Amazing Grace

BENNY Hinn's Finances

Under U.S. tax laws the Hinn Ministry is not legally obligated to makes its finances public because it is a religious organization.

Although most major American churches and ministries release financial information voluntarily there are no public records for how much the Hinn ministry makes or how that money is spent.

Benny Hinn insists that every penny is spent on God's work. But the fifth estate obtained confidential financial records from inside the Hinn ministry. These documents were provided by individuals who say they want the public to know how Benny Hinn

The fifth estate asked Roddy Allan, a forensic accountant, to review the ministry's expense and travel records. He says, "I'm a mere bean counter, but it would be hard to persuade me that you had to incur that kind of expense in order to accomplish a business objective."


The prestigious Lanesborough Hotel, next to Buckingham Palace, is frequented by celebrities such as Madonna and Micheal Jackson.

Here is a very small sampling of financial records from the summer of 2003. At that time Hinn had crusades in St. Petersburg, Russia and Stockholm, Sweden then departed for a four day whirlwind trip to Italy and London, billing it as a simple layover.

  • A hotel bill for room service and chauffeur services at the Lanesborough Hotel in London (see bill .pdf)

  • Tips given to staff at Lanesborough Hotel in London after a one day stay (see chit .pdf)

  • Tips given to the staff at the Savoia Hotel in Milan, Italy (see chit .pdf)

  • $5000US dollars cash given to Pastor Benny Hinn (PBH), no details for the reason (see chit .pdf)

  • A gift from Benny Hinn to a 'homeless woman with a baby' of $20US (see chit .pdf)


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In his letter to his followers after our original broadcast, Pastor Benny suggests that our reporting on his hotel expenses was misleading. He claims that the hotels he uses often give him rooms for free, or "deeply discounted". Well, we checked on that and the two luxury hotels which appear in our story, the ones in London and Milan, both told us that they do not offer deep discounts or freebies on those rooms.