Televangelism is television to communicate the Christian faith. The word is a portmanteau of television and evangelism and was coined by Time magazine. “Televangelists” are Christian ministers who devote a large portion of their ministry to television broadcasting. The term is also used derisively by critics as an insinuation of aggrandizement by such ministers.
Televangelism began as a peculiarly American phenomenon, resulting from a largely deregulated media where access to television networks and cable TV is open to virtually anyone who can afford it, combined with a large Christian population that is able to provide the necessary funding. However, the increasing globalisation of broadcasting has enabled some American televangelists to reach a wider audience through international broadcast networks, including some that are specifically Christian in nature, such as Trinity Broadcasting Network and The God Channel. Domestically produced televangelism is increasingly present in some other nations such as Brazil. Some countries have a more regulated media with either general restrictions on access or specific rules regarding religious broadcasting. In such countries, religious programming is typically produced by TV companies (sometimes as a regulatory or public service requirement) rather than private interest groups. Some televangelists are also regular pastors or ministers in their own places of worship (often a megachurch), but the majority of their followers come from their TV and radio audiences. Others do not have a conventional congregation as such and solely work through television.
Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (Greek: Τουφικ Βενέδικτος "βενι" Χιν, Arabic: توفيق بندكتوس "بني" الحن, Hebrew: תאופיק בנדיקטוס (בני) הין; born December 3, 1952) is a televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades" – revival meeting/faith healing summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your Day.
Hinn was born in Jaffa, in 1952, in the then newly-established state of Israel to Palestinian Christian parents. He was raised within the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Soon after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War (a.k.a. "The Six-Day War)", Hinn's family emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he attended but later prematurely left the Georges Vanier Secondary School. In his books, Hinn states that his father was the mayor of Jaffa at the time of his birth, and that as a child, he was socially isolated and was handicapped by a severe stutter, but was nonetheless a first-class student. These claims, however, have been disputed by critics of Hinn. As a teenager in Toronto, Hinn converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Pentecostalism, eventually joining a singing troupe made up of young evangelicals. According to a 2004 CBC report on Hinn, his newfound religious devotion during this period became so intense that his family became concerned that he was turning into a religious fanatic. Hinn was taught the bible and mentored by Dr. Winston I. Nunes of Broadview Faith Temple in Toronto.
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a media mogul, television evangelist, ex-Baptist minister and businessman who politically aligns himself with the Christian Right in the United States.
He is the founder of numerous organizations and corporations, including the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the Christian Coalition, Flying Hospital, International Family Entertainment Inc., Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation, CBN Asia and Regent University. He is the host of The 700 Club, a Christian TV program airing on channels throughout the United States and on CBN network affiliates worldwide.
The son of U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson, Robertson is a Southern Baptist and was active as an ordained minister with that denomination for many years, but holds to a charismatic theology not traditionally common among Southern Baptists. He unsuccessfully campaigned to become the Republican Party's nominee in the 1988 presidential election. As a result of his seeking political office, he no longer serves in an official role for any church. His media and financial resources make him a recognized, influential, and controversial public voice for conservative Christianity in the United States.
Jonathan Bell - The Screaming Televangelist
Tell me that this is a joke - Crazy Televangelists
Televangelist Busted
Televangelists Exploiting the Gullible - Part 1
US Rich Televangelist Scandals Involving Drugs, Hookers, And Money
Christian Televangelist Robert Tilton Fraud Scandal
Exposing Fraudulent Televangelist Benny Hinn
Televangelist BENNY HINN Heckled at Airport 'WORLD'S GREATEST SCAMMER
Christian Televangelist Tells Viewer to Commit Suicide
Televangelists Are Ridiculous - This is Why
Televangelist Creflo Dollar NEEDS A Private Jet For Missionary Work
Televangelist Peter Popoff Investigation
Televangelist Creflo Dollar Asking for $65 Million in Donations for New Private Jet
Crazy Televangelists
Plot
In a future where we have lost the ability to dream, people have turned to Fantasites, a parasite that induces the user's wildest fantasies. When socially awkward Charles starts using the miracle product he finally meets the girl of his "dreams." However, Fantasites come with some disturbing side effects that leave his chances with her squirming away.
