{"id":22190,"date":"2024-05-10T07:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=22190"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:44:28","slug":"televangelist-jesse-duplantis-says-poverty-is-a-curse-and-his-wealth-comes-from-being-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2024\/05\/televangelist-jesse-duplantis-says-poverty-is-a-curse-and-his-wealth-comes-from-being-blessed","title":{"rendered":"Televangelist Jesse Duplantis Says Poverty is a ‘Curse’ and His Wealth Comes From Being ‘Blessed’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prosperity gospel preacher and televangelist Jesse Duplantis, who has an estimated net worth of around $20 million, called poverty a “curse” and says his wealth, which includes a 40,000 square foot mansion in Louisiana and a private jet, comes from being “blessed” by God. Duplantis said in an online “Boardroom Chat” session with his wife, Cathy, “Let me give you a prime example of why I don’t care what people think about me, about what I have. Now look at me. Look at me. I am a very blessed man.”<\/p>\n

He asked, “Me and Cathy are very blessed. I’m spiritually, physically, and financially blessed. I’ve had more people criticize me over that jet. They still can’t get over it. Criticize me over my house. They didn’t pay for it. I paid for it. Do you understand what I say?” In 2018, Duplantis faced widespread criticism for trying to raise money from his followers to\u00a0purchase a $54 million jet. In the “Boardroom Chat” session<\/a>, Duplantis argued that most people’s troubles stem from disobedience and claimed “Christian propaganda” makes people think “poverty is a blessing.”<\/p>\n

He said, “Most people’s troubles come because people disobey. That is just simply the truth. Wars, rumors of wars, people always mad about somebody. It’s usually someone who has enough power to change ‘people\u2019s thinking,\u2019 I call it. Especially in the Church, I call it Christian propaganda.\u201d The televangelist highlighted what he sees as propaganda in the Church. \u201cYou know that \u2018poverty is a blessing?\u2019 That\u2019s a lie. Poverty is a curse. It\u2019s not in Heaven, none whatsoever,\u201d he said, quoting common phrases some Christians use to challenge the prosperity gospel. \u201c’Jesus was poor.’ When was He poor? Did you ever hear Him say, ‘I can’t eat today [because] I don’t have anything?'”<\/p>\n

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@jeschneiderx<\/a> Jesse Duplantis Is Proud Of His House #short<\/a> #jesseduplantis<\/a> #pastor<\/a> #money<\/a> #greed<\/a> #tithe<\/a> #prosperity<\/a> #prosperitygospel<\/a> #mansion<\/a> #myhouse<\/a> #christian<\/a> #atheist<\/a> #atheism<\/a> #atheisttiktok<\/a> #christianity<\/a> #christiantiktok<\/a> #cocky<\/a> \u266c Warren Miller The Vette by Je S. – jeschneider<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n