Kenneth Copeland News

In a recent investigative profile, the Associated Press tells the depressingly familiar story of televangelist Kenneth Copeland.

By Michael Gerson Wednesday, August 6, 2008; Page A17 In a recent investigative profile, the Associated Press tells the depressingly familiar story of televangelist Kenneth Copeland.

The relatives and friends of "prosperity gospel" televangelist Kenneth Copeland have made huge money off the 600,000-member church, including a brother-in-law who broker Copeland's television time, a son who ...

The relatives and friends of "prosperity gospel" televangelist Kenneth Copeland have made huge money off the 600,000-member church, including a brother-in-law who broker Copeland's television time, a son who ...

Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.

Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.

A group of Pentecostal ministers and churches have thrown their backing behind televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his refusal to cooperate with a Senate probe into his ministry's spending.

For the first time, officials with Kenneth Copeland Ministries are talking publicly about an investigation into the church's spending habits.

Sen. Charles Grassley must have hit a nerve. Grassley, R-Iowa, wants some answers from six big-time televangelists to make sure nobody is playing fast and loose with the nation's tax laws.

North Texas preacher Kenneth Copeland is leading a counterattack against the U.S. senator who is investigating alleged lavish spending by six high-profile televangelists.

COMMENT By Jacqueline L. Salmon Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 24, 2008; Page B09 Sen.

Nearly two-dozen conservative Christian leaders have signed a letter to the Senate Finance Committee questioning an investigation into six large ministries that preach a gospel of prosperity. via MergeDigital

“Satan is going to try his best to persecute”

Appearing on televangelist and Grassley target Kenneth Copeland's program last week, former Bush family confidant and televangelist advocate Doug Wead once again defended his friend from that "elitist," Sen. via American Prospect Online

Editors' Note: This piece has been corrected . 1. Copeland Continues to Hurl Elitism Charges at Grassley Kenneth Copeland Ministries, the most defiant of the Grassley Six , hosted former Bush family confidant ... via American Prospect Online

“At the conclusion of a properly conducted church tax inquiry, the Senate Committee on Finance could obtain the information Senator Grassley is seeking from the IRS through a request”

A Christian television ministry targeted by a Senate committee investigation into possible financial wrongdoing has asked the Internal Revenue Service to audit its finances.

Attorneys for Kenneth Copeland Ministries sent a letter to the IRS' Office of Examinations on Monday saying the church was willing to cooperate with a tax inquiry by the agency. Dallas television station KTVT first reported the North Texas-based church's request for an IRS audit.

Leaders of the television ministry contend dozens of questions about expenses, executive compensation and amenities asked by Sen. Charles Grassley are similar to those posed in an IRS church tax inquiry. In the letter, attorneys for the ministry say the appropriate procedure would be for Grassley to obtain the information from the IRS after it conducts an audit of the church. Read more

“They were carefully drafted and carefully redrafted”

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa said today he has sent a new round of letters to televangelists asking questions about spending in their tax-exempt ministries. via Des Moines Register

Mac Hammond's Citation 1 wasn't the first aircraft Kenneth Copeland has given away. via Across the Great Divide

By ERIC GORSKI A senator's investigation into spending and oversight at six 'prosperity gospel' ministries has hit a roadblock with a Texas minister intensifying his efforts to fight the inquiry, but it made ... via Star-telegram.com

Senator Charles Grassley's investigation into six "prosperity gospel" ministries may be hitting a roadblock. via WHO-TV Des Moines

“You can go get a subpoena, and I won't give it to you!”

Chuck Grassley, a Republican Senator from Iowa, has been making waves in the conservative Christian community for investigating the actions of popular and wealthy Pentecostal preachers. via About.com