Speaking with Copeland last month, Guerrero mentioned that both of her grandfathers were poor preachers who were "extremely offended" by those who made money through the practice. "Let's be aggressive in our faith, in our giving and in our harvesting!" "The Copelands, the KCM staff, the leadership team and I are pressing for your harvest and our harvest as a team," the post reads. He thanked donors but wrote there was more work to be done: The jet required US$2.5m ($3.8m) in upgrades, as well as a new hangar, runway renovations and "special GV maintenance equipment." A blog post on its website titled "Glory to God! It's Ours! The Gulfstream V is in our hands!" shows the preacher standing next to his sleek new plane in a bomber jacket. Texas-based Kenneth Copeland Ministries could not be reached for comment Monday. These preachers claim the jets are essential to spread the good word, and Copeland is no different. It would have been the fourth plane added to Duplantis's fleet - all paid for by his loyal congregation. Then there's Duplantis, who asked his congregation for US$54m ($82m) to buy a Falcon 7X jet last year. He paused before appealing to the crowd: "Act happy over my blessing, folks." "And since there's so much jealousy in this room tonight that I can feel over this, a few weeks later I brought myself another one worth three times what that one was." Murdock said. Guerrero asked how he would respond to those who say preachers shouldn't live so luxuriously.ĭuring the segment, Oliver also played a clip of Mike Murdock, a televangelist who once bragged to his congregation about paying for two Cessna Citation jets, with cash, no less. Kenneth Copeland defends using three private jets in an Inside Edition interview after in he called flying commercial getting in a long tube with demons. "If I flew commercial, I'd have to stop 65 per cent of what I'm doing, that's the main reason," he said.Ĭopeland said he was a "very wealthy man" and acknowledged using the private jets to travel to his vacation homes. Declining to state how much he spent on the aircraft, which is one of three in his possession, Copeland said Perry made the plane "so cheap for me I couldn't help but buy it." He again asserted the plane was necessary for his work, which has sent him to nearly every continent and allowed him to spread his message to thousands of people. The questioning centered around Copeland's Gulfstream V jet, which he announced he'd purchased from Tyler Perry in January 2018. Do you think that's a good place for a preacher to be and prepare to preach?" He added, "It's a biblical thing, it's a spiritual thing, it doesn't have anything to do with people. "No, I do not, and don't you ever say I did," Copeland responded, visibly perturbed. The video has caused quite the sir on social media.Captured on video confronting Copeland as he got into a car, Guerrero pressed him repeatedly on his 2015 comments, at one point asking: "Do you really believe that humans are demons?" “I’m not talking about ‘some people’ I’m talking about the Bible,” Copeland replied.Īt the end of the interview, Copeland grabbed Guerrero’s hand and prayed for her. “Some people might think that is offensive,” Guerrero responded. “Do you think the Jewish people believe you should be broke?” he asked. He backed it up with an anti-Semitic stereotype. “They’re wrong,” he said, flashing mile-wide grin reminiscent of the Chesire cat.Ĭopeland believes that the idea that preachers should be pious is a Biblical misunderstanding and that he was rewarded by God with great wealth. When asked about those who claim men of the cloth shouldn’t live luxurious lifestyles Copeland was blunt. When Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent Lisa Guerrero caught up with the false prophet, he spoke to her at. The Prosperity Preacher has his own airport next to his mansion in Newark, Texas, where he keeps his private jets.
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“You can’t do that when you’re broke,” he said. His organization, Kenneth Copeland Ministries, is based in Tarrant County, Texas. He then bragged about investing $25 million last year. You didn’t know that did you, baby?” he said with a smirk. I have a lot of natural gas on my properties. “My wealth does not come from offering alone. “I’m a very wealthy man,” Copeland responded. Guerrero then pressed him on his flashy wardrobe, multiple homes, and limousines. aka Kenneth Copeland Ministries / Wikimedia Commons Via Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. He also admitted that he owns three private planes.
“Do you think that’s a good place for a preacher to be and prepare to go preach to a lot of people?” Copeland asked. Here is a clip of Kenneth Copeland & Jesse Duplantis defending their private jets with examples like: the long tube… - Natasha Del Riego Del Riego)Ĭopeland later backtracked and addressed his comments, saying that commercial planes are not a good environment for preachers because of violent air marshals and people who drink alcohol.
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