When I lived in Florida, a long time ago, I could walk past the TV and feel Hinn coming through the turned-off set. Moved to SoCal, he was appearing in person at some big arena in Anaheim.
Very curious abut him, I went early to get a good seat. The followers were so easily led...he passed his hand over the audience and everyone but me fell back into their chairs. Thousands of people. I could not believe the level of mass hypnosis going on there. VERY powerful guy. But what was the power???
Did he do good for people? I have no idea.
I will say that years later, I was up at 4 a.m. with a very sick cat. The televangelist Robert Tilton was on TV, which I turned on just to keep me awake. He was making the usual pitch for a ten-fold return on your contribution. I sent him $250.
I was worried about a $25,000 payment the IRS thought I owned them. Spoke with IRS a few months later, and not only did I not owe $25,000 but they found an overpayment from a few years back and sent me a check for $2500. Rather amazing.