Christians are 'Little Messiah's' and 'little gods' on the earth. Thus [Encouraging the audience]...say I am a God-man… This spirit-man within me is a God-man, say I'm born of heaven a God-man. I'm a God man. I am a sample of Jesus. I'm a super being. Say it! Say it! Who's a super being? I walk in the realm of the supernatural. Say it!...You want to prosper? Money will be falling on you from left, right and centre. God will begin to prosper you; for money always follows righteousness....Say after me, everything I ever want is in me already.

Benny Hinn is also a proponent of the Prosperity Gospel or the Word of Faith movement. As is implied by the name "Prosperity Gospel" the supporters believe that faith works as a mighty power or force. That it is through their faith that they can obtain anything they want – such as health, wealth, or any form of personal success. However, this force is only released through their faith. According to Pastor Benny if a person expresses their faith by sowing a sufficient monetary seed into his ministry - that person will be granted divine physical healing.
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Benny Hinn is also a proponent of the Prosperity Gospel or the Word of Faith movement. As is implied by the name "Prosperity Gospel" the supporters believe that faith works as a mighty power or force. That it is through their faith that they can obtain anything they want – such as health, wealth, or any form of personal success. However, this force is only released through their faith. According to Pastor Benny if a person expresses their faith by sowing a sufficient monetary seed into his ministry - that person will be granted divine physical healing.

Under U.S. tax laws the Hinn Ministry is not legally obligated to makes its finances public because it is a religious organization.

Although most major American churches and ministries release financial information voluntarily there are no public records for how much the Hinn ministry makes or how that money is spent.

Benny Hinn insists that every penny is spent on God's work. But the fifth estate obtained confidential financial records from inside the Hinn ministry. These documents were provided by individuals who say they want the public to know how Benny Hinn spends the money entrusted to him.

The fifth estate asked Roddy Allan, a forensic accountant, to review the minstry's expense and travel records. He says, "I'm a mere bean counter, but it would be hard to persuade me that you had to incur that kind of expense in order to accomplish a business objective."

Fundraising material is one item that Benny Hinn Ministries is quick to produce and send in mass. Benny Hinn Ministries produces at least two lengthy written fundraising appeals a month. Fundraising material is generally spiritually/emotionally charged.

Fundraising speeches are also prominent in the healing crusades. For many people the healing crusade becomes an all day event, with the televised portion lasting up to three hours. Because of the lengthy performance, multiple offerings are easily taken for the same event. Cash offerings are sometimes followed-up with credit card offering envelopes. While the offering baskets are going around, emotionally led music is performed, with Benny Hinn sometimes admonishing his audience repeat phrases like, “this is my day to be healed”, and then talking of sowing and reaping in financial and health areas. Sometimes the offerings have a flare and feel of a healing lottery ticket.

...Hinn has legal troubles too. Most recently a court battle has been waged between Hinn's ministry and its former director of security, a man Hinn's own lawyers, in court documents, asserted could destroy the ministry with what he knows. Both sides have sued each other. Hinn's attorneys have concluded, again in court documents, that the adverse publicity alone would likely cause the ministry to lose as much as 90 percent of its support.

Faith healer Benny Hinn has gone to court to block his former security chief from disclosing financial secrets that an adviser says could destroy the television ministry.

The security chief, Mario Licciardello, is reportedly demanding money to keep silent about what he knows about allegations of theft and corruption at Hinn's Orlando-based World Outreach Center.

Licciardello, 50, is under a federal court order to say nothing for the time being.

Hinn's church sought the court order last month. Church lawyers claimed in a lawsuit filed last month that Licciardello had written a five-page letter outlining information he might reveal.

Hinn hired Licciardello, a private investigator, last year to investigate accusations of wrongdoing and corruption regarding the handling of money sent to the church and raised during international faith healing crusades, according to the lawsuit.

''Pastor has heard these rumors and has no proof they are true,'' David Brokaw, a spokes-man for Hinn, told The Orlando Sentinel.

Licciardello conducted sworn interviews with 35 former and current employees. The church demanded that Licciardello turn over transcripts of those interviews as well as notes of his conversations with Hinn and extensive dossiers compiled by the church on the personal lives of former employees.

The dossiers contain more than 700 pages of addresses, licenses, weapons permits, marriage records, property tax rolls and accident reports.

The dispute with Licciardello began in September when he accused church officials of destroying his reputation by conducting a background check. He agreed to a routine security check, as is required of all 360 employees of World Outreach Church.

An investigator gained access to old arrest records that Licciardello thought had been expunged, according to the lawsuit. The old court papers showed Licciardello had been arrested in 1967 in New Jersey and convicted of burglary and theft. He received a pardon but he may have served time in prison, the report said.

Outraged over the disclosure, Licciardello demanded an undisclosed amount of money for his damaged reputation or he would tell the media what he knew about Hinn's business, according to the lawsuit.

Based on missing documents and interviews, Licciardello's allegations would be devastating to the ministry, according to the sworn affidavit of Hinn's chief financial adviser, Tim Lavender.