Keywords: dreams, fantasite, improv, pet-dogs, worm
Chase your dreams.
Walt: You put em' in your ear at night. They dissolve. You sleep naturally. You take em' nightly. And by the morning you've had the dream of a lifetime.
June: Earlier she was making me really nervous, her behavior. I think she was sick or something. So...::Charles: Yeah.::June: I guess it'd be good for her to run around, play with other dogs.::Charles: Definitely. Definitely good for her to get out. Spread her wings... spread her... spread her... spread her legs. Spread her...::June: I don't think that's what you mean.
Reed: Why do you feel responsible for this guy? Like you have to take him on as a charity case? You know, like, I got you a dog. I got the dog from the pound, too. Isn't that enough? We've already helped something, why do we have to help Charles? They were gonna kill the dog. They're not gonna kill Charles. He'll be fine.
Father: I don't know what's wrong with me.::Charles: Maybe it was the dog. Maybe you're allergic to the dog.::Father: I'm not allergic to the dog. I hate the dog, but I'm not allergic to the dog.
Charles: That's Reed, my buddy. We're just hanging out at the bar, just trying to get people to get drinks, asking everyone at the bar if they want a drink.::Char at the Bar: Ok.::Charles: And, uh, you didn't want one. So...::Char at the Bar: No, I'm good. Thanks.::Charles: Yeah.
Plot
Homophobic rap superstar Terrier (pronounced "teh-ree-AY") is tearing up the charts with the smash hit single "Kill Faggots" off his triple-platinum album hoMOFObic. Despite protests from groups like Homosexuals Organizing a Meaningfully Outed Society (H.O.M.O.S.), homophobia is America's hottest trend. Now Terrier plans to reach an even wider audience by releasing a follow-up single featuring a sample from the deceased king of 80's hair metal - Max Lightning's "Teri Why." But the rights to Max's song belong to his widow, the eccentric homophobe Theresa, who will only sign with Terrier on one condition: if he reunites her with her estranged son - none other than gay rights activist Christopher Dalrymple, the leader of H.O.M.O.S. Rising to the challenge will force Terrier to confront his dark past - and Theresa has secrets of her own...
Keywords: 1980s, cinema, civil-rights, dog, gay, heavy-metal, homosexuality, new-york-university, rock-music
Ain't Nothin' But A Gay Thang, Baby
Plot
Car theft in Long Beach went down 47% when Randall "Memphis" Raines walked away from the life. He gets dragged back into it by assuming the job his brother Kip screwed up for stolen-car broker Raymond Calitri: steal 50 exotic cars and have them on a container ship by 8 AM Friday morning, and he got this news on a Monday. With Calitri threatening to kill him and Kip, and the police GRAB unit breathing down his neck, Memphis reassembles his old crew and attempts to pull off the logistically impossible.
Keywords: action-hero, ak-47, ambush, arrest, auto-mechanic, auto-theft, auto-theft-ring, automobile, bare-breasts, beating
Ice Cold, Hot Wired.
Cut to the Chase
Lock your car or it may be... GONE IN 60 SECONDS
Memphis: Without disappointment you cannot appreciate victory.::Det. Roland Castlebeck: Did Eleanor tell you that?
Memphis: I just stole fifty cars in one night! I'm a little tired, little *wired*, and I think I deserve a little appreciation!
Ignacio: That's nasty. What kind of a sicko gets their jollies from playin' with dog shit man?
Freb: The corner of Wiltern and Wetherley... Tumbler messed up, he said the Porsche should be at the corner of Wiltern and Wetherly.::Kip: There it is.::Mirror Man: You're bullshitting me, right? 9024 Wiltern?::Kip: I gotta get my tool.::Mirror Man: Kip! He ain't bullshitting, man!::[Kip opens the boot, retrieves half a brick]::Mirror Man: Kip that's not a tool... that's a damn brick! Kip, man we gonna use a brick, we may as well call prison and make reservations!
Otto Halliwell: We're gonna have to go old school on this. A day to shop, a day to prep.
Memphis: I am a baaaad man.
