I know this won't be well received in some quarters here and let me preface what I am going to share by first saying I have some real issues with Brother Hinn and his lifestyle but that is between him and God. That said,I organized a Crusade in 2003 in Hyderabad India with an orphanage ministry and a number of pentecostal churches, esp but not limited to the AG. We spent more than $20000 to advertise and rent equipment and promote the Crusade. Certainly not in the Hinn or Bonnke category but a lot of money for us. THe ruling political party at the time was the BJP (a radical Hindu sect) and although the Indian constitution maintains that there shall be freedom of religion in India it is more lipservice than fact. On the first night of the Crusade we were waiting in our hotel to be taken to the Crusade Grounds (a large soccer/cricket stadium we had rented and was all set up with large stage and sound equipment). 7 Pm came and went and finally one of our local pastors came and sheepishly told us what was going on. It seems the BJP had organized a riot and had advanced towards the our stadium which by this time was filed with a crowd of 20-25000 people. The local police had intervened with riot water cannon and armored vehicles as the BJP was coming armed with swords and bombs. Needless to say, we wound up having to stay hidden for the next 4 days under security as there were death threats made upon us for converting the Hindu people. We did manage to go to a few churches to encourage the believers there but that was about it. The one good thing that resulted was finally the local churches and leaders actually got together and petitioned the local government to allow us to have the crusade and to stop the BJP. They won their case and we were allowed to go on with the crusade the next week. Unfortunately, all the advertising was wasted and only a few thousand showed up although it was a glorious time in the Lord with many miracles. In 2005 Benny Hinn went to Bangalore India and ministered to crowds of over 2 million people each night of 3 night and then he came to Hyderabad in 2006 for a gigantic crusade there as well. The local pastors all remarked on how powerful and anointed the meetings were and how humble and wonderful Benny Hinn was. Hundreds of thousands of people were saved and the local churches grew enormously as a result. You can dislike him if you like and mock him and criticize him but all I know is what his results have been. I suppose we paved the way for him in Hyderabad by helping the local church stand up for their rights. Some plant, some water and harvest but God gets the increase. Mar 9:38 NIV Teacher, said John, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us. Mar 9:39 Do not stop him, Jesus said. For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, Mar 9:40