Texas Court Orders Asset Seizure of Benny Hinn Ministries Over Unpaid Marketing Debts

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ORT WORTH, TEXAS — A district court in Tarrant County has authorized the seizure of assets belonging to the World Healing Center Church, the global evangelical organization led by high-profile televangelist Benny Hinn, following a failure to resolve outstanding debts. The ruling, which culminated in a writ of garnishment served this week, marks the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the ministry regarding its financial obligations to third-party vendors.

The action was initiated by PrintMailPro, a Texas-based marketing and printing firm, which successfully argued that the ministry had defaulted on payments for large-scale promotional services rendered throughout 2025. According to court filings made public on Thursday, April 23, 2026, the court-ordered seizure targeted approximately $159,000 held in ministry accounts at Frost Bank.

The legal maneuver, known as a writ of garnishment, allows a creditor to legally take possession of a debtor’s property or money that is currently being held by a third party. In this instance, the funds were extracted directly from the ministry’s San Antonio-based accounts to satisfy the judgment.

Legal experts familiar with the case suggest that while the amount is a fraction of the ministry’s global revenue, the court’s decision to move toward asset seizure reflects a growing impatience within the judicial system regarding the organization’s payment history.

“When a court moves to garnish bank accounts, it usually indicates that standard collection efforts and prior warnings were exhausted without a resolution,” Thorne added. This is not the first time the 73-year-old healing evangelist’s organization has faced significant financial litigation, as similar issues have surfaced in the past.

In 2021, a federal court ordered Hinn’s ministry to pay nearly $3 million to a separate communications firm over a similar contract dispute. Despite these recurring legal challenges, the ministry has historically maintained a posture of financial resilience, often citing its “church status” to shield certain internal records from public scrutiny.

“We are committed to our mission of global evangelism and will address these administrative matters through the appropriate legal channels,” a spokesperson for Benny Hinn Ministries said in a brief statement released Friday. However, they declined to comment on why the specific invoice from 2025 remained unpaid until the point of court intervention.

The timing of the news has caused significant ripples across social media, where rumors briefly circulated that the seizure had occurred in Canada. Public records confirm the jurisdiction remains firmly in Texas, where the ministry’s primary administrative operations are based, effectively closing this specific chapter of the litigation while leaving the organization’s broader financial transparency under a renewed global spotlight.