Benny Hinn |
Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 3 December 1952) is an Israeli Christian televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades"--revival meeting or faith healing summits that are usually held in stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your Day.
Hinn was taught the Bible and mentored by Dr. Winston I. Nunes of Broadview Faith Temple in Toronto He has written that on December 21, 1973, he traveled by charter bus from Toronto to Pittsburgh to attend a "miracle service" conducted by evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman. Although he never met her personally, he often attended her "healing services" and has often cited her as an influence in his life.
Hinn was taught the Bible and mentored by Dr. Winston I. Nunes of Broadview Faith Temple in Toronto He has written that on December 21, 1973, he traveled by charter bus from Toronto to Pittsburgh to attend a "miracle service" conducted by evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman. Although he never met her personally, he often attended her "healing services" and has often cited her as an influence in his life.

“My mum gave half a million to US preacher Bennie Hinn as tithe. Yet I asked her to give me Sh40,000 and she told me she did not have cash." --Kenyan Media personality Maina Kageni 4.25.23
Kageni made the revelation during a discussion on his breakfast show on Classic I05 about the Shakahola massacre in which 89 people have been confirmed dead after apparently fasting to death on instructions of controversial Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie.
Kageni made the revelation during a discussion on his breakfast show on Classic I05 about the Shakahola massacre in which 89 people have been confirmed dead after apparently fasting to death on instructions of controversial Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie.
Dec 14, 2021: The Richest: Holy Millions: 10 Richest Celebrity Preachers In The World
Scandals always seem to follow mega pastors, no matter which part of the world they come from. Benny Hinn was originally born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has been recognized internationally for his miraculous healing powers, which always happens to be televised.
Scandals always seem to follow mega pastors, no matter which part of the world they come from. Benny Hinn was originally born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has been recognized internationally for his miraculous healing powers, which always happens to be televised.

There is a popular and perilous rumour around, inspired by the late Myles Munroe
and Benny Hinn. It suggests that the sovereign God requires man’s permission to do anything on earth. Munroe claimed that the only creature with authority on earth is mankind, ‘a spirit in a dirt body.’ Once, when hosted by Benny Hinn, Munroe insisted that because God is a spirit without a body, he cannot operate on earth without permission from humanity. ‘Any spirit without a body is illegal on planet earth’ he says, ‘even God Himself is illegal on earth.’ How then does God get the license to operate on earth? Munroe’s reply: ‘Through prayers’. -For Munroe, prayer is ‘man giving God permission or license to interfere in earth’s affairs.’ Indeed, he belives ‘God could do nothing on earth without a human giving Him access.’
--Joseph Byamukama; Gospel Coalition; Africa; 5.13.20
and Benny Hinn. It suggests that the sovereign God requires man’s permission to do anything on earth. Munroe claimed that the only creature with authority on earth is mankind, ‘a spirit in a dirt body.’ Once, when hosted by Benny Hinn, Munroe insisted that because God is a spirit without a body, he cannot operate on earth without permission from humanity. ‘Any spirit without a body is illegal on planet earth’ he says, ‘even God Himself is illegal on earth.’ How then does God get the license to operate on earth? Munroe’s reply: ‘Through prayers’. -For Munroe, prayer is ‘man giving God permission or license to interfere in earth’s affairs.’ Indeed, he belives ‘God could do nothing on earth without a human giving Him access.’
--Joseph Byamukama; Gospel Coalition; Africa; 5.13.20
Oct 29, 2021: OCR: Dana Point home of late ‘Melodyland’ founder seeks $9 million
Televangelist Benny Hinn visited the couple at their home in 2016 for a Periscope live stream. It’s available on Hinn’s YouTube Channel.
Televangelist Benny Hinn visited the couple at their home in 2016 for a Periscope live stream. It’s available on Hinn’s YouTube Channel.
Aug 12, 2021: Briefly: Suzanne Hinn's biography: What happened to Benny Hinn's wife?
Suzanne Hinn is the founder of the Purifying Fire International ministry. The ministry transforms the lives of needy members in Florida and California. Besides her commendable works of charity, most people know Suzanne as Benny Hinn's wife. She once ignited a heated debate among Christians when she mentioned "Holy Ghost Enema" in a sermon.
