respond to the Senate by January 30.

His refusal comes after the head of another investigated church, Creflo Dollar, said he would have to be subpoenaed before he testified before a committee. Dr Dollar’s program also has an Australian presence, spruiking religious books, CDs and tapes through a program aired on Channel Nine and Prime.

Channel Ten defended its early morning broadcast of the half-hour program, This Is Your Life With Benny Hinn, saying media reports were all they knew of Mr Hinn’s investigation.

“We have no specific information about this matter, aside from media reports,” a Channel Ten spokeswoman said.

“We will keep an eye on developments, and one would think any investigation should be allowed to run its course before passing judgment.”

The network would not say how much it was paid to air the program. “Program supply arrangements are commercial in confidence,” the broadcaster said.

Pastor Benny, as he calls himself on the church website, recently posted a letter thanking his supporters.

Mr Hinn has previously come under fire for “faith healings”, claiming to breathe the Holy Spirit on frenzied worshippers, and for predicting God would use fire to “destroy the homosexual community of America” by 1995.



Religion News Blog RSS feed Subscribe: Religion News Blog RSS feed  |  Religion News Blog RSS feed Subscribe by topic: Benny Hinn
more cult news articlemore religion news More articles about Benny Hinn

Like this story?

Today's Most Popular Articles

Doctor Says...

Share this

To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:




Article and Site Tools

» PermaLink to: Benny Hinn on the air despite inquiry
   Need a shorter link? You can remove everything after the final /
» More news articles + news archive on Benny Hinn
» More religion and cult news

Subscribe (RSS / Email) [What is RSS?]
» RSS News Feed - All Topics: Religion News Blog RSS Feed
» RSS News Feed - Single Topic: Benny Hinn
» Headlines by Email: Daily Religion News Blog Headlines

More Article Tools
• Bookmark / Tag: Del.icio.us
• Bookmark / Tag: Furl
Save this article
Email this article
Print this article [Temporarily out of order]

More Information
Books about Benny Hinn
Relevant books (and other goodies)

more religion news aboutmore Religion News Blog articles about

About Religion News Blog
Religion News Blog (RNB), published by Apologetics Index, highlights news items and other resources on world religions, cults, religious sects, alternative religions and related issues. RNB's non-profit news clipping service is used by - among others - Christian apologists, countercult professionals, anticult organizations, cult experts, teachers, religion professionals, reporters and other researchers.