Benny Hinn,Biography

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Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn  born December 3, 1952) is a televangelist, 

best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades" – revival meeting/faith healing 

summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major cities, which are later 

broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your Day.

History

Hinn was born in Jaffa, in 1952, in the then newly-established state of Israel  to 

Palestinian Christian parents. He was raised within the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

Soon after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War (a.k.a. "The Six-Day War)", 

Hinn's family emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he attended but later

prematurely left the Georges Vanier Secondary School. In his books, Hinn states that 

his father was the mayor of Jaffa at the time of his birth, and that as a child, he was 

socially isolated and was handicapped by a severe stutter, but was nonetheless a 

first-class student. These claims, however, have been disputed by critics of Hinn.

As a teenager in Toronto, Hinn converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Pentecostalism,

eventually joining a singing troupe made up of young evangelicals. According to a 2004 

CBC report on Hinn, his newfound religious devotion during this period became so 

intense that his family became concerned that he was turning into a religious fanatic.

Hinn was taught the bible and mentored by Dr. Winston I. Nunes of Broadview 

Faith Temple in Toronto.

He has written that on December 21, 1973, he traveled by charter bus from Toronto to 

Pittsburgh to attend a "miracle service" conducted by evangelist Kathryn Kuhlman. Although 

he never met her personally, he often attended her “healing services” and has often cited her 

as an influence in his life.

Upon moving to the United States, Hinn traveled to Orlando, Florida, where he founded the

Orlando Christian Center in 1983. Eventually, Hinn began claiming that God was using him 

as a conduit for healings, and began holding healing services in his church. 

These new "Miracle Crusades" were soon held at large stadiums and auditoriums across

 the United States and the world, the first nationally televised service being held in Flint, Michigan,

 in 1989. During the early 1990s, Hinn launched a new daily talk show called This Is Your Day,

 which to this day airs clips of supposed miracles from Hinn's Miracle Crusades. 

The program premiered on the Trinity Broadcasting Network of Paul Crouch, 

who would become one of Hinn's most outspoken defenders and allies. 

Hinn's ministry began to rapidly grow from there, winning praise as well as criticism from fellow 

Christian leaders. In 1999, he stepped down as pastor of the Orlando Christian Center, 

moving his ministry's administrative headquarters to Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth,

 while hosting This Is Your Day from a television studio in Orange County, California,

 where he now lives with his family. His former church was renamed Faith World Church

 under the leadership of Clint Brown, who merged his Orlando church with Hinn's.

Ministry and theology

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Benny Hinn is a well-known Christian evangelist and Bible teacher who practices faith healing.

 He is the author of a number of best-selling inspirational Christian books. 

His thirty-minute TV program This Is Your Day is among the world’s most-watched 

Christian programs, seen on various Christian television networks, including 

Trinity Broadcasting Network, Daystar Television Network, Revelation TV, Grace TV,

 Vision TV, INSP Networks, and The God Channel.

Hinn conducts regular "Miracle Crusades" – revival meeting/faith healing events held in 

sports stadiums in major cities throughout the world. Tens of millions attend his Holy 

Spirit Miracle Crusades each year. Benny Hinn claims to have spoken

 to one billion people through his crusades, including memorable crusades with attendance 

of 7.3 million people (in three services) in India, the largest healing service in recorded history.

Hinn is frequently welcomed during his crusades by kings, prime ministers, and heads of state.

Hinn's teachings are Evangelical and charismatic, accepting the validity of spiritual gifts, and 

Word of Faith in origin, with a focus on financial prosperity. Some doctrine and practices that 

Hinn teaches would be thought unusual in mainstream Christianity.The charismatic Christian 

community (who, according to a recent study by The Barna Group, make up 46% of

 United States Protestants and 36% of United States Catholics), is very diverse, 

and Hinn's ideas would only be accepted in some constituencies.

Missions

Benny Hinn Ministries supports 60 mission organizations across the world and several 

orphanages around the world. Housing and feeding over 100,000 children a year and also 

supporting 45,000 children daily because of his donors, including a Hospital and

 Emergency Care in Calcutta, India. 200,000 hospital patients are provided free medical

 care every year and much more.

Benny Hinn Ministries donated $100,000 for Relief Supplies to Hurricane Katrina Victims 

in 2005,^[15] and $250,000 to Tsunami Relief Effort in 2007.

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