He was made of stuff too stern for something as trifling as a complete lack of moral fiber to knock him out of the box. Everyone had a story: Addictions had disappeared. [39], In September 2015, Michael Marshall of the Good Thinking Society documented Popoff's latest promises of "fabulous extreme fortune" and "miracles" in exchange for donations to his organization. For the Lord worketh in mysterious ways. [24], In May 1986, Randi presented one of Jason's videos on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Randi's tape of the ruse made its way to The Tonight Show, where Johnny Carsonwho harbored great disdain for charlatansexposed Popoff 's technique. 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. 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. But none were humiliated quite as publicly as Popoff. He kept going, and now does infomercials selling his patented Miracle Manna, a guaranteed cure for, according to Popoff, basically everything. [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. I held up my broken finger. Some of the ladies had walkers or wheelchairs, some were healthy enough to dance in the aisles to the gospel music playing over loudspeakers. The script includes Elizabeth Popoff's infamous line, "Hello Petey, can you hear me? Televangelists Who Were Anything But Holy. I was in a hotel bed, enrobed in terry cloth, my teeth brushed, my hand aloft holding the remote. Or kidney problems, a bum ticker, thyroid. His home town is West Berlin. I asked about Popoff. The president got a jet and we bought it.. He was exposed as a fraud on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. Small screen success led to high-minded ambitions, and the Bakkers soon began construction on Heritage USA, a Christian theme park with water slides, a 500-room hotel, and the staple of all amusement parks, tax exemption. God has prospered us. The good life they lead is proof of their powers. For one, Jesse is wilier than other dime-a-dozen shameless televangelists. His wife stuck with him, even after he was sued for allegedly going all "bad touch" on employees during mandated "quiet time.". This is his first article for GQ. [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. An Honest Liar: Exposing Peter Popoff. [22], Popoff was also the inspiration for a character in the 2012 thriller film Red Lights, a psychic who uses information fed to him via a hidden earpiece to persuade the audience at his shows that he is receiving personal details psychically. What troubles you? he asked. Golding Jun 25, 2019 Discussion EtcetEra Forum Golding Member Oct 25, 2017 1,991 Jun 25, 2019 #1 What is going on here? [44], Popoff's longtime assistants Reeford and Pamela Sherrell also began a televised Texas-based ministry, with Reeford using the name Pastor Lee Sherrell. "[27] Jason's video footage was also aired on the Nova episode "Secrets of the Psychics" in 1991. Televangelist Jesse Duplantis and his ministry based in Destrehan, La. They cant be faulted for the misdeeds of Duplantis, but its important that we all exercise a little caution when choosing our religious conduit. In the below section you will more & more information. What followed was a House of Cards-worthy circle of blackmail that saw Gorman reinstated and Swaggart taken off the air for a spell. [29], A February 2007 Inside Edition segment reported that Popoff's new infomercials depict him "healing the sick" in a manner identical to his methods prior to James Randi's expos. 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. Got a question? I'm looking for an Ada Mae, and I know that she has kidney problems! So I asked friends in ten locales spread across the country to give $10 to Popoff, then sit back and wait for tickets. donations. They are simply points of contactthey help people focus their prayer. Late last November, my nationwide dragnet for tickets to see Popoff snagged something. "Pete has contributed so much to the success and Birth Name: Peter Popoff Occupation: Religious Leader Born In: Germany Birthdate: July 2, 1946 Age: 76 years old (as of 2022) Ethnicity: Unknown Nationality: American Sexuality: N/A Peter Popoff was born on the 2nd of July, 1946. I took your holy water and put it in my son's shoes, she said. You serve a Jewish God! Prayer Request Form Peter Popoff Ministries Prayer Request Form I want to Pray with you! And yet, they did. Please Share your prayer needs with Prophet Popoff below. I measure it out and add it into the drums.. When Peter Popoff finally emerged, he gave a short sermon, but his heart wasn't in it. Among other things, she's a hard and fast believer in the prosperity gospel, and also claims that all world leaders are put in power by divine grace and that to disagree with them is to disagree with the will of God, shining a whole new light on the place of pharaohs in society. I still can't decide. Their methods were questionable and their message was a horror show, but otherwise, it was an unspectacular enterprise. When Susan died in 1982, Tony had her body on display for six months, with his congregants performing a constant vigil over the corpse so it would come back to life. 