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11-28-2007, 06:13 PM
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 |  Senate investigates big-spending televangelists CBS News has learned Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating six prominent televangelist ministries for possible financial misconduct. Letters were sent Monday to the ministries demanding that financial statements and records be turned over to the committee by December 6th. According to Grassley's office, the Iowa Republican is trying to determine whether or not these ministries are improperly using their tax-exempt status as churches to shield lavish lifestyles. The six ministries identified as being under investigation by the committee are led by: Paula White, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. Three of the six - Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar - also sit on the Board of Regents for the Oral Roberts University. The letters sent Monday were the culmination of a long investigation fueled in part by complaints from Ole Anthony, a crusader against religious fraud who operates the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, which describes itself as a watchdog monitoring religious media, fraud and abuse. "We've been working with them for two years," Anthony told CBS News. "We have furnished them with enough information to fill a small Volkswagen." Anthony said after twenty years of working with media organizations to expose televangelists, he saw little reform. He says that's why he turned to another tactic, going straight to Grassley. He is confident that Grassley's inquiry will be different, "What we hope is that this will lead to reform in religious nonprofits." Senate Panel Probes 6 Top Televangelists, Sen. Charles Grassley Asks Ministries To Turn Over Financial Records Within One Month - CBS News Tales of $23,000 commodes, Rolls-Royce cars, private jets, foreign bank accounts and gifts of jewelry to organizations that get millions of dollars in tax breaks got the senator’s attention. “Jesus came into [Jerusalem] on a simple donkey. What are his disciples doing, flying around in jets?” he quipped to reporters last week. Scourge of rich televangelists, Grassley has gadfly bona fides | |||||||||||||||||||||
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11-28-2007, 06:13 PM
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11-29-2007, 11:29 AM
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11-30-2007, 08:20 AM
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| The Cult of Ole (the man behind Sen Grassley's investigations From Dallas Observer | |||||||||||||||||||||
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11-30-2007, 12:23 PM
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Hi Wendy, Even if Ole Anthony is crooked as you suggest, how does this excuse the flagrant deceit of these unholy televangelist scoundrels, who take money off sick old ladies on the pretence that they have some special healing abilities, or a "hotline" to God? Then spend the money on executive jets and $10,000 a night hotel suites?? BTW good luck with the book  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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12-02-2007, 07:13 AM
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12-02-2007, 08:23 AM
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Now the way that is explained by these prosperity teachers, lavish-life-livers, is that moneyis not the root of all evil, rather THE LOVE of money is the root of all evil. And to further justify their extravagance they use this passage: "...for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." OhDear | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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12-02-2007, 09:19 AM
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Yes, very sad. I wonder how they get around " Its easyer for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to get to heaven." Those are the types I picture on that day, that will be very heart broken to find that they never had a relationship with Jesus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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12-05-2007, 08:25 AM
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| Graysher, Re: Good luck on the book. Thanks, I appreciate it. My question back to you: Does the means justify the end?
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12-05-2007, 12:44 PM
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You mean is it ok for televangelists to rip off their gullible audiences if the end result is several large mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and a private jet? I think not. I think it's despicable. And the televangelists who claim to be able to heal, or have some hot line to God are committing a far greater sin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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