- You said that you don't
like to fly commercial because you don't want to get into a tube with a bunch of demons. Do you really believe that
human beings are demons? - No I do not. (angrily) And don't you ever say I did. - Televangelist pastors are
some of the biggest charlatans we'll see on television and social media. I decided to make this
video after watching the excellent reporting by Lisa
Guerrero with Inside Edition when she interviewed Kenneth
Copeland exiting a venue. What I find most interesting is how much these snake
oil salesmen have in common with the fake gurus popping
up everywhere on social media. - A gut-high, quality conviction about which there's no retreat. When you know. - The idea of snake oil as a remedy began when Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment began selling near the
turn of the 19th century. As legend has it, the
Chinese used actual snake oil after a hard day's work on
the transcontinental railroad to cure any ailments and pain. Clark Stanley saw an opportunity to profit by selling this special
elixir to anyone in pain. - [Announcer] Televangelist,
Jesse Duplantis, is hoping to take the word of Jesus to new heights with help from a $54 million private jet. - What televangelist and
social media fake gurus have in common is that
they all sell snake oil to the masses. They have this solution to cure you of your most important problem. Fake gurus on social media are here to solve your financial
problems by offering you an opportunity to learn how
to make six figures a month after taking their course. Televangelists will teach you how to bring financial
prosperity into your life by solidifying your faith
with donations to the church. - Don't struggle with your rent. Relax. I have a covenant with God - The answer isn't unemployment,
or figuring out ways to bring jobs back, it's relaxing. Somehow God is going to pay your rent, all you have to do is relax. - If you'll let me in your... If you'll let me in that
house, I'll pay the rent. David, there's no use in
you worrying about it. I'll come in, I'll take care
of all of all the costs. I'll pay off your house, I'll take... What do you have to do? Listen. And quit worrying about it. Quit crying around about,
(fake crying) I don't know. No, no, no, no, no, no. - Kenneth Copeland doesn't
have to worry about rent because he makes tens of
millions of dollars every year selling snake oil. Let's examine all of the similarities between prosperity
preachers and fake gurus. (guitar music) What prosperity preachers
and fake gurus do is present a very visual
graphic of their life as proof of success of the system. Prosperity preachers have
personal jets, mansions, drive the most expensive cars, and are always found
dressing in expensive suits. Fake gurus, funny enough,
do the same thing. It's important for customers
to have a visual element to see that the system works in order for full belief to occur. - Yes. In the name of Jesus. For you said in 2002, I'm sending you new partners who are very strong financially, and they'll obey me. - Prosperity Preachers
paint a picture for you that if you invest in your faith, by sending money to the
false prophet on stage, that God will return that money to you in an exponential manner. God wants you to succeed. And because you're investing in him, he will invest back
into you by bringing you plenty of material wealth. - [Lisa Guerrero] Kenneth Copeland. He even has his own airport
next to his lovely mansion in Newark, Texas. Copeland actually has two private jets, a $20 million Citation 10
and a Gulf Stream 5 jet. - Fake Gurus I also need you
to believe that their system can bring you financial success so you can buy into their teachings. Lamborghini's and private
flights on Instagram, will do just that. Prosperity Preachers use
jets, not for personal gain, but because they want to get the word out for their teachings. They only have a private jet
because flying commercial is full of peasants, oop... Excuse me, they don't fly commercial because flying private allows
them to spread their message to everyone around the globe. - Believe in God for that Citation 10, a brand new jet debt-free. I needed that jet. The one I had was too slow. I couldn't get out of the
United States with it. I needed to go international
and I needed to go fast. - What's hard to see on the surface, but becomes clear as day
when digging a little deeper, is that Prosperity Preachers
are insanely greedy. They aren't preachers to help people. They do it for massive financial gain. And then they justify this behavior, by letting you know that
they're helping people. - A brand new jet,
debt-free. I needed that jet. - If your goal is to help those in need, do you really need multiple private jets? Do you need to be driving
a car that could feed a neighborhood for a year? The donations to the
church go towards building these charlatans' brands up even more with expenses going to TV
deals, production companies, and material wealth for brand image. These preachers care first
about having a successful brand with massive material wealth, and then care second,
about having a public image of helping the poor. - I have a feeling, that somebody, that won't say credit card debt wiped out, that if you'll use your faith as you sow, as you sow the thousand on a credit card, as you use your faith... God's going to wipe out your
credit card indebtedness. - They disguise this greed by
claiming they help the poor and do great things for the community, which I'm sure they do. But they also exist within
the super-rich status class because of how they