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.) If God created man and man created the small two-way radios that Popoff and an assistant used to have secretly communicate while Popoff was performing, then hallelujah. There's no way of knowing if this actually happened, but it just feels right to imagine that Jim Bakker responded by saying, "Hold my miracle cure.". Popoff returned to his old ways, acquiring almost $4 million every year in the last part of the 1980s, as indicated by Randi. It's now worth 10 million! he said. You know, its OK to make money. 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. [36], In 2008, the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom issued strong warnings to broadcasters for transmitting Popoff's material, which the regulator felt promoted his products "in such a way as to target potential susceptible and vulnerable viewers". Anyway, then he did it all again three years later and lost everything. [42] Popoff also started referring to himself as a prophet. Do you know how old is Peter Popoff? According to Pete Evans, an investigator from the religious watchdog group the Trinity Foundation, the prosperity gospel posits that if you give x amount of dollars, youre going to get that multiplied and given back to you [by God].. Amen in Jesus's name! When he talked, the people in his community listened. (Steve Martin borrowed this bit of Popoff's routine for his 1992 flick Leap of Faith, and Chevy Chase had fun at Popoff's expense in Fletch Lives.). Like so many televangelists, Popoff had his heyday in the 1980s, back when preaching on TV was big businessand plenty mainstream. He thought for a moment, then replied that, yes, Popoff was the real deal. 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. Popoff is better than he knows. A loving wife. He dared you to doubt him, which helped insulate him from charges that he was a fraud. How did he know? I wasn't aware yet of the ski vacations or his affinity for tennis or how much he adored his Bentley. She had come to talk to Peter. Popoff didn't come out to meet her; nor did any of his employees. Skelton wanted to make it clear, before we talked about his friend Popoff, that faith healing was real. GQ may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. When times were good, they would ramp up. Like Popoff, they used the offer of a religious trinket (a free prayer cloth) to compile an address list. Peter Popoff Net Worth: Peter Popoff is a German American televangelist and faith healer who has a net worth of $10 million. And then came something I didn't expect: love from the crowd, people rubbing me on my back after I sat down, touching me, giving me high fives, saying, Praise the Lord! It felt so good that even if my pinkie had been causing excruciating pain, or even if I'd had a far worse condition, something that in my heart I'd known was incurable, I'm sure that, for the moment, I would not have noticed. Popoff was born in Occupied Berlin[4][a] on July 2, 1946,[5] the son of George and Gerda Popoff. At this point, I had a sense of dj vu, a flashback to other scandal-plagued gurus I'd interviewed, like the New Age teacher and ex-rabbi Marc Gafni, who had been accused of plagiarism, serial dishonesty, and sexual misconduct with a 13-year-old (his excuse was that she'd been 14), or the Zen master Eido Shimano, who'd been seducing and emotionally abusing his female students for decades. Ah, but here in America, time absolves all that. Jason produced video segments interspersing the intercepted radio transmissions with Popoff's "miraculous" pronouncements. The incoming monthly take went down by a third for three months; the fourth month it stabilized, and the fifth month it started growing again, Popoff said. He believes in divine magic-but not at the expense of the work ethic. Because he totally used to be a satanist. Prestigious debunker James Randi exposed the trick on national television, and Popoff was never heard from again. And that's the gospel truth.. This septuagenarian clocks the hours of a junior lawyer trying to make partner. And the hair truly is something, shiny and monochrome like an action figure's. The conference room was packed with a thousand people, maybe two thousand. I mentioned his $4.5 million house. No credit card required. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. But here's the thing about Peter and Liz Popoff and their kids: They could have all their ski trips and Bentleys and Clydesdale horses without ever working another day in their lives. Nuh uh. Soon afterward, he gave the speech where he cried a lot and asked for forgiveness. Popoff would tell attendees suffering from a variety of illnesses to "break free of the devil" by throwing their prescription pills onto the stage. He also stated that a gay-friendly church was a satanic cult and that its inevitable annihilation would cause a celebration in heaven. Get converts, get time on the slopes, get a tax exemption. [31] Various other media outlets have run similar stories. And tubs and tubs of gold and stones came in. I sensed the same ambivalence when I met Larry Skelton. If you're one of the people on this list, you're almost definitely going to say the devil made you do it. I can see God leading people