Hinn, Benny. Benny Hinn is false prophet and World Faith Movement preacher. He has visted NZ several times in the last few years, most recently in June 2007, and has a show on NZ television. At his most recent appearance in Auckland he is said to have healed a woman who had been deaf since birth. If this healing is medically verified it will be the first significant miraculous healing performed by Benny Hinn, despite his many claims to the contrary. At the Auckland meeting his evangelistic message was reported to be good, but this stands in contrast to his healing ministry, prophecies, and theology, which are all in serious doubt. His theology is profoundly unorthodox at times (eg, nine gods) and he repeatedly makes false prophecies – for example, that Fidel Castro of Cuba would die in the 1990s (ram audio file), that God would destroy America's homosexual community by fire in the mid 1990s (ram audio file), etc. Deception in the Church has other examples of false predictions. Benny Hinn has also talked to the deceased Kathryn Kuhlman (yes, after she died), and regularly visits her grave.

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