For the second time in five years, a court has ordered Benny Hinn Ministries to pay a marketing company for services rendered which the ministry had previously avoided paying. Hinn’s ministry now faces garnishment of assets.

In a case that received almost no attention, during summary judgment Judge John P. Chupp ruled against Benny Hinn’s World Healing Center Church (WHCC) in January, ordering the Grapevine, Texas-based organization to pay PrintMPro, Ltd, better known by the trade name PrintMailPro, “actual damages in the amount of $144,617.52 plus $64.93 per day from November 6, 2025 through date of this Judgment.”

Judge Chupp also required WHCC, which uses the trade name Benny Hinn Ministries, to pay PrintMailPro’s legal fees.

According to the lawsuit filed in September 2025, “PrintMailPro produced a substantial amount of printed materials and provided a substantial amount of mass mail marketing services for Defendant between January and May 2025.”

In February, PrintMailPro submitted an application to Tarrant County’s 141st Judicial District Court requesting a Writ of Garnishment to allow the company to collect the debt from the ministry’s bank, Frost Bank in San Antonio.

In March, PrintMailPro served San Antonio-based Frost Bank a Writ of Garnishment authorizing the bank to seize “$159,615.85, besides interest and costs of suit” to pay the plaintiff.

PrintMailPro also notified WHCC that assets would be seized to pay debts.

On April 9, Trinity Foundation emailed Attorney Paul Hyde, representing PrintMailPro, several questions, including, “Is this a common problem? In your career as an attorney, have you encountered other religious organizations that wouldn’t pay bills and debts had to be collected by garnishment?”

This article will be updated if a response is received. 

The court docket for the PrintMailPro case is viewable at txcourts.gov.

Mail America Communications, Inc. lawsuit

In 2021, a federal court required WHCC to pay Mail America Communications, Inc. $2,993,221.74, plus interest and attorney’s fees.

Following the 2021 court ruling, Trinity Foundation reported, “WHCC’s spending priorities are to pay ministry executives first and vendors last, according to an anonymous informant.”

When Hinn’s TV program was dropped by Trinity Broadcasting Network and Daystar Television Network, revenue also dropped for WHCC. For years, the broadcast ministry struggled with debt.

In the Mail America Communications, Inc. ruling, Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote, “For nearly 15 years, Defendant had been falling behind its payment obligations, with over $5.6 million in arrears by early 2012.”

Church status loophole

Hinn’s ministry has spent millions of dollars settling lawsuits and refuses to disclose legal expenses and settlement expenses to its donors.

While WHCC claims to be a church and the word “church” appears in its name, the nonprofit organization lacks a distinct membership, which is one of the defining characteristics of a church.

There is no mention of the word “membership” on Hinn’s website.

By claiming church status, WHCC exploits a well-known loophole in the tax code: Churches are NOT required to file the information return Form 990,  which discloses total revenue, total expenses, compensation of officers, legal expenses and other critical financial information for donors.

In 2005, while dumpster-diving at Hinn’s law firm, Trinity Foundation investigator Pete Evans discovered documents showing the IRS was auditing WHCC. Evans compiled a brief challenging WHCC’s church status.

While the IRS declined to act on the brief, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee took it more seriously. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, launched an inquiry into six large media ministries after his staffer, Dean Zerbe, received the brief.

This article was originally published at the Trinity Foundation 

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