into new homes, new automobiles! God gives supernatural debt cancellation! And I'd like to send you the miracle spring water., The show cut to video of Popoff working a room of sick, elderly African-Americans. [52] A 2012 Broadway musical adaptation of the same title was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Sometimes, the best we can do is point out inconsistencies. What is there to say about it that hasn't already been said in countless documentaries, exposs, and depositions? Yeah, he died in jail. Quick recap: in 1973, Jim and his then-wife Tammy Bakker co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network, home of their program The PTL Club. Appliances had been delivered. Peter filed for bankruptcy in 1987. He'd been operating his businesses as tax-free nonprofits, which the IRS called bull on pretty hard. When they see any media come by, it's a total lockdown on the facility, I had been told by Crystal Sanchez, age 33, who used to work at Popoff's headquarters. [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. Life was a hoot and a holler for Haggard. In a broadcast from 2015, Duplantis and fellow preacher Kenneth Copeland said it was because regular airliners are filled with people who would constantly be asking them to pray. Televangelism. If you accept, as Pentecostal Christians do, that God performs miracles, on the body, soul, and bank account, then his ministry offers a series of fair exchanges between him and his audience. All proof of the miracle water's efficacy. He was producing shows nearly every day and being broadcast on hundreds of channels across the world. He descended into the crowd, trailing an entourage of security men, his son, and a camera crew. I put it in his bed, I put it on his pillow, and my son joined the church and he got saved and he's still in churchand then I got $3,800 and new furniture., Such blessings! Peter Popoff was born on July 2, 1946 in Germany. As it happens, I'd broken my left pinkie a month earlier, so my hand was in a splint. On the screen, below Popoff, flashed the message Call now for your free miracle spring water., As if to answer the very question that occurred to mewhat does one do with miracle spring water?Popoff explained that good times were ahead, very good times. I'm the one who pours the blessed water into the drums, said the man with the lip rings. Location Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States Work Helicopter Pilot @ Us Army Senior Recruiter @ Us Army Finance Manager @ Us Army Education Liberty University There I saw an old white man preaching to an audience of elderly black people. And according to a document related to his purchase of a Bentley in January 2009, Peter listed his monthly income at $100,000. Was it possible, I wondered, that Popoff believes in his own powers, just a little? He said he prayed so hard over the letters that the ink leaked into his bloodstream, and by the way that's why he needed plastic surgery, paid for by aforementioned donations. He found the church at a young age and started preaching as a teenager. Peter Popoff was a seller of "miracle water" regular water that was purported to have mystical, miraculous properties. A few months ago, I flew to Texas and tried to visit Word for the World on a Sunday morning, hoping to catch a rousing Pentecostal service. [7][8][9], Popoff's father preached at revival meetings throughout the United States. Popoff had been the boldest and baddest of televangeliststhe most don't-give-a-damn cheesy. His latest puckish misadventure: getting sued by the state of Missouri for selling a fake coronavirus cure. [50], The radio transmitter incident was parodied in the 1989 movie "Fletch Lives". They're like Jack Nicholson's Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Menthey want to say it. But it was him. Click "Submit" to let the Reveille's student journalists know. Peter George Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German-born American televangelist and debunked clairvoyant and faith healer. It's true. While he is more or less the nicest guy in the world, he also drives a Bentley and lives in a house worth more than 5 million bucks. In a roundabout way, it was true. I was flitting between channels when I happened upon BET. They give money; he sends them trinkets. She had first responded to my pestering a few months earlier, but I never expected that the Popoffs would consent to an interview. Rather, like many Americans of both political parties, Ill be happy simply for a coordinated, scientific federal response that will address: 1. the coronavirus; 2.the economy; Negative, captain. 82,499 views Jun 7, 2021 4.1K Dislike Share Save Dr. Todd Grande 1.1M subscribers This video We started talking. 