They're like Jack Nicholson's Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Menthey want to say it. He got a jet. [20] Skeptic groups distributed pamphlets explaining how Popoff's feats could be accomplished without any sort of divine intervention. He blurred the line between religious and frivolous most recently when he purchased a $3 million, 35,000-square foot plantation home with church donations, claiming it under Jesse Duplantis Ministries to maintain tax exemption. They make him rich, pray with the trinkets, and maybe get rich, too. It's not something I snapped my fingers and it magically appeared. The couple's 7,300-square-foot house, purchased for $4.5 million in 2007, sits in a gated community in Bradbury, California, and is owned by his church. This is his first article for GQ. He touched it and le t loose a loud stream of glossolalia, speaking in tongues, as Pentecostals do. You could see, there was no fakery to it. He referred to the attacks as "what we deserve." But a key component of his act eventually spelled his downfall. She never took very many steps, but she vibrated with energy. Beginning in the mid-2000s, Popoff bought TV time to promote "Miracle Spring Water" on late-night infomercials, and referred to himself as a prophet. [3] " We've done so many stories about him, but it never does any good," said Ole Anthony, founder of Trinity Foundation, which has investigated Popoff and other faith healers since 1987. Before I knew it, he was upon me. Many would obey, tossing away bottles of digitalis, nitroglycerine, and other important maintenance medications. He found the church at a young age and started preaching as a teenager. If you learn one thing today, let it be this: America is the land of second chances, and televangelism is the seedy island territory just offshore where we house third, fourth, and fifth chances. Negative, captain. For Peter Popoff, we do 35 gallon-size jugs at a time, once or twice a month. When he exposed fellow TV preacher Marvin Gorman for having extramarital affairs, that guy wound up out of a job. If news vans come by, the receptionist or security guy, whoever sees it first, she notified all the top people, letting them know the building is on lockdown.. Peter Popoff Popped. In the previous decade, he'd founded the Moral Majority PAC shortly after an all-white Christian academy that he founded was threatened with losing its tax exempt status due to new legislation regarding segregated schools. God has prospered us. The good life they lead is proof of their powers. On the days when the Holy Spirit didn't show up freely, you had to help it along; after all, you still needed to pass the hat. Yeah, he died in jail. Skelton didn't return my calls, so one Sunday, I staked out his house in Mesquite, a hard-luck Dallas exurb. He was exposed in 1986 for using a concealed earpiece to receive radio messages from his wife, who gave him the names, addresses, and ailments of audience members during Popoff-led religious services. The personification of this phenomenon might well be Peter Popoff. You know, its OK to make money. Everyone had a story: Addictions had disappeared. The family business is theirs to inherit, and both told me that they have the gift and could take over someday. As he approached each of us, he asked what ailed ushe didn't pretend to know. Sanchez, who quit in early 2012, was one of two ex-employees who spoke with me. It's the tradition of Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, and all the other TV preachers who rose up to take the place of the vanquished buffoons from the 1980s. One time they came with 130 gallon-size jugs.. Or kidney problems, a bum ticker, thyroid. He gets rich, you get hope. ", James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff, Skeptics with a K Episode 157 (A special episode covering Marshal Masters visit to Popov's London gathering), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popoff&oldid=1129525069, Religious controversies in the United States, Articles with incomplete citations from November 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2021, Pages using Sister project links with default search, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 December 2022, at 22:14. Listening through the gizmo in his ear, Popoff would call out to the crowd as if he possessed the omniscience of the Lord. You're in that auditorium, and you had to pay for that sucker. Among his other supposed accomplishments: his doctorate in philosophy, his two bachelor's degrees, and the somewhere-between-two-and-five wounds he accumulated in Vietnam. I decided that I'd settle for a glimpse of one of his public crusades, maybe see some people get healed, but I discovered that they weren't advertised. I still can't decide. A month later, they've outgrown the darned things, and you have to ask your parishioners for $54 million to buy new ones. The real clincher, Sanchez said, was when they started asking for all your gold, your trinkets, your heirlooms. These programs air on Mainstream cable stations airtime sold (usually) by a third party media broker, then inserted by your local cable or satellite company. Billy James Hargis was the grandpappy of many televangelist trends, like mail fraud and swearing that the broadcast would go off the air if people didn't send money ASAP. He descended into the crowd, trailing an entourage of security men, his son, and a camera crew. As a parsonage, it is tax-free. For an hour and a half, he answered my questionsabout miracle spring water, James Randi, bankruptcy, his tennis game, the Holy Spirit. During an undercover investigation, ABC discovered that prayer letters sent to Robert Tilton's television ministry were sent straight to the bank, where their donations were marked and their prayers were thrown in the dumpster. Apparently, plants in the audience