Suzanne Hinn is the founder of the Purifying Fire International ministry. The ministry transforms the lives of needy members in Florida and California. Besides her commendable works of charity, most people know Suzanne as Benny Hinn's wife. She once ignited a heated debate among Christians when she mentioned "Holy Ghost Enema" in a sermon.
May 24, 2021: Daily Post: Millions impacted as Pastor Chris Oyakhilome teaches new heights during Global Ministers’ Classroom
His long-time friend and renowned televangelist, Pastor Benny Hinn, also ministered at the online pastor training session.
His long-time friend and renowned televangelist, Pastor Benny Hinn, also ministered at the online pastor training session.
Oct 30, 2019: Bella Naija: Pastor Benny Hinn Likens Pastor Chris’ Miracles to Those in the Book Of Acts
There was an outpouring of praise recently in a sensational video featuring Pastor Benny Hinn. Pastor Hinn reviewed the work of his dear friend, Dr. Chris Oyakhilome. He noted that they were “more like family than friends” and their partnership brings great benefits to world Evangelism.
There was an outpouring of praise recently in a sensational video featuring Pastor Benny Hinn. Pastor Hinn reviewed the work of his dear friend, Dr. Chris Oyakhilome. He noted that they were “more like family than friends” and their partnership brings great benefits to world Evangelism.
September 19, 2019: Christianity Today: Benny Hinn Renounces His Selling of God’s Blessings. Critics Want More.
Observers take wait-and-see approach to televangelist “correcting” his prosperity gospel theology.
Observers take wait-and-see approach to televangelist “correcting” his prosperity gospel theology.
Sept 8, 2019: Reach 96.3: 'I'm sorry:' Benny Hinn shares more on his renunciation of prosperity gospel
Popular 67-year-old televangelist Benny Hinn has changed his tune on a crucial point of his theological teachings.
The preacher, who has taught prosperity theology for most of his ministry, has now rejected the way of teaching, calling it an "offence to the Holy Spirit."
Popular 67-year-old televangelist Benny Hinn has changed his tune on a crucial point of his theological teachings.
The preacher, who has taught prosperity theology for most of his ministry, has now rejected the way of teaching, calling it an "offence to the Holy Spirit."
June 1, 2017: Religion News Service: Global televangelists to launch new TV station
Two prominent televangelists, Chris Oyakhilome and Benny Hinn, are launching a 24-hour TV channel, “LoveWorld USA,” which will be available in July to Spectrum cable subscribers.
This announcement Thursday (June 1) during an online news conference comes five weeks after IRS agents raided the Benny Hinn Ministries headquarters in North Texas.
Two prominent televangelists, Chris Oyakhilome and Benny Hinn, are launching a 24-hour TV channel, “LoveWorld USA,” which will be available in July to Spectrum cable subscribers.
This announcement Thursday (June 1) during an online news conference comes five weeks after IRS agents raided the Benny Hinn Ministries headquarters in North Texas.
June 10, 2016: UGChristian: Benny Hinn to share pulpit with Chris Oyakhilome in Nigeria
Evangelist Benny Hinn has announced that he will be visiting Nigeria for 3 powerful services tagged “Miracle Healing and Impartation Services” in Christ Embassy’s Loveworld Convocation Arena, Ikeja Lagos.
Evangelist Benny Hinn has announced that he will be visiting Nigeria for 3 powerful services tagged “Miracle Healing and Impartation Services” in Christ Embassy’s Loveworld Convocation Arena, Ikeja Lagos.
Mar 7, 2016: Pirate Christian: Benny Hinn Waves Jacket at Hospital-Instantly Heals Everyone
In a display of great ingenuity and faith, Benny Hinn waived his jacket at a hospital yesterday and healed all of the patients inside.
In a display of great ingenuity and faith, Benny Hinn waived his jacket at a hospital yesterday and healed all of the patients inside.
Mar 28, 2015: Charisma: Benny Hinn Released From California Medical Center
One week after checking in to an Orange County, California, medical center for atrial fibrillation, best-selling author and evangelist Benny Hinn was released Friday.
One week after checking in to an Orange County, California, medical center for atrial fibrillation, best-selling author and evangelist Benny Hinn was released Friday.
Mar 25, 2015: Flatimes: Pastor Benny Hinn Hospitalize
Charismatic pastor/televangelist Benny Hinn, known for his popular international healing ministry and Pentecostal styled services was rushed to the hospital Friday upon returning from a trip to Brazil which resulted in a heart attack.
