Joseph Branham Received $1.1 Million in PPP
According to the Roys Report, Joseph Branham received $1.1 million in Paycheck Program Protection (PPP), placing Branham and Voice of God Recordings on the same list as Joyce Meyer Ministries, Joel Osteen, and T.D. Jakes. The list provided by The Trinity Foundation, a televangelism watchdog group, states that the federal government issued more than $78.6 million in PPP funds to televangelists, megachurches, and large media ministries in 2020.[1] Benny Hinn, in comparison, only received $684,600.
According to the Roys Report, Joseph Branham received $1.1 million in Paycheck Program Protection (PPP), placing Branham and Voice of God Recordings on the same list as Joyce Meyer Ministries, Joel Osteen, and T.D. Jakes. The list provided by The Trinity Foundation, a televangelism watchdog group, states that the federal government issued more than $78.6 million in PPP funds to televangelists, megachurches, and large media ministries in 2020.[1] Benny Hinn, in comparison, only received $684,600.
View the list here:
https://julieroys.com/78-6-million-ppp-funds-televangelists-megachurches/
The report describes Voice of God Recordings as an organization that "Distributes sermons by William Branham. Brannon [sig], who died in 1965, actually helped launch the career of cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones."[2]
The report does not mention the Jehovah Jireh Foundation (JJF), which appears to be a shell corporation for moving large sums of money for Branham and/or Voice of God Recordings, and it is not yet clear whether or not JJF was used to transfer these funds to other entities. It does, however, mention people and organizations such as Kenneth Hagin who were directly involved with or financially connected to the business entity Ordinary People, which also appears to have been a shell corporation from 1984.[3]
References
[1] Roys, Julie. More than $78.6 Million in PPP Funds Go to Televangelists, Megachurches, & Large Media Ministries. Accessed. 2022, Apr, 5. Julieroys. Accessed 2022, Apr, 5 from https://julieroys.com/78-6-million-ppp-funds-televangelists-megachurches. "2022/05/04 Roys, Julie. More than $78.6 Million in PPP Funds Go to Televangelists, Megachurches, & Large Media Ministries. Accessed"
[2] Roys, Julie. More than $78.6 Million in PPP Funds Go to Televangelists, Megachurches, & Large Media Ministries. "Roys, Julie. More than $78.6 Million in PPP Funds Go to Televangelists, Megachurches, & Large Media Ministries."
[3] Certificate of Incorporation: Ordinary People. Commonwealth of Kentucky. 1984. "Certificate of Incorporation: Ordinary People. Commonwealth of Kentucky. 1984."