Jesse Duplantis

About

Jesse Duplantis (born July 9, 1949) is an American preacher from the Christian Evangelical Charismatic movement. He is based in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., and the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries.
Duplantis’ theological beliefs are a combination of Charismatic, Prosperity, and Word of Faith doctrines, and he is considered to be a preacher of the prosperity gospel.
Duplantis was on the board of regents of Oral Roberts University, which awarded him an honorary doctorate, until late 2007, when he, fellow regent Creflo Dollar, and the president of the university Richard Roberts all resigned. Duplantis said in a prepared statement released by the school, “the demands of ministry have made it increasingly difficult to continue to effectively serve.” The rest of the Board which included Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn was swept away over the next few weeks after the university accepted a $70 million donation on the condition it inaugurate “a new era of transparent governance and accountability.”

In May 2018, national news media outlets reported that Duplantis had asked his followers to donate money to him so that he could buy a Dassault Falcon 7X, valued at $54 million…