Charismatic pastor/televangelist Benny Hinn, known for his popular international healing ministry and Pentecostal styled services was rushed to the hospital Friday upon returning from a trip to Brazil which resulted in a heart attack.
April 23, 2014: Challies: The False Teachers: Benny Hinn
Hinn’s crusades are carefully constructed to lead and manipulate those in attendance, with singing and repetitive music that build a particular atmosphere and sense of anticipation. These crusades crescendo in a time where he announces that God has begun to heal people and he then invites those people to come to the stage to tell what God has done, a technique that was mastered by Kathryn Kuhlman and has since become a staple of faith healing. Hinn claims that God is working powerfully through him to heal others and begins to list those miracles, usually starting with ones that are invisible and unverifiable at the moment—diabetes, depression, and the like. As the healings begin, many people come forward, hoping for their own miracle. Generally, though, only people who claim to have already been healed are showcased on the stage where Benny speaks to them and then often “slays” them in the Spirit.
Hinn’s crusades are carefully constructed to lead and manipulate those in attendance, with singing and repetitive music that build a particular atmosphere and sense of anticipation. These crusades crescendo in a time where he announces that God has begun to heal people and he then invites those people to come to the stage to tell what God has done, a technique that was mastered by Kathryn Kuhlman and has since become a staple of faith healing. Hinn claims that God is working powerfully through him to heal others and begins to list those miracles, usually starting with ones that are invisible and unverifiable at the moment—diabetes, depression, and the like. As the healings begin, many people come forward, hoping for their own miracle. Generally, though, only people who claim to have already been healed are showcased on the stage where Benny speaks to them and then often “slays” them in the Spirit.
Apr 3, 2014: Apprising Ministries: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PARTNERING WITH BENNY HINN?
That’s what well-respected Southern Baptist Tom Ascol, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and executive director of Founders Ministries, also thought based on his post Liberty University Partners with Benny Hinn.
That’s what well-respected Southern Baptist Tom Ascol, senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and executive director of Founders Ministries, also thought based on his post Liberty University Partners with Benny Hinn.
Feb 7, 2014: Grace To You: Has Benny Hinn Repented?
Michael Brown says I owe him an apology and correction. In my previous post, “Ignorance is not an Option,” I quoted some tweets from Dr. Michael Brown in which he seemed to claim ignorance of the legion of controversies surrounding Benny Hinn as an excuse for recording five shows for Hinn’s This Is Your Day television program (four of which aired January 13-16).
Michael Brown says I owe him an apology and correction. In my previous post, “Ignorance is not an Option,” I quoted some tweets from Dr. Michael Brown in which he seemed to claim ignorance of the legion of controversies surrounding Benny Hinn as an excuse for recording five shows for Hinn’s This Is Your Day television program (four of which aired January 13-16).
July 24, 2010: Toronto Star: Married Toronto preacher Benny Hinn romantically linked to healerThere’s a new televangelist soap opera.
Reports this week suggest a still-married Benny Hinn is now romantically involved with Paula White, another television preacher with a colourful past.
The 57-year-old Hinn, who began his preaching career at a church hall near Yonge and Bloor Streets in the 1970s, is best known for his faith-healing “Miracle Crusades” and his half-hour television show, This is Your Day.
White, 44, is the star of television’s Paula White Today, whose ministries reputedly pulled in $40 million in donations and sales of various goods in 2006. Her website’s current offerings include the four-CD set, “Creating Healthy Relationship” in return for “any gift amount.”
Neither Hinn nor White could be reached for comment Friday.
Reports this week suggest a still-married Benny Hinn is now romantically involved with Paula White, another television preacher with a colourful past.
The 57-year-old Hinn, who began his preaching career at a church hall near Yonge and Bloor Streets in the 1970s, is best known for his faith-healing “Miracle Crusades” and his half-hour television show, This is Your Day.
White, 44, is the star of television’s Paula White Today, whose ministries reputedly pulled in $40 million in donations and sales of various goods in 2006. Her website’s current offerings include the four-CD set, “Creating Healthy Relationship” in return for “any gift amount.”
Neither Hinn nor White could be reached for comment Friday.