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. Popoff received the transmissions via a receiver and earpiece he was wearing and repeated the information to astonished audience members. James Randi on Peter Popoff and Skepticism, "Scam Everlasting: After 25 Years, Debunked Faith Healer Still Preaching Debt Relief Scam", "1950 U.S. Census, Entry for Georg and Gerda Popoff Family", "The Annual Report of Private Giving for the Year Ending June 30, 2011", "Tent-show healers lay on technology, not hands", "God's Frequency is 39.17 MHz: The Investigation of Peter Popoff", "TV Evangelist Denies Use of Radio in Healing Service", Evangelist Popoff Off Air, Files Bankruptcy Petitions, "Secrets of the Psychics. Attendees of his sermons were amazed when he'd call out strangers by name, knowing exactly what afflicted them through the divine providence of God. He switched lady friends with Gary Busey. I was surprised when the address for the church I had found online took me to a storefront in an industrial park. Instead, they seek what we all seek: hope that our lives will improve, that someone cares and that theres more than whats readily seen by the eye. Shabalalalalalalala! he cried. It's not something I snapped my fingers and it magically appeared. Popoff seemed to be truly enjoying my company, but his children were uncomfortable. In May 2018, the famed television minister put out a call to action. Taking the high ground (anything is high ground once you get low enough), Lamb repented, asked his congregation for forgiveness, and naturally went on Doctor Phil. Interestingly, it also states in Matthew that Jesus said, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." 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. Skelton invited me in, with an air of resignation. There's plenty of behavior to throw stones at here, but the Bible takes a pretty firm stance on that. He once sued Hustler for $45 million because they ran a parody piece making fun of him, and took the case all the way to the supreme court. Yes, Billy James Hargis was steadfast. Jimmy Swaggart is notable for a number of reasons, but none so important as the fact that his plastic-faced visage is the first thing that pops up if you Google image search "televangelist crying.". [15], In 1985, Popoff began soliciting donations for a program to provide Bibles to citizens of the Soviet Union by attaching them to helium-filled balloons and floating them into the country. His whole life was all about spreading the news. We are a prosperity ministry that preaches prosperity, Nick added. In 1989, Bakker was convicted on 29 counts including mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy, and sentenced to 45 years in prison. Back in the '70s and '80s, Swaggart was one of the most influential evangelical preachers in America. The other, somebody higher up, told me that the distribution of the miracle spring water was subcontracted to a packaging plant in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Popoff, along with Don Stewart and Robert Tilton, received "criticism from those who say that preachers with a long trail of disillusioned followers have no place on a network that holds itself out as a model of entrepreneurship for the black community". The pivot has allowed Popoff to slip from the shadow of his old scandal and, in the years since, quietly rebuild his empire. They wouldn't tell me what they earn, but Nick enjoyed telling me about the Clydesdale horses he keeps. He was poised for a comeback in 2009 when HBO produced a documentary on his return to the righteous path, but wouldn't you know it, more allegationsof the abusive variety popped up. He lost. Yet here he was, all these years later, peddling miracle water and his own healing touch to an audience of African-Americans who seemed not to have gotten the memo that he was a mountebank. Critics later documented that the recipients of these dramatic "cures" were fully ambulatory people who had been seated in wheelchairs by Popoff's assistants prior to broadcasts. Squinting through a window, past venetian blinds, I glimpsed a carpeted foyer, and beyond that, an empty room. I met the very friendly father and two sons who owned the place, and they confirmed for me that they do business with Popoff, but they didn't say much more. Wrapped in Styrofoam for buoyancy and waterproofing, the Bibles eventually washed up on Communist shores.. [citation needed], The 1992 Steve Martin dramedy Leap of Faith was inspired by Popoff's fraudulent ministry, and demonstrated a number of the techniques Popoff and other televangelist scammers use to create the illusion of divine intervention. She never took very many steps, but she vibrated with energy. The prevailing sentiment in the room was Thanks be to Godbut also Thanks be to Peter Popoff. He believes in divine magicto enrich you, to heal you, or just to entertain youbut not at the expense of the work ethic. If I wasn't going to see a service, I still wanted to visit Popoff's office. And getting off crutches, that was big, toothis is why people needed Popoff's healing touch. Then He Made the Most Liberating Music of His Career. The lights of his camera crew were blinding, but here he was, choosing me. God decides what prayers to answer. The night that I was healed and hugged by Peter Popoff, I saw no sign that he was using an earpiece. He wants it that way, so there is no question about where the money goes. F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted that "there are no second acts in American lives." For Peter Popoff, we do 35 gallon-size jugs at a time, once or twice a month. 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