Trinity Foundation

(Screenshot: Benny Hinn preaching in 2024.)

For the second time in five years, a court has ordered Benny Hinn Ministries to pay a marketing company for services rendered which the ministry had previously avoided paying. Hinn’s ministry now faces garnishment of assets.

In a case that received almost no attention, during summary judgment Judge John P. Chupp ruled against Benny Hinn’s World Healing Center Church (WHCC) in January 2026, ordering the Grapevine, Texas-based organization to pay PrintMPro, Ltd, better known by the trade name PrintMailPro, “actual damages in the amount of $144,617.52 plus $64.93 per day from November 6, 2025 through date of this Judgment.”

Judge Chupp also required WHCC, which uses the trade name Benny Hinn Ministries, to pay PrintMailPro’s legal fees.

According to the lawsuit filed in September 2025, “PrintMailPro produced a substantial amount of printed materials and provided a substantial amount of mass mail marketing services for Defendant between January and May 2025.”

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(Photo: The Kingdom of God Global Church’s Tampa parsonage is one of the largest parsonages in America, photo courtesy of Redfin.)

On March 11, 2026, The Glenn and Shelle Goldan 2019 Trust sued to foreclose on the Tampa parsonage of televangelist David E. Taylor’s Kingdom of God Global Church.

The Hillsborough County Property Appraiser website reports the parsonage was purchased in 2022 for $8.3 million.

According to the lawsuit, KOGGC obtained a $1.3 million loan from ReProp Investments, Inc. and failed to make a $600,000 loan payment by January 2026. Those loan documents are owned by The Glenn and Shelle Goldan 2019 Trust.

The lawsuit also reports that KOGGC owes “$1,300,000.00 in unpaid principal, plus $130,913.25 in accrued interest, $60,000 in late fees, $27,750.00 in unpaid fees, $128.94 in unpaid fees interest, and $25,358.90 in default interest from January 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026, for a total indebtedness of $1,544,151.09.”

In August 2025, the FBI raided KOGGC’s Tampa parsonage and found 57 volunteers inside the building, which also functioned as a call center for ministry fundraising. The parsonage appears to be operating in violation of zoning laws because the mansion is zoned for single family residential use instead of commercial use and instead of 50 plus people apparently living inside.

On March 24, 2026, Defense Attorney Jorin G. Rubin filed an amended reply recommending the federal government pay off the loan from funds seized during the August 2025 raids.

KOGGC also owes $134,096.90 for its 2025 Hillsborough County property tax bill.

Preacher David E. Taylor and his assistants Michelle Brannon and Kathleen Woods Klein are awaiting trial in Detroit for forced labor and money laundering.

The following list of ten cases currently moving through the court system proves there is a critical need for Christian media to employ court reporters or legal analysts to provide timely news reports and commentary while explaining the application of law to church and ministry litigation and criminal prosecutions.

Kevin Adell

(Screenshot: Kevin Adell being interviewed following Novi city council approval to build the Adell Center.)

Kevin Adell, President and CEO of The Word Network, one of America’s largest religious TV networks, is facing three court cases.

In October 2022, Bishop George Bloomer sued The Word Network and its CEO Kevin Adell for alleged race discrimination, race harassment, race retaliation and breach of contract. Jury trial is scheduled for October 6, 2026.

In 2023, the federal government sued Adell for allegedly defaulting on estate taxes following the death of Kevin Adell’s father Franklin Adell. A court complaint reports that Adell owed $9,775,326.65 in estate taxes and $8,178,714.47 in gift taxes.

To pay off the tax lien, the federal government is attempting to seize property in Bloomfield Hills, allegedly owned by Adell. The 8,433 square foot home is registered to Orchard Lake Property Trust. The jury trial has been postponed to February 2, 2027.

Also in 2023, Adell’s cousin Joan Adell Tringale filed a civil RICO case accusing Adell of racketeering by “using fraud, deceit, false pretenses and similar unlawful means to cheat others out of property to which they are entitled and to which Defendant is not entitled.”

In September 2025, Adell requested the Court dismiss the complaint, arguing the case is “barred by the statute of limitations.” The Court has still not rendered a decision.

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(Photo: Kathleen Woods Klein preaching at Kingdom of God Global Church on January 18, 2026.)

This week a grand jury indicted Prophetess Kathleen Woods Klein, a leader in televangelist David E. Taylor’s Kingdom of God Global Church (KOGGC),  charging her with Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor. The Justice Department disclosed the indictment in press release published Thursday.

Klein is the third church leader to be indicted, following last year’s indictment of Taylor and Michelle Brannon. In addition to allegations of money laundering, the KOGGC leaders are accused of forcing church members to work without compensation in call centers operating from church parsonages.

Following the August 27, 2025, arrests of Taylor and Brannon, prophetess Klein (she rarely uses the last name Klein in church events, opting to use her maiden name Kathleen Woods), preached at KOGGC claiming that Taylor would be vindicated by God.

KOGGC is often described as a cult because of the authoritarian manner in which the organization operated. According to the indictment, “Taylor, Brannon and Klein told victims that, if they leave KOGGC, they will be met with divine judgment in the form of physical harm and eternal damnation.”

The superseding indictment includes examples of threatening text messages Taylor, Brannon and Klein sent to call center workers.

(Screenshot: Sample of text messages Klein sent to call center workers. Appears on page 12 of indictment.)

The indictment also  reports, “Taylor frequently requested and received sexually explicit photographs and videos from female KOGGC/JMMI victims and, in some instances, victims were fearful of disobeying Taylor and sent Taylor what he demanded.” (The predecessor organization to KOGGC was Joshua Media Ministries International known by the acronym JMMI.)

Klein appears to be discouraging Taylor’s female victims from going public with complaints. While preaching last year, Klein said, “Look at around the world and just see how many women are Me Too movement … I want to tell my story. I got to tell my story. And I’m not saying you don’t have a story to tell, but if it doesn’t line up with the love of God, if it doesn’t line up to accomplish the purposes of God, it is satanic and demonic.”

Last year was a ground-breaking year for the prosecution of church crimes and criminals as prosecutors announced indictments of cult leaders for political, sexual and financial crimes.

Court testimony in 2026 will disclose deeds done in secret: Evidence of money laundering, sexual abuse and other crimes of religious leaders will be made public. Prosecutors will explain how crimes are committed and how cover ups take place.

When Churches Operate Like Organized Crime

La Luz del Mundo / Naasón Joaquín García

(Photo: Naasón García was originally arrested by the United States in 2019.)

The United States Justice Department rarely charges religious leaders and their organizations with racketeering and conspiracy, but that could be changing.

Congress passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in 1970 to give federal law enforcement better tools to prosecute the leaders of organized crime. The RICO Act also included provisions for American citizens to file civil RICO cases against companies, non-profits and individuals committing racketeering.

In September 2025, Naasón Joaquín García, head of the Mexico-based cult La Luz del Mundo (LLDM, Spanish for “Light of the World”), was charged with racketeering, sex trafficking conspiracy and other offenses.

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