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Mac Hammond is the latest Christian leader to come under financial scrutiny by the U.S. government.
Months after Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, launched a financial accountability probe into the mega media ministries of Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer and Creflo Dollar, Hammond finds himself under the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) microscope.
According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, the IRS is conducting an investigation… Keep reading | 6 Comments
Joyce Meyer Ministries Seeks Internal Changes
Published by July 9th, 2008 in Breaking News. 2 Comments
Joyce Meyer Ministries is undertaking internal reforms in the wake of a congressional inquiry into its finances, Sen. Charles Grassley said Monday.
The extent of the changes are unclear. Grassley's staff declined to elaborate.
And Roby Walker, a spokesman for JMM, the Fenton-based mega-church founded by popular TV evangelist Joyce Meyer, said the specifics were still being worked out.
The action comes nearly a year after Grassley, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the… Keep reading | 2 Comments
Senator Chuck Grassley ponders path of his ministry probe
Published by July 9th, 2008 in Breaking News and Politics. 6 Comments
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Charles Grassley issued a memo Monday saying that his staff is consulting with Senate lawyers about "next steps" to take in an increasingly acrimonious investigation of the finances of televangelist Kenneth Copeland's ministry.
While the Iowa Republican did not specifically threaten a subpoena of the Texas-based ministry, that is a tool Congress could use to compel Copeland to provide information. Copeland has said he would resist a… Keep reading | 6 Comments
Pentecostal Group Backs Kenneth Copeland in Probe Protest by Lillian Kwon
Published by June 23rd, 2008 in Breaking News. 10 Comments
Christian Post Reports: A group of Pentecostal ministers and churches have thrown their backing behind televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his refusal to cooperate with a Senate probe into his ministry's spending.
Assemblies of God International Fellowship released a statement in their latest newsletter saying the current investigation, led by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), into the financial records of six prominent ministries "seems to be crossing a legal… Keep reading | 10 Comments
CHRISTIAN LEADERS QUESTION MEYER, HINN, COPELAND, DOLLAR, WHITE AND LONG INVESTIGATION
Published by May 8th, 2008 in Breaking News. 10 Comments
In November Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa sent letters to six ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity about their finances.
Today Christian leaders signed a letter addressed to the Senate Finance Committee inquiring into the investigation of these ministries including Eddie Long, Randy and Paula White, Benny Hinn, Creflo Dollar, Joyce Meyer, and Kenneth Copeland. Their letter suggest that the 6-month-old inquiry sets a dangerous precedent and that… Keep reading | 10 Comments
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