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Jesse Duplantis, the Destrehan-based prosperity gospel televangelist with a global reach, is asking disciples for money to buy a jet that costs $54 million "so we can go anywhere in the world in one stop." He seeks the donations in a video posted last week on his ministry's website...
He says his 40-year-old Jesse Duplantis Ministries has paid cash for three private jets and been "just burning them up for the Lord Jesus Christ." The most recent purchase was in 2006, he says.
Now he has his sights set on a Dassault Falcon 7X, a three-engine jet with a range of 5,950 nautical miles. Its customizable cabins accommodate 12 to 16 passengers. A 2017 write-up on SherpaReport.com, a website focused on private aviation, said the list price for a new Falcon 7X was $54 million.
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...., Duplantis says God told him, "I want you to believe in me for a Falcon 7X." He tells viewers: "Pray about becoming a partner to it."
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In 2015, Duplantis and (Kenneth) Copeland (Another TV Evangelist with a 36$ million jet) defended their use of private jets. In a segment on Copeland's television program, they argued that commercial planes were full of "a bunch of demons" that will bog down their busy schedules with prayer requests, The Washington Times reported.
http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2018/05/jesse_duplantis_private_jet.html
samnsara
(17,605 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,153 posts)On edit: I actually posted this before I saw this quote from Duplantis:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jesse-duplantis-evangelist-private-jet-jesus-wouldnt-be-riding-donkey-2018-05-29/
"I really believe that if the Lord Jesus Christ was physically on the Earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey," Duplantis said in the video. "He'd be in an airplane flying all over the world."
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)Greed is the true demon...
lapfog_1
(29,192 posts)what kind of prayers do these evangelicals provide anyway?
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)rurallib
(62,382 posts)and he believed that Jesus really wanted Jesse to spread the gospel Jesus would make it so Jesse could fly.
Pray, Jesse, pray. And Believe.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Is the people without a pot to piss in, will send this crook their last dime.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)He'll love all the Bible verses printed all over it.