would chat people up or get them to jot down details, then feed their information to Liz, who passed it on to her husband through an earpiece. Hes also a chief perpetrator when it comes to unscrupulous religious practices. I took your holy water and put it in my son's shoes, she said. He dared you to doubt him, which helped insulate him from charges that he was a fraud. [26] Although donations had exceeded over half a million dollars monthly,[27] his ministry's viewer ratings and donations declined significantly after the Carson airing, and in September 1987 he declared bankruptcy, listing more than 790 unpaid creditors and a ministry debt of over $1 million, and personal debts of almost half that. [19] In 1986, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry charged that Popoff was using electronic transmissions to receive his information; Popoff denied it, insisting that the messages were divinely revealed. [21] With a scanner radio, Jason was able to demonstrate that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was using a radio transmitter to broadcast information that she and her aides had culled from prayer request cards filled out by audience members. Yet here they are, hitting mildewy, ticky-tacky hotel ballrooms and convention centers in a dozen cities every year, as if the salvation of the world depended on it. I believe God has given you a divine chiropractic treatment! And that's the gospel truth.. The decisions that have been made and the tweets that have been tweeted have led to deeply divided public opinion and celebrity impersonations being hammered so far into the ground that they could be used to secure a subterranean mole people transcontinental railroad. His ministry became so popular that he attracted between 8,000 and 10,000 worshipers to his megachurch every week, and his broadcasts brought in scores of letters with personal requests for prayer and (naturally!) Well, Jesse Duplantis feels your pain. Peter Popoff | How Did "Profit Popoff" Succeed Even After His Scam Was Exposed? [16] When skeptics asked him to prove that the money he had collected had in fact been spent on Bibles and balloons, Popoff staged a burglary at his own headquarters. According to him, three women who had previously worked for him had threatened to go public with the information if they weren't paid $7.5 million. I held up my broken finger. [14], Researcher and bioethics expert Fred M. Frohock cited Popoff as "one of many egregious instances of fake healing. Once, Peter Popoff was a magical, mystical man of Goda giant among '80s televangelists. Border guards who could have had him arrested let him pass because they were hungry to know about God. In 1982 the AP reported on Popoff's use of helium balloons to deliver Bibles and gospel pamphlets from Finland into the Soviet Union. Popoff falsely claimed God revealed this information to him so that Popoff could pretend to cure them through faith healing. Haggard wound up disgraced and ejected from his church. Best Match Pete W Popoff Seal Beach, CA (The Hill) AGE 80+ AGE 80+ Pete W Popoff Seal Beach, CA (The Hill) Aliases Peter W Popoff Phone Number Address Background Report Addresses It turns out that some news just gets spread faster when you're being blackmailed for $7.5 million. [41] Respondents were promised miraculous protection from disease and disability, along with financial prosperity (which might include "divine money transfers directly into your account"), if they slept with the water for one night before drinking it, then prayed over the empty bottle and sent it back to Popoffwith a donation. They would stand and walk without assistance, to the joyous cheers of the faithful. "That's what he does best. I was in a hotel bed, enrobed in terry cloth, my teeth brushed, my hand aloft holding the remote. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories. We are a prosperity ministry that preaches prosperity, Nick added. And ever since then, I know, I personally know, that he is by the book and careful. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Jason produced video segments interspersing the intercepted radio transmissions with Popoff's "miraculous" pronouncements. Cookie Duration Description; cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics: 11 months: This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. [1], Because of Popoff's history of fraud and financial irregularities, his "People United For Christ" organization earned a "Did Not Disclose" rating with the Better Business Bureau, indicating its refusal to provide information that would enable BBB to determine whether the group adheres to its Standards for Charity Accountability. What troubles you? Popoff asked. It's true. [24], In May 1986, Randi presented one of Jason's videos on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. To fans of Mike Warnke, it's Sunday morning. The caption reads: Peter prepares to drop Bibles into the Black Sea off Istanbul, Turkey. It's hard to escape the parallels with another baby boomer, a man born just two weeks before Popoff in the summer of '46, just before the United States entered its long, hopeful postwar expansion. If youre unfamiliar with Duplantis, heres a quick rundown: Hes charismatic, an excellent orator and spouts Bible quotes like nobodys business. And say what you will about the trust people have in them it hasn't come easy. According to Forbes, one man who began working for Angley at 18 claims that he would regularly be called to the preacher's house for "special anointings" involving personal massages and a marked lack of clothing. He went bankrupt, he lost everything he had, he had to start over. What did he make you do? But she soon began to worry that she wasn't really working for a church. Paula White, as quoted by Newsweek, doesn't seem to agree with