In 2015, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featured a segment where they pointed out how Copeland is using tax laws to live in a $6.3M mansion because the parsonage allowance for their home is not subject to income taxes. He’s been criticized before for his luxury lifestyle. Kenneth Copeland currently lives in a $6 million church-owned lakefront mansion. The church boasts a private airstrip and hangar for its $17.5 million gulf stream jet and 4 other private aircraft.
The 82-year-old Copeland is a pastor, public speaker, star of “Believer’s Voice of Victory,” TV show and network, and owner of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries which features a 1,500-acre campus near Fort Worth, TX. The title was "Kenneth Copeland, Oral Roberts, R.W. The person posting may have been embarrassed by his idol Kenneth Copeland. The original film found in the first part of this video has since been removed from YouTube. Kenneth Copeland and Oral Roberts Brag how Rich They Are Kenneth and Oral talk about their god. The interviewer and pastor go back and forth until the pastor ends the interview on friendly terms saying “Father bless Lisa today and thank you for her grandparents and giving me the opportunity to know her and her team today.” Renewed Controversy for Kenneth Copeland He then goes on to say that if you go into the “old covenant, do you think Jewish people believe you should be broke?” and that they “believe in wealth”. Guerrero asks Copeland what he would say to people who think his high-cost lifestyle goes against the teachings of Jesus who responds “they’re wrong”. Copeland openly admits he is “unprepared” for the interview and struggles to come up with direct answers to Lisa’s questions. The interviewer is unfazed and continues to press the preacher on the issue who defends his words and invokes the scripture to justify his use of private jets. “No, I do not and don’t you ever say I did,” Copeland responded as he pointed his finger at her for several tense seconds. “Do you really believe that human beings are demons?” she asked. When the interviewer asks Copeland to explain a previous comment he had made, referring to human beings as “demons” to justify his use of a private jet, the preacher gets angry. The tense, 11-minute interview is part of an Inside Edition investigative report looking into how preachers are spending the millions of dollars of donations from their congregations.
When Inside Edition’s Chief Investigative Correspondent Lisa Guerrero caught up with him in Branson, Missouri, he spoke to her at length about his lifestyle and why he says the jets are… T23:09:52.000Z He has his own airport next to his mansion in Newark, Texas, where he keeps his private jets.
Full Interview: Preacher Kenneth Copeland Defends Lavish Lifestyle Televangelist Kenneth Copeland enjoys a life of luxury.