Benny Hinn needs a plane
Preacher Benny Hinn wants 6,000 of his followers to send in $1K each so that he can keep his shiny new
Gulfstream G4SP:
He starts off:
Dear Partner,
I am writing you, as one of my closest and most faithful partners, to let you know about a tremendous and historic opportunity for the Gospel of our wonderful Lord Jesus, and I am praying that the Holy Spirit will speak to you as I share this glorious news!
And the money shot:
And at these partners conferences, I was able to raise the first portion of the down payment, which was another miracle the Lord has provided us.
As a result, we have recently taken delivery on our Gulfstream G4SP plane, which we call Dove One. I have enclosed a beautiful photo-filled brochure to explain more about this incredible ministry tool that will increase the scope of our abilities to preach the Gospel around the globe. Now we must pay the remainder of the down payment, and I am asking the Lord Jesus to speak to 6,000 of my precious partners to sow a seed of $1,000 in the next ninety days. And I am praying, even as I write this letter, that you will be one of them!
The Gulfstream G4Sp seats about 20 people if I remember correctly. Hey Benny, do the math:
You are asking for $6 Million.
It seats 20 people.
That is $300,000 per person.
Considering that you can get a decent business-class roundtrip airplane ticket to anywhere on this planet for about $2K or under, you could fly each person anywhere at least 150 times for the same amount of money and this is without your organization having to pay a stitch for maintenance ($$$) fuel ($$$) insurance ($$$)
What a maroon! And the joke is that there are people who will send in the money. The people I have known who are truly spiritual have been quiet about it. I can see Evangelical or Pentecostal worship as very valid but these people build their church and they worship; their practices are between their God and themselves. They don't go out and buy Gulfstreams. Only 'Hollywood' environmentalists and 'Hollywood' men-of-god(TM) do that.
Posted by DaveH at December 2, 2006 11:35 PM