Mirror Man: [to Sphinx] Damn it's cold up here, they keep these Ferrari's refrigerated? And you know black people don't like cold weather, we're tropical people. Man, when this is over I'm gonna smoke a joint, watch two hours of Roots and I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS!
Raymond Calitri: Am I an arsehole? Do I look like an arsehole?::Memphis: Yeah.
Sway: I've got two jobs. I've discovered that you have to work twice as hard when it's honest.
[as Freb and Mirror Man watch Sway feeding Toby]::The Sphinx: If his unpleasant wounding has in some way enlightened the rest of you as to the grim finish beneath the glossy veneer of criminal life and inspired you to change your ways, then his injuries carry with it an inherent nobility, and a supreme glory. We should all be so fortunate. You say poor Toby? I say poor us.::[everyone stares in awe at Sphinx]::Tumbler: He spoke.::Atley Jackson: Yeah...::Memphis: Hey man, I thought you were from Long Beach.::[Sphinx, drinking a beer, just shrugs. Laughter]
Plot
On August 23, 1992, a black-ops research program led by General Roberts perfected a device to control the weather. It was launched from a specially outfitted plane and tested for the first time. But control of the machine was lost, and within hours a deadly hurricane had formed. It became the greatest natural disaster since the San Francisco Earthquake - Hurricane Andrew. In the wake of this catastrophe, all evidence of the program was buried. Seven years later, General Roberts has revived the top-secret project. He recruits ambitious meteorologist Ron Young, who has developed software that directs weather systems. The STORM device, now equipped with this software, has been launched into a weather front 300 miles off the California coast. Moments after the device has whipped the storm into a full-blown hurricane, Roberts orders it targeted at Mexico. The storm has grown in power to a super-hurricane, with wind speeds exceeding 400 miles per hour. A struggle on board the plane ensues, causing the deadly hurricane to head straight for Los Angeles. Young, who goes up in another C-123, has less than 3 hours to fly directly into the eye of this super hurricane and regain control of the STORM device. However, there are saboteurs on board. A battle at 20,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean is taking place while the city of Los Angeles awaits the coming siege.
Keywords: 1990s, black-ops, breaking-into-a-desk, california, captain, catastrophe, cloud, coastline, cover-up, death
You WILL get wet.
Nothing shall stand. No one can escape. Nobody will survive.
God created the world in six days, some thing will destroy it in one.
Plot
Terri Hansen is discovered in the desert beside the blackened husk of her car which contains the charred corpse of her husband. When forensic evidence makes her out to be her husband's murderer, she quietly protests her innocence, but makes no effort to mount a defense. Terri doesn't expect to be believed. Was it self-defense or murder? While Terri acts strangely indifferent to her own fate, her attorney tries to reconstruct what happened. The moral ambiguity and the unfathomable mysteries of the human heart are just the sort of thing her attorney had hoped to leave behind him when he left big city law. In flashback, we see Terri's story.
Keywords: marital-abuse
Jonathan Bell - The Screaming Televangelist
Tell me that this is a joke - Crazy Televangelists
Televangelist Busted
Televangelists Exploiting the Gullible - Part 1
US Rich Televangelist Scandals Involving Drugs, Hookers, And Money
Christian Televangelist Robert Tilton Fraud Scandal
Exposing Fraudulent Televangelist Benny Hinn
Televangelist BENNY HINN Heckled at Airport 'WORLD'S GREATEST SCAMMER
Christian Televangelist Tells Viewer to Commit Suicide
Televangelists Are Ridiculous - This is Why
Televangelist Creflo Dollar NEEDS A Private Jet For Missionary Work
Televangelist Peter Popoff Investigation
Televangelist Creflo Dollar Asking for $65 Million in Donations for New Private Jet
Crazy Televangelists
Part Two - Christian Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart Investigation - John Camp for CNN
A televangelist's worst nightmare.
Televangelist Benny Hinn at Tabernacle of Glory on Dec 12, 2014
Classic Opie & Anthony: Trashing Televangelist Peter Popoff (04/28/11)
Jeff Koinange Live with Dr. Myles Monroe, American Televangelist ( Part 2 )
Haitians react to televangelist Pat Robertson's 'devil pact' remarks
Televangelist
Chaser's war on everything - 2.30 report
Televangelist Investigation