that, saying, "Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan." [32][33][34][35] In July 2008, a Nanaimo, British Columbia resident was reimbursed by Popoff after she went public with her concerns over his fundraising tactics. Their methods were questionable and their message was a horror show, but otherwise, it was an unspectacular enterprise. "[27] Jason's video footage was also aired on the Nova episode "Secrets of the Psychics" in 1991. His old jet (not to be confused with his other two old jets) was wearing a little thin at the seams, and he just knew his followers would help him, a humble servant of Jesus. [1][13][21][22][23], Randi also planted accomplices in Popoff's audiences, including a man dressed as a woman whom Popoff "cured" of uterine cancer at a meeting in Detroit in 1984. He may have once been branded a charlatan, but Popoff could probably see that we never stopped making space in our hearts for a guy like hima guy who knows what we want to believe. He's trying to get something, all rightmillions of something, in factbut not for nothing. He's very good at it, and naturally he's going to go back to it. But one by one, they fell to disgrace: Jim Bakker paid off a woman who'd accused him of rape; Jimmy Swaggart was caught with a prostitute at a roadside motel. We were taping television! Popoff wore a natty suit and a tie knotted to the strangulation point. In fact, maybe he realized that today, more than ever, we are primed for what he has to sell. Five adoring children. In his extracurricular life, Popoff came to see himself, in those Cold War years, as a kind of Christian 007, sneaking Bibles into Communist lands. Sanchez said that when she took the job as a donation processor, she thought she might gain new skills while serving God, too. To most people, it's exhausting. And the hair truly is something, shiny and monochrome like an action figure's. Sorry, that was a typo. [31] Various other media outlets have run similar stories. He's an archduke, and his armies march on Luxembourg this very night. "[45] Ole Anthony of the Trinity Foundation, founded in 1987 to research the claims of televangelists, said, "Most of these guys are fooled by their own theology"referring to other televangelists such as Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakesbut in the case of Popoff, "he's fundamentally evil, because he knows he's a con man. "Flim flam is his profession," Randi explained to reporter Matt Meaghan. When I inquired about the college scholarships and Ukrainian orphanages that, according to their mailings, the ministry funded, he said he'd get back to me with the addresses of the orphanages (he never did) and the details about how much the scholarships were worth (ditto). This was vintage stuffa sort of resurrection, if you will. In that year, he and his wife were paid a combined salary of nearly $1 million, while two of his children received over $180,000 each. Though he didn't focus on TV, he lived the good life as a minister and Christian comedian, traveling the world spreading his message that the devil is coming for you and you'd better be ready to fight him. I didn't know it then, but I would soon get to ask Popoff in person. The kicker was his conviction on 10 counts of transporting girls as young as 8 across state lines for the obvious, evil reason. I signed up for his mailing list. This lady came in, and everyone said she was nuts, Sanchez told me. It had been years, and he had changed some: a few more wrinkles, a little hitch in his gait, the hair a bit more aggressively black. Sometimes, the best we can do is point out inconsistencies. The resulting backlash was split. I'm the one who pours the blessed water into the drums, said the man with the lip rings. "[30] In May 2007, ABC's 20/20 focused on Popoff's comeback and explored the lives of a few people who felt cheated. It's so hard to focus your anger sometimes! One became president, the other just became rich. Some people will call it dumb luck. Arthritis, they said. No matter: He knew that we weren't there for his preaching. donations. Their lawyers and friends can tell them to shut up, but that makes them look guilty, and they don't feel guilty. I wasn't aware yet of the ski vacations or his affinity for tennis or how much he adored his Bentley. He wants it that way, so there is no question about where the money goes. In theory, it's a beautiful way to spread a message of faith to the masses. After the bankruptcy, Popoff, like some of his fellow Pentecostal preachers, receded somewhat from view. [11] Billed as "The Miracle Boy Evangelist" in print advertisements, the ads also claimed he was born in a West Berlin bomb shelter, and had been rescued from a Siberian prison camp. Beginning in the mid-2000s, Popoff bought TV time to promote "Miracle Spring Water" on late-night infomercials, and referred to himself as a prophet. This is what he said: That mess he got into, that was 30 years ago. His organization, People United for Christ, keeps its headquarters in a suite of white buildings in an industrial section of Upland, California, an hour's drive inland from Los Angeles. [13], Popoff's methods were definitively exposed in 1986 by the magician and skeptic James Randi and his associate Steve Shaw, an illusionist known professionally as Banachek, with technical assistance from the crime scene analyst and electronics expert Alexander Jason. Peter George Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German-born American televangelist and debunked clairvoyant and faith healer. He was exposed in 1986 for using a concealed earpiece to receive radio messages from his wife, who gave him the names, addresses, and ailments of audience members during Popoff-led religious services. The conference room was packed with a thousand people, maybe two thousand. The government started taking action in the early '90s, and Tony found