manipulate their followers into donating and buying their
regurgitated self-help books. These preachers will make
claims that they spend money how God wants them to spend the money. And even worse, they will
use the material wealth as an example for why their followers should believe in prosperity gospel. If it works for them, it will
magically work for everyone. Kenneth Copeland's ministry
mentor, Oral Roberts, one time asked for donations
totaling $8 million within three months, or
God would send him home. And his manipulative sales tactics worked and he did not pass away,
he raised $9 million. Fake gurus will mention that
they made a lot of money using their system, and now they just want to help you. They made all their money and now just want to pass on the knowledge. Every sales pitch comes with mention of just wanting to help. They no longer want to make
money running a business, of course, they would rather run ads on social media platforms and deal with customer service complaints in order to earn money. Charlatan preachers and fake
gurus are not here to help you. They want to build up a huge image, sell products, and make a lot of money. Helping you comes after serious profit. One of the most popular
charlatans is Creflo Dollar. I'm saying this because most people would probably not pick up on it, but that that's not his real name. I know it's a surprise and all, but he did change his name, Creflo Dollar. Derek Moneyberg, Jason
Bond, Jason Capital, The Trillion Collar Man... I have to admit the Creflo Dollar was the only preacher I
found that had a fake name, as obvious as Dollar. But I had to add some humor
in the middle of this video. All these charlatans create
a persona of massive success and will sometimes use
their name as an entry point for you to buy into their image. The prosperity gospel preachers
gained large followings because one of their core
teachings is that God will bring you material
wealth if you invest in Him. - I've had some investments,
and they've done very well. I've never had the
investment that I've had, when I invested in the work of the Lord. - By investing in the church,
and proving your faith, God will in turn send
financial success your way. God wants everyone to
prosper, they'll say, God wants you to fly a private jet, drive a Rolls Royce, and be rich. - Got in the plane, that
God so graciously gave us, we're flying home. As I was going home
the Lord, real quickly, He said, "Jesse, do you like your plane?" You know, I thought that's
an odd statement, he gave... I said, "Well, certainly Lord." He said, "Do you really like it?" - Most of the fake gurus
we're spotting now only focus on getting rich, financial
success, material wealth, invest in their system and
they will bring wealth to you. Fake gurus and charlatan
preachers both act as the medium to you getting rich. Send money to them as a donation or as a customer of their course, that will lead to riches. But you and I know who
is actually getting rich. These charlatan preachers
will let you know all the time that they have special
communication with their deity who will send them direct
messages in their head. Magically, they will
always be great decisions with great financial gain. Somehow they have a direct connection with the all-knowing God
who sends them answers when they have questions. - And I thought, "Well, yes, Lord." He said, then he said
this, "So that's it?" I didn't know how to
handle it for a minute. I went, "What?" He said, "You're going to
let your faith stagnate?" And when he said that, that shocked me. I went, "Whoa, wait." I literally unbuckled
my seatbelt on my plane and I stood up. My pilots look over and said,
"Do you need something?" I said, "No, no. I'm
talking to God right now." - This sets up an environment
where their followers believe they have special powers. This inevitably leads
to the followers wanting to buy into whatever they're selling. Package the donations
as a way to give back and receive prosperity, and you
have a powerful sales pitch. Fake gurus always having
a unique opportunity of some loophole in the
system to make money. They will claim to have special knowledge of how to run some system
for huge financial gain. And no one else has figured it out yet. And you need to buy in now before everyone else figures it out. Fake Gurus use false
testimonials all the time on their sales pages leading me to believe that nearly every single
testimonial from a fake guru selling a get rich quick scheme, is fake. Prosperity Preachers
don't rely on testimonials of other people too often, but they rely on their own testimonial. God brought wealth to me
in the form of private jets and multiple mansions, so of course it can happen to you, too. But here's one form of a fake testimonial for the preacher Benny Hinn, showing off his super
powers from God himself. (audience singing) - That's the glory of God, gentlemen. - Televangelists will always let you know that it's in your mind to create wealth. You need to have faith in the
Lord to bring you prosperity. You need to donate and believe that He will bring you wealth. In your mind, you need to have full belief that he will magically help you
overcome challenges in life. - Repentance, like the most
literal definition of the word, means to change your mind. So imagine all the stuff
we put on repentance. All the penance you have
to do. All the work. But when Jesus was talking about repent, he was literally telling
people to change your mind. Because if you can change your mind, you can change your life. Because it goes mind hold, heart
hold, foothold, stronghold. - Fake gurus will typically
