Posted on 01/23/2018 7:11:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Thanks to the support of his deep-pocketed partners, Texas-based televangelist Kenneth Copeland of Kenneth Copeland Ministries has acquired a new multimillion dollar Gulfstream V jet that he says will help him do the Lord's work and help him avoid having to contend with "demons" that travel on commercial airlines.
Copeland's ministry announced last Friday the acquisition of the "debt free" jet, which hit the market with a $36 million price tag in 1998. The ultra-long-range business jet can accommodate up to four crew members and 14 passengers in an executive configuration, according to Gulfstream. It is unclear how much Copeland's ministry paid for the jet but AV Buyer says they currently have the lowest priced Gulfstream V on the market priced at just under $6 million.
"Father we thank you so and I'm asking you now sir, according to your word, bless our partners beyond measure. Yes, in the name of Jesus. For you said in 2002, 'I'm sending you new partners who are very strong financially and they will obey me. And I will increase your longtime partners and they will obey me," Copeland, 81, said in a prayer of thanksgiving for the new jet.
"And you will not come short. And you will not fail. And you will not lack. And you will not come behind and you will not be diminished. Praise God," he said of his donors
On the December 29, 2015, television broadcast of "Believers Voice of Victory," hosted by Copeland and Jesse Duplantis, the ministers explained that private jets were important to their business to help them, among other things, pray in privacy as the Lord leads and avoid unnecessary demons.
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Disgusting. A G5...people actually fall for this crap.
Disgusting. A G5...people actually fall for this crap.
I’m in the wrong business
“avoid having to contend with “demons” that travel on commercial airlines.”
I’ve run into some.
Some were attorneys.
Some were drunk.
Some had “issues.”
Why does God need a starship?
Why doesn’t Copeland ask Benny Hinn to just transport him around in his magic jacket?
Prai$e the Lord...
Avoiding unnecessary demons is key to any ministry I’d say.
Got enough problems with the necessary ones indeed.
In my opinion seems excessive use of $ for ministry purposes however no one is forced to donate, no waste of taxpayer $ was used nor crimes committed to obtain the funds. It’s fine by me. The federal government steals, abuses and mismanages our involuntary taxes bigly. KCM is free to buy a jet and if the donors disagree they can stop their voluntary giving.
Lord bless this bizjet I am about to receive, amen.
Pilots will work for anybody. Shame.
What will he name it?
Doxology I?
He should name it like a minister I once knew. He had a small fishing boat named “Visitation.”
I know guys like this charlatan travel a lot and don’t begrudge him private transport, however, it seems to me that a good fractional lease arrangement makes greater sense than the daily huge cost of full ownership with the price tag dependent solely on donations.
He had the goods on the lot of them. He also had intriguing intel on their personal lives. Can't remember if Copeland was in it.....hmmmmm
he is an idiot, and a snake charmer.
So to “Help him avoid having to contend with “demons” that travel on commercial airlines.” Shouldn’t that be a fertile mission field for him? Plenty of lost souls that need to hear the gospel?
Copeland is a false teacher leading many astray. I’m afraid Jesus will say to him, “I never knew you.”
$56 million buys a lot of chartered flights. Just sayin.
He must not have enough faith to fly without an airplane.
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