Last month, Senator Chuck Grassley asked six notorious preachers of the prosperity gospel to account for some highly questionable expenditures, in light of their ministries' non-profit status. So far, it seems that only one of the six, Joyce Meyer, has complied. Three others - Benny Hinn, Paula White, and Kenneth Copeland - have yet to respond. Now the remaining two, Creflo Dollar and Eddie Long, have announced that they will not cooperate.
If these wealthy prosperity preachers continue to defy the Senate, I hope the government seeks all legal means of redress, including subpoenas and IRS investigations. So far, these individuals have acted very much as if they had something to hide, and were seeking to shield their questionable conduct from scrutiny by pulling a cloak of god-belief over it. It should be little surprise that corruption always flourishes best in the dark.
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