AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper (AP)

By newscrape.com in Features on July 27th, 2008

In this May 22, 2008 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens to Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., ranking Republican on the committee, not shown, speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, accusing Democrats of partisan delays in dealing with judicial nominees. Kenneth Copeland is one target of a Senate Finance Committee investigation into allegations of questionable spending and lax financial accountability at six large televangelist organizations that preach health-and-wealth theology. Copeland has fought back the hardest, refusing to answer most questions from the inquiry's architect, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper.


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