Recently, evangelist Benny Hinn and his daughter, Natