Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:11:12 -0600 From: Ole Anthony <ole@trinityfi.org> Organization:
Trinity Foundation, Inc. To: Dick Fisher <GRFisherNJ@aol.com> Subject: Enquirer Story on TBN

Dick, The following is the lead-in for the Enquirer story on TBN that will appear in next
week's edition: Ole TBN SCANDAL/Montgomery/Towle/1-30-02

“Pull the plug on televangelists Jan and Paul Crouch!” That’s the angry cry from Ole
Anthony, President of the Trinity Foundation, a national watchdog group that believes
televangelism reform should start at the top with the founders of the world’s largest
religious broadcast network, the Trinity Broadcast Network. “America needs to rid its
airwaves of televangelists like Paul and Jan Crouch, who promise eternal salvation and
worldly quick fixes in exchange for your hard earned money.

“I call them the ‘Name-it,

Claim-it, Blab-it and Grab-it’ ministry because they make themselves rich at the expense
of their viewers,” he said. Paul and Jan Crouch’s popular ‘Praise The Lord’ TV show and
$2-billion Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) have amassed them riches beyond belief … plus
their shocking sexual habits make Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker look like saints in
comparison. “Jan and Paul’s lavish spending habits and their personal misconduct are a
violation of the oath they swore as ordained ministers,” continued Anthony. “They pretend
to be agents of God, but they behave more like a couple who’ve make a pact with the
devil. “Paul and Jan’s lawyers make it difficult to put an exact value on their overall
net worth.

“But records show their ministry has earned them enough tax free dollars to
buy a large private jet, fancy cars, expensive antiques and prestige real estate,
including a $5.4 million mansion with a pool, tennis court and six car garage in Newport
Beach, California, the sprawling Music City home of the late singer Conway Twitty in
Nashville, Tennessee, and an 80 acre ranch with a climate controlled wine cellar near
Dallas, Texas. “I’ve monitored the abuses of Jan and Paul for many years now,” continued
Anthony. “They solicit your money and then spend it on their own physical pleasures. “One
of their schemes is to ask you to mail in copies of bills which you can’t afford to pay
along with a substantial check made out to them. “They then make an elaborate display of
burning your debt on their TV show, promising that the Lord will provide.

“To put it in
the Crouches own words, ‘The smoke and your prayers will carry right up to God’s
nostrils’. “I would say that in just about every case the miracle that Jan and Paul
promise you will come from God never arrives. “And instead of using that money to pay
down debt, the viewer has now given it to two people who will blow it on their own
pleasures – like the expensive vintage wine they love to drink. “It’s time for the
tighter laws on our books which protect the unsuspecting public from Jan and Paul Crouch
as well as other televangelists like them. “I’ve petitioned our Energy and Commerce
Committee – which controls the FCC – to amend the codes regulating money solicitation
on TV. “ENQUIRER readers need to send the word to Washington that we are sick and tired
of greedy televangelists who solicit our hard-earned money without delivering what they
promise.

“Attached is a coupon which you can fill out demanding accountability from the
Crouches and other religious broadcasters who sell us intangibles they can’t guarantee.
“Britain and many other European countries already have laws on their books protecting
against just this type of thing. “In England, several televangelists have even been run
off TV after it was proven they promised miracles they couldn’t deliver. “We are the only
civilized country in the world without laws to protect us against televangelists like Jan
and Paul Crouch. “But we can change that with your help.” Anthony provided an 800 hotline
-- which appears at the end of this article and is mentioned elsewhere in copy -- for any
ENQUIRER reader who has been a victim of Paul and Jan Crouch or other televangelists
appearing on their TBN network. (re: 800 229-8428).