himself on the wrong side of the law. Not his anti-labor union manifestos or the fact that he'd light up a room with his smile when you brought up segregation or his connection to a series of bombings in the 1960s. [13] His miraculous "curing" of chronic and incurable medical conditions became a central attraction of his sermons. Wrapped in Styrofoam for buoyancy and waterproofing, the Bibles eventually washed up on Communist shores.. (You remember Jesus. I mentioned his $4.5 million house. A loving wife. The home has a stunning view of the city, and is surrounded by lush gardens and a private pool. You have permission to edit this article. As previously mentioned, Popoff has something of a checkered past. [1], In 1998, The Washington Post reported that Popoff was making a comeback, seeking to jump-start his ministry by repackaging himself for an African American audience, buying time on the Black Entertainment Television network. Tilton's rebuttal? According to her, the network serves as a personal bank account for the Crouch family, who aren't above zany shenanigans like having their chauffeurs ordained to avoid having to pay taxes on their salaries. And by "lost everything," we mean he's now back on TV and has his own network again. What troubles you? he asked. And if they don't feel better? The president got a jet and we bought it.. Before long, however, he'd rebranded his ministry as People United for Christ, and he'd reconsidered his audiencethis time focusing on African-Americans. There's plenty of behavior to throw stones at here, but the Bible takes a pretty firm stance on that. But it was him. In 1986, a team of freelance debunkers, including the magician James Randi, took a radio scanner to a Popoff revival, where they overheard Popoff 's wife, Liz, feeding him names and illnesses. He's the guy that eschewed material wealth and said it waseasier to thread a needle with a whole camel than it was for a rich dude to get into heaven.) He touches them and they feel better. I'll tell you where that pain went. He is popular for being a Religious Leader. Televangelist Jesse Duplantis and his ministry based in Destrehan, La. His whole life was all about spreading the news. Popoff was homeschooled after the eighth grade, so he could travel and preach with his father. And according to a document related to his purchase of a Bentley in January 2009, Peter listed his monthly income at $100,000. Prosperity preacher buys jet, mansion with church dollars, LSU Manship student dies in hospital after being struck by vehicle, Greek Life alumni discuss friendships after graduation: 'You have a group of friends who you can count on', Spring back into the semester: Fun events and activities for LSU students, LSU to make 121 Native American skeletal remains available for return to tribes by end of 2023, Report: Former five-star quarterback Walker Howard enters transfer portal, Opinion: Goal-setting is important for young adults, This Week In Baton Rouge: LSU Gymnastics, Involvement Fest, Yappy Hour, How much do LSU football players eat? I asked if Popoff was the real deal. As reported by UPI, when Jim Bakker bounced out of PTL in 1987, he became concerned that his ministry was about to be the subject of a hostile takeover by Jimmy Swaggart, who initiated the investigation into the Bakker clan. [42] Popoff also started referring to himself as a prophet. Peter George Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German-born American televangelist and debunked clairvoyant and faith healer. I had found Sanchez after reading The Real Truth Behind People United for Christ, the e-book detailing her time there that she self-published in 2013. So I made the ministry $5 million!, It wasn't always like this, Amy interrupted to say. Later, Popoff's people would tell me that the church had recently moved and it was going by a new name now, too. You can walk now without the cane. Was any of it true? [40], In the mid-2000s, Popoff began to offer "Miracle Spring Water" on late-night infomercials in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. In this crowd, I was very white, very young, and very male. If you remember reading about the Protestant Reformation and Martin Luthers criticism of selling indulgences, you know religious exploitation is nothing new. Urgent Prayer Request Form Peter wants to Pray with you! There's nothing magical about them, he said about the spring water, the baruch wallet, and all the stuff I'd gotten in the mail. I wiggled my pinkiewhich I had been able to do, anywayand he shouted, You are healed! and gave me a long, tight hug. Like so many televangelists, Popoff had his heyday in the 1980s, back when preaching on TV was big businessand plenty mainstream. Peter Popoff was born on July 2, 1946 in Germany. Which complicates any theory that he is trying to get something for nothing. Susan and Tony are broadcasting their gospel and living in a 14,000-square-foot mansion in Arkansas on a compound staffed by their followers, who are paid $5 a week and get food when they're good. Both men have produced nothing, except, for their followers, fervent certainty that they can produce anything. He kept going, and now does infomercials selling his patented Miracle Manna, a guaranteed cure for, according to Popoff, basically everything. CLEVELAND, October 29, 2014 - Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that Peter Popoff, Vice President and President - Filtration Group, age 62, will retire effective February 1, 2015, after 36 years of dedicated service to Parker. According to Duplantis, God personally told him that He wants him flying in that particular plane, presumably because the Good Lord would never expect his followers to fly Southwest. Popoff is the type of televangelist who would read His home town is West Berlin. 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