Dec 28, 2002: Religion News Blog: Benny Hinn has millions of believers and millions in donations
Hinn was born in the Middle East, raised in Canada, and modelled himself after a faith healer, the legendary Katherine Kuhlman. Hinn started a church in Orlando, almost two decades ago. By 1999, he’d left Florida, building his ministry’s administrative headquarters in Dallas and his TV studio in southern California where he now lives. Hinn’s claims of miracles have made him immensely popular, but those healings, combined with his ministry’s enormous wealth, have also triggered scrutiny of a different kind.
“I say he’s in the business of raising money and spreading his own celebrity,” says Ole Anthony, who heads the Trinity Foundation — a Christian watch-dog group that examines the workings of television ministries. The organization operates on donations, grants, and sales of its magazine and tapes.
Ole Anthony himself has been highly critical of television preachers who don’t divulge the details of how they raise and spend their money — especially Benny Hinn.
“We’ve gotten most of the complaints lately from Benny’s organization and Benny’s followers,” says Anthony. “That became our focus, we’ve been following him intently since 1993.”
“Dateline” asked the Trinity Foundation to provide access to, among other things, documents and videotape it’s collected about the Hinn Ministry. We reimbursed the foundation for its costs.
And we also went looking for some answers ourselves. For almost two years, “Dateline” sought permission to videotape Benny Hinn’s crusades, to see how this affluent television ministry really works.
Eventually we were allowed to bring our cameras to a crusade in Atlanta. But the ministry made it clear we were only permitted to tape the first hour or so. Then after Hinn’s entrance, a few hymns and some saving of souls, we were told to stop.
Hinn was born in the Middle East, raised in Canada, and modelled himself after a faith healer, the legendary Katherine Kuhlman. Hinn started a church in Orlando, almost two decades ago. By 1999, he’d left Florida, building his ministry’s administrative headquarters in Dallas and his TV studio in southern California where he now lives. Hinn’s claims of miracles have made him immensely popular, but those healings, combined with his ministry’s enormous wealth, have also triggered scrutiny of a different kind.
“I say he’s in the business of raising money and spreading his own celebrity,” says Ole Anthony, who heads the Trinity Foundation — a Christian watch-dog group that examines the workings of television ministries. The organization operates on donations, grants, and sales of its magazine and tapes.
Ole Anthony himself has been highly critical of television preachers who don’t divulge the details of how they raise and spend their money — especially Benny Hinn.
“We’ve gotten most of the complaints lately from Benny’s organization and Benny’s followers,” says Anthony. “That became our focus, we’ve been following him intently since 1993.”
“Dateline” asked the Trinity Foundation to provide access to, among other things, documents and videotape it’s collected about the Hinn Ministry. We reimbursed the foundation for its costs.
And we also went looking for some answers ourselves. For almost two years, “Dateline” sought permission to videotape Benny Hinn’s crusades, to see how this affluent television ministry really works.
Eventually we were allowed to bring our cameras to a crusade in Atlanta. But the ministry made it clear we were only permitted to tape the first hour or so. Then after Hinn’s entrance, a few hymns and some saving of souls, we were told to stop.

How can some ministers whose personal and spiritual lives are dried up and in shambles still operate in the anointing and continue to minister with power? Pastor Benny Hinn asked this question during a season of personal trial, and his quest led him to an in-depth understanding of the three “rivers,” or types, of anointing in Scripture: 1 John 2:27 (the anointing within you); Acts 1:8 (the anointing upon you); and Isaiah 10 (a global anointing related to building up and destroying nations).
In Mysteries of the Anointing, Hinn explores these three types of anointing, sharing personal stories of things he learned firsthand from Kathryn Kuhlman and Oral Roberts, as well as providing biblical and historical examples that illustrate his teachings. Readers will discover:
In Mysteries of the Anointing, Hinn explores these three types of anointing, sharing personal stories of things he learned firsthand from Kathryn Kuhlman and Oral Roberts, as well as providing biblical and historical examples that illustrate his teachings. Readers will discover:
- How to detect if the anointing within you is weakening or gone
- The blessings—and dangers—that can happen when God begins to use you
- When you’re most vulnerable to demonic attack and what to do about it
- What hinders the anointing in your life and ministry and what increases it
- The impact of the anointing around the world and how the church will experience it in greater measure