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Benny Hinn on Dateline Last Night

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Andry

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Have any of you checked out the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability?

Here's their link: www.ecfa.org

Many well-known ministries are members (such as Billy Graham and Focus on the Family), others are curiously absent. But hey, not every ministry have to be members.
 
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I can only think of one reason why a ministry would not be willing to join ECFA.

~Jim

PS. This was posted at the ECFA website:

On Sunday night, March 6, 2005, Dateline NBC devoted one hour of its program to a documentary on Benny Hinn Ministries (a non-ECFA member).

At the end of the program, viewers were encouraged to visit the MSNBC website for information on organizations that monitor religious charities. ECFA’s website was included on the list of references. As a result, ECFA received thousands of hits on its website from individuals wanting to learn more about ECFA and its 1,150 accredited organizations.

Many emails were also received seeking information about organizations that are not ECFA members. Although they are not required to provide a copy of their financial statements (only ECFA members must do so), a nonmember’s responsiveness to a donor’s request may be very indicative of their transparency.

Applying for ECFA accreditation is a voluntary act by a ministry. Many well-run ministries have chosen not to be accountable to ECFA. We encourage you donors to contact a nonmember directly and request a copy of their audited financial statements and the identity of their Board of Directors.







 
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Yeah, but the difference is Billy Graham avoids pomp and flash, and delivers the Word in a plain, straightforward manner. Benny, love him or hate him, agree with him or not, is flashy and promotes the image most non-Christians have of snake oil salesmen. Not saying he is, mind you.
 
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(Bolding mine)

Why?
 
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Jim M said:
Well, this doesn’t take a rocket scientist. The answer is, they probably have something to hide. Why else would a person refuse accountability?

~Jim




That is a pretty presumptous (sp?) statement to make. Just because an organisation does not feel the need to be accountable to an independant organisation, does not mean they have something to hide.

Maybe they don't think God is requiring that of them. Maybe they only want to be accountable to the members of their organisation.

But I did cringe at your statement, making such a blanket assumption.
 
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Well, if I may be so presumptuous, why then would an organization dependent on the public for support not be willing to be accountable?

~Jim

 
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Jim M said:
Well, if I may be so presumptuous, why then would an organization dependent on the public for support not be willing to be accountable?

~Jim


Maybe they don't believe that it is necessary for them to join that organization to meet their accountability standards. There are other ways of being accountable without joining that organization.
 
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foursquareman said:
Maybe they don't believe that it is necessary for them to join that organization to meet their accountability standards. There are other ways of being accountable without joining that organization.

Enlighten us then.....

BTW...you're up early?
 
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andry said:

Enlighten us then.....

BTW...you're up early?

I'm sure this organisation is not the only way to keep accountable. Maybe I am wrong.

I would think that having the accounts open to the public, or members would be fine.

BTW, It's 9:30 in the morning here in Oz, not too early, though I would rather be in bed
 
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Thank you, furrysmommy, for posting this site. I just read Benny's 9 page letter to his partners responding to all the accusations Dateline reported. I must say that Benny addressed every concern I had and I feel ashamed for judging him. I tried not to, but it was hard not to get caught up in the moment. I'm not saying he's squeaky clean, but no one can deny that he's doing great things for the Lord. We are all capable of mistakes and poor judgment. I feel very relieved after reading his letter and give him the benefit of the doubt. I've never donated money to his ministry and don't plan to, unless the Lord leads me to do so.

I originally started this thread to open a dialogue and hear what others who had seen the segment on Dateline thought. I should have taken the time to visit Benny's site and hear his side of the story. I encourage all of you to check out this site.
 
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For my mind, the real marker of a true Christian teacher must always be their adherance to the Word of God. Forget the hotel rooms, forget the cars, forget the money. Those things might lead us to a conclusion (and we may be justified in those conclusions - should Benny Hinn live in the lap of luxury? Probably not, as someone already quoted "everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial"), however, they lead us to a conclusion that, ultimately, isn't the point.

If we're going to take issue with Benny Hinn, it shouldn't be on the basis of his overtly charismatic personality, his slightly ridiculous hairstyle, or even the money he makes every year, it should be on this: does he teach and preach Christ faithfully?

I know what my answer to that question is. I feel that Benny Hinn has made his stance very clear. He has made repeated false prophecies (after all, didn't He say Jesus was going to appear at his meetings in Nairobi, Kenya?), has claimed that the Godhead is nine-fold (father, son and Spirit are a trinity "each" (a claim he retracted, then made again, bizzarely)), and many, many other things, which I won't document here (I'm sure a brief look around the forums will reveal many other threads with this information).

For me, Scripture is clear. If someone makes a prophecy and it doesn't come to pass, they have spoken presumptuously and are a false prophet - the Lord didn't speak through them! This being the case, we should have nothing to do with Benny Hinn.
 
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Second was the thousands that left unhealed.

Apply the same standard to Jesus. Not saying BH is Jesus, but not even Jesus healed everyone. He probably walked over people to get to the ONE He healed at the well <--- wasn't a well, it was a pool...my mistake.


Who says who is or isn't content? At what point? Well, my conviction is just that. Preach the word, live your conviction.


This is a bad example. What if the pastor is talking to someone who doesn't eat meat, then they see him eathing meat? Or someone who doesn't eat seafood? What about someone who has a problem watching too much tv, and they go over to the pastor's house, and there's a tv?

Can you see my point?

No.


And what about if he got a horse? Then he could have helped 100 more.


Moderation in what? What about fat pastors? What about pastors who smoke? What about a pastor who spends too much time on the internet? How about one that watches too much tv?
 
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