(RNS) Famed television evangelist Benny Hinn has written a letter to his supporters saying his wife has “no biblical grounds” for filing for divorce.
“My wife has no biblical grounds for what she has done,” the Pentecostal leader wrote in a letter posted on the Web site of his Texas-based Benny Hinn Ministries.
“We both have kept our covenant with God and stayed pure before him, and I am praying with all my heart that our precious Lord Jesus will heal my family and protect his work for his glory.”
Hinn wrote that his wife, Suzanne, filed for divorce on Feb. 1, and said he didn’t learn of the filing until 16 days later, from her lawyer.
Hinn is a fixture on the Trinity Broadcasting Network with his “This Is Your Day” program and has long
been known for his controversial “miracle crusades” in which he claims to heal people suffering from various infirmities. His ministry was one of six that was investigated by the Senate Finance Committee for questionable finances.
Saying he has “a broken heart,” Hinn said that he and his wife led a “clean” life together during more than three decades of marriage.
Hinn vowed that his troubled family life would not keep him from his ministry.
“I am going to continue preaching the gospel and praying for the sick as I have for 36 years,” he said. “I will not allow anything to slow me down or stop me.”