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Sunday July 27, 2008
Kenneth Copeland • Televangelists:
The so-called ‘Prosperity Gospel‘ — which claims that God wants you to be rich (but only after you give money to televangelists) — appears to work for a select group of people: relatives of the televangelists who came up with the ‘Blab-it-and-grab-it’ ploy. » Full Story
Tuesday July 15, 2008
Benny Hinn • Creflo Dollar • Eddie Long • Joyce Meyer • Kenneth Copeland • Paula White • Televangelists:
Media-based televangelists benefiting from tax code exemptions are warned — Sen. Chuck Grassley is a terrier-like congressional inquisitor with time and a big stick on his side.
“I am not threatening them, at this point,” the Iowa Republican said.
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Monday July 7, 2008
Televangelists:
Sen. Charles Grassley has provided an update on his investigation into the financial dealings of several televangelists
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Tuesday May 27, 2008
Kenneth Copeland • Televangelists:
North Texas preacher Kenneth Copeland is leading a counterattack against the U.S. senator who is investigating alleged lavish spending by six high-profile televangelists.
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Thursday May 8, 2008
Prosperity Teaching • Televangelists:
Nearly two-dozen conservative Christian leaders have signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee questioning an investigation into six large ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity.
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Saturday April 26, 2008
Kenneth Copeland • Televangelists:
As the Televangelist Kenneth Copeland continues to defy a Senate Finance investigation, internal ministry documents shed new light on how Copeland runs his $100 million church.
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Saturday April 5, 2008
Creflo Dollar • Kenneth Copeland • Televangelists:
Television ministers Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar again have declined to answer questions sparked by news coverage of lavish lifestyles, according to a U.S. senator pushing the investigation.
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Monday March 31, 2008
Eddie Long • Televangelists:
One of two recalcitrant metro Atlanta televangelists under investigation by a Senate committee has decided to cooperate.
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Wednesday March 12, 2008
Televangelists:
Four non-complying televangelists get another round of letters from Sen. Charles Grassley…
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Thursday February 28, 2008
Televangelists:
Upset that their ‘prosperity gospel’ scam is under scrutiny, televangelists try to hide behind the separation between church and state. [video]
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Tuesday February 26, 2008
Benny Hinn • Kenneth Copeland • Televangelists:
A senator’s investigation into spending and oversight at six “prosperity gospel” ministries has hit a roadblock with a minister intensifying his efforts to fight the inquiry, but made progress on Monday when another turned over documents.
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Monday February 25, 2008
Televangelists:
Grassley said his questioning of televangelists is a simple matter of wanting to ensure that non-profit organizations comply with the tax laws that are essential to their operations.
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Friday February 8, 2008
Televangelists:
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is increasing pressure on five large ministries that have refused to respond to his financial inquiry even as political watchers say the investigation could hurt Republicans in the upcoming election.
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Monday February 4, 2008
Creflo Dollar • Televangelists:
An Iowa senator investigating six prominent television Christian ministries, including two in Atlanta, said Friday he will take up Creflo Dollar’s challenge to subpoena the documents he requested from them, if necessary. [video]
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Saturday January 19, 2008
Televangelists:
Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is preparing another round of letters to Christian television ministries, prodding them to answer questions about their spending and the way they are governed, a spokeswoman said Thursday. At the same time, an aide to the committee’s Democratic chairman indicated it would be in the ministries’ best interest to cooperate with the Iowa Republican’s investigation. [video]
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Thursday January 10, 2008
Televangelists:
Most of the preachers who have been asked to give a financial accounting still have not done so. (They’re probably too busy conning their followers out of more and more money).
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Tuesday December 18, 2007
Televangelists:
The six prosperity gospel ministries under scrutiny by Republican Sen. Charles Grassley are a tough group to take on. The televangelists are veterans at outmaneuvering opponents, and in this case are even getting support from their critics.
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Friday December 7, 2007
Benny Hinn • Creflo Dollar • Eddie Long • Joyce Meyer • Kenneth Copeland • Paula White • Televangelists:
Only two of six Christian ministries under scrutiny for allegations of opulent spending turned over documents to a Senate panel by a Thursday deadline, with others either fighting the request or asking for more time.
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Benny Hinn • Creflo Dollar • Eddie Long • Joyce Meyer • Kenneth Copeland • Paula White • Televangelists:
Four televangelists, under investigation for the way they raise and spend money, did not turn over financial information by Thursday, the deadline set by the Senate Finance Committee, including one preacher who challenged the committee to subpoena him.
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Wednesday December 5, 2007
Televangelists:
Among the many conservative Christians who feel misunderstood by the general public, the six televangelists under investigation by a Senate committee are an embarrassment. But traditional Christians aren’t universally celebrating the inquiry.
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Monday November 12, 2007
Televangelists:
Even as media ministry has become a billion-dollar industry, it has continued to operate with little or no government oversight, critics say. An overburdened IRS and wary lawmakers have tread lightly in the face of growing questions about the financial operations of powerful and popular preachers.
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Televangelists:
Who is this guy with the temerity to try to pull back the curtain on the financial wizards that run some of the most lucrative TV ministries in the nation?
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Benny Hinn • Kenneth Copeland • Scientology • Televangelists • Without Walls International Church • World Changers Church (Creflo Dollar):
Joyce Meyer calls herself a woman of God, and maybe she is, but Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, wants to know how Meyer can justify spending $23,000 in tax-exempt religious contributions for a marble-topped commode.
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Thursday November 8, 2007
Televangelists:
Even among those who welcome the scrutiny of 6 top televangelists, there is concern over government intrusion into religion, more red tape in the name of transparency and undue burdens on preachers and churches who play strictly by the rules.
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Creflo Dollar • Televangelists • World Changers Church (Creflo Dollar):
A US senator wants to investigate money-hungry preachers. The preachers are not amused.
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- Creflo Dollar: Is request for financial info legal?
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- Benny Hinn complies with probe into finances; Kenneth Copeland resists
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