Jesse Duplantis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Private jet == 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olmstead |first=Molly |date=29 May 2018 |title=Louisiana Televangelist Asks For Donations to Buy $54 Million Jet |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/televangelist-jesse-duplantis-asks-for-donations-for-private-jet.html |journal=Slate}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stuckey |first=Michelle |date=4 June 2010 |title=Watchdog group investigates Jesse Duplantis' lifestyle |work=St. Charles Herald-Guide |url=https://www.heraldguide.com/news/watchdog-group-investigates-jesse-duplantis-lifestyle/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tuttle |first=Brad |date=May 29, 2018 |title=Meet the Televangelist Who's Asking His Followers to Help Fund a $54 Million Private Jet |work=[[Money.com]] |url=https://money.com/jesse-duplantis-televangelist-private-jet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101031400/https://money.com/jesse-duplantis-televangelist-private-jet/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref> Duplantis said that his organization, Jesse Duplantis Ministries, had already paid for three private jets by 2006, and that he had been using them by "just burning them up for the Lord Jesus Christ." Duplantis defended his choice by saying: "I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today he wouldn't be riding a donkey. Think about that for a minute. He'd be in an airplane preaching the gospel all over the world."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broach |first=Drew |date=28 May 2018 |title=Jesse Duplantis, Destrehan televangelist, seeks donations for $54 million jet |url=http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2018/05/jesse_duplantis_private_jet.html |access-date=29 May 2018 |website=[[The Times-Picayune]]}}</ref> In response to a wave of criticism, Duplantis stated on his ministry website, "I'm not asking you to pay for my plane, I'm asking you to pray for my plane."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nowak |first=Jeff |date=2 June 2018 |title=Louisiana televangelist Jesse Duplantis: 'I'm not asking you to pay for my plane' |url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_d162c968-6699-11e8-9430-cb00531d27fa.html |website=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|New Orleans Advocate]]}}</ref> In 2016, Duplantis and fellow televangelist [[Kenneth Copeland]] defended their use of private jets with the claim that commercial planes were full of "demons".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis defend private jets: Commercial planes full of 'demons' |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/5/kenneth-copeland-jesse-duplantis-defend-private-je/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225223409/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/5/kenneth-copeland-jesse-duplantis-defend-private-je/ |archive-date=2021-02-25 |publisher=The Washington Times}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page