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Onward, Christian moguls: the lord and the FCC provide a televangelical bonanza.(Statistical Data Included)

American Prospect, The,  January, 2002  by Koerner, Brendan I.

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VISION IS A FAVORITE TOPIC OF DR. GARTH W. Coonce, a minor Christian-broadcasting magnate from Marion, Illinois. In his monthly newsletter, Partnership, he often muses on the sacred visions that have inspired him to amass 16 television stations, creating a 24-hour network that beams charismatic preachers like Creflo Dollar and Benny Hinn into devout homes.

Coonce also likes to share the communiques he still receives from the Almighty, who occasionally instructs him to expand his media holdings into, say, Detroit or greater Boston. "Perhaps it is good that God doesn't give us ...

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