In 2007, Senator Charles Grassley surprised the religious establishment by launching an inquiry into six TV ministries.
A road connects the home to the Kenneth Copeland Airport. The extravagant home fits Copeland’s theology as he teaches his church and TV audiences “to live like a king.”Įagle Mountain International Church (EMIC) owns the 18,279 square-foot home currently appraised for $10,825,462. (Barry Bowen – Trinity Foundation) Televangelist Kenneth Copeland lives northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, near the shore of Eagle Mountain Lake in a “church parsonage” that can easily be described as a mansion or palace. The clergy housing allowance was amended in 1954 to allow clergy to set aside part of their compensation as a housing allowance and it would be exempt from the federal income tax.” Churches unable to provide a full-time salary, could often provide a place for the minister to live. The original goal was to assist small churches in providing financially for their ministers. “Through legislation Congress established the clergy housing allowance in 1921.
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