spend the first couple of modules in their
course or book on mindset. They never elaborate on
how to fix your mindset, or give you access to
professional resources to actually get your mind in a place to achieve success or heal from trauma. You just have to believe in what they say. The Prosperity Preachers will promise you that what they're doing is right. And what they're doing is exactly
what God wants them to do. Look at all of that community service they're doing at the church. Well, this is a deflection to how the money is actually being spent. The money is being used to build
the brand of the preachers. When the brand is big enough, the donations from the
church and the book sales will allow the preacher
to live a life similar to a top athlete or CEO. Here's the Kenneth Copeland
Ministries donations page. Assuming these numbers are
accurate, which is unlikely, 27% of the donations go to worldwide TV, 12% to conventions and meetings, 11% of general and administrative, and 17% to ministry materials. That's 67% of the budget
going into expenses that build up the preacher's brand. Remember that these
churches are generating tens of millions of dollars with a small staff and expense budget. Nearly all of the money is going to the preacher in some way. Lisa Guerrero is truly an
awesome investigative journalist. Here, she is confronting Kenneth Copeland about his spending decisions
and lavish lifestyle. - Why you're living such
a lifestyle of luxury off of church donation. - Ma'am, I don't think
we have time for this. Thank you. - Why won't you answer our questions? - [Lisa Guerrero] A hotel employee- - When confronted on the matter, of course the preacher can't
share any private information. Doing so would not be
beneficial to anyone involved. Everyone who doesn't
believe in these charlatans can see right through them. They aren't transparent
about the church's finances because being transparent
will pull away the curtain in front of the mirage, leaving an exposed snake oil salesmen, paying for a highly desired lifestyle. - How much money did you pay for Tyler Perry's Gulf
stream jet, for example? - Well, for example, that's
really none of your business. But... - Isn't it the business of your donors? - Listen, you kind of caught
me off guard here, okay? He made that airplane so cheap for me. I couldn't help but buy it. - These preachers didn't
join this business because of some calling from God. They did it because of
the potential profit. They're all savvy businessmen,
just wearing a different hat. Really ask yourself, if these preachers had a maximum income
every year of $50,000, would they still be doing this? Of course not. Fake gurus are just as opaque because if customers knew the real numbers of their business opportunities, then no one would buy the course. Click here to find out how
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courses from fake gurus. They rely on the mirage
and lack of transparency. - How many private jets do you have? - We have to go. - That is none of your business. - Kenneth Copeland is always
a jovial and positive guy, but he seems to get a little attitude when you simply ask about
his use of church funds to pay for multi-million
dollar jets and houses. For the conclusion of this video, we're going to highlight some examples of these preachers,
exemplifying why I consider them to be complete charlatans. Here's an Instagram
post of Tobi Adegboyega who is no longer the
preacher at his church. There are claims that
the church mainly targets young black people in
poor parts of London, exploiting them for financial gain. - [Interviewer] First
in prayer, with those, do you ever see them?
- Oh yes. - [Interviewer] You do?
When do you see them? When do you see your prayer requests? - Well, that is between
me and my partners. - [Interviewer] Do you ever see them? Do you ever touch them?
Do you ever read them? - Yes. I do. - [Spenser] Again, according to Spradlin, - [Interviewer] How much of
this mail and correspondence do they see and/or pray over? - 0%. - [Interviewer] Zero?
- Zero. - Kenneth Copeland told his followers that they could send him money in the mail and he would personally bless them and God would solve their problems. - I execute judgment on you COVID-19. I execute judgment on you Satan. I demand, I demand, I demand a vaccination to come immediately.
- Yes. - Joel Osteen may be of the
worst snake oil salesmen, and I didn't even get to
him during this video. That's how many of these people there are. He kept his mega church
closed during hurricane Harvey in Houston because he needed a few days to evaluate the risk to his money. Not because of flooding. Here's Carl Lentz talking
about God's mercy on sinners, which is important because
he's no longer the pastor at his church because
of his personal affairs. - I had a really bad night. Or if I had a really bad moment,
my repentance is as quick as me going, "Jesus change
my mind. Forgive me." And it's a (snaps). The Bible says God's mercies
are new every morning. - If we had transparency
with these preachers, we'd be able to see that
their main goal is profit and living lavish lifestyles. Want to know the worst
part of this lifestyle? It's all tax-free. Yes, the private jets,
the houses, the cars. All in the church's name, so they don't have to pay any taxes. Thank you so much for watching. - Ha Ha Ha. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. - Ha Ha Ha. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
(audience cheering) - Ha Ha Ha. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
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