Snake image from Pixabay, screen shot of Benny Hinn on Daystar, Joni Table Talk
Teflon televangelist Benny Hinn is back in the international crusades numbers game again.
From July 30, 2025: “Beloved Partner… Right now, our ministry is making preparations for a massive tent revival in England, where we expect tens of thousands (really??) to gather for a divine encounter with Jesus. Simultaneously, I’m about to depart for Ghana, where I will minister to over 25,000 pastors (is that true??), equipping them to carry the fire of the Gospel to their nations.”
AND from June 30, 2025, “My Precious Partner (if he only knew)… What we have just witnessed in Uganda is nothing short of a divine visitation—a historic moment in the Kingdom of God. Over the course of three unforgettable nights, more than 1.5 million people attended (who was doing the counting??), and one single service drew a staggering crowd of 700,000 hungry souls (you don’t say… ??) crying out to the Lord. The atmosphere was saturated with worship, miracles, and the unmistakable presence of the Holy Spirit… Over 15 million people watched (if truth be told, how many??) the crusade via television and social media platforms.”
Background and Broken Promises
Before 1991 Benny was already performing healing “crusades” to sold-out crowds in auditoriums and other churches, and soon thereafter, not just in America but in other countries around the world.
Inside Edition did an exposé about Hinn in 1993. Hinn promised Trinity Foundation president Ole Anthony and Inside Edition cameras he would have medical verification of the healings before televising testimonials (he didn’t) and he said he would stop driving a Mercedes Benz and start driving a Honda (he didn’t).
He told his congregation “I think I’m going to stop preaching healing and start preaching Jesus.” (he didn’t) A month later he also said, “Preachers who live in big houses and drive big cars have to reexamine their calling. Some of God’s saints lived in caves!” (he never stopped living in mansions, either).
False Prophecies: Hinn made several unfulfilled prophecies during the 1990s, including predictions about the timing of Fidel Castro’s death and the destruction of the homosexual community in America.
After working undercover in Hinn’s ministry and conducting nighttime dumpster diving at his brother Chris Hinn’s travel agency, Trinity Foundation and Pete Evans assisted CNN with an exposé about Hinn in 1996-1997.
In April 2001, HBO aired a documentary entitled A Question of Miracles that focused on Hinn and another televangelist. The film’s director, Antony Thomas, said they did not find any cases where people were actually healed by Hinn (Wikipedia).
In November 2004, a a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television show The Fifth Estate did a special titled “Do You Believe in Miracles” on the apparent transgressions committed by Hinn’s ministry. In particular, the investigation highlighted the fact that the most desperate miracle seekers who attend a Hinn crusade—the quadriplegics, the brain-damaged, virtually anyone with a visibly obvious physical condition—are never allowed on stage (also cited by Wikipedia).
In 2002 and 2004, Trinity Foundation assisted Dateline NBC with exposés on Hinn, highlighting his ostentatious preaching/“healing” and his lavish lifestyle.
In 2017, Hinn’s nephew Costi Hinn criticized Benny’s prosperity gospel –the lavish mansions, the expensive cars, etc. and later came out with a book titled God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel with more details on the topic.
In September 2019, Benny Hinn said he no longer believed in prosperity theology and decided to stop teaching it. (he didn’t)
We have more to say about Hinn. Next month’s Trinity Foundation video will focus on Hinn and we hope to unveil our “Vault” project with court documents, government reports, and documents we’ve found in the trash over the years.
