Can A Television Network Be A Church? The IRS Says Yes

NPR examines previously undisclosed financial records from Daystar Television. Those files raise issues as basic as the definition of "church" and as ... Read more

"...The Grassley committee devoted its longest, most detailed report to televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his .
He's a 77-year-old Pentecostal evangelist from West Texas who's well known for his folksy sermons and extensive personal property. His sprawling ministry complex north of Fort Worth, Texas, includes the church, ministry building and private airport — which are together valued at $12.3 million, according to records in the Tarrant Appraisal District.
The ministry owns two jets, both exempt from property taxes. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's lakeside villa — valued at $6.3 million — is also tax-exempt because it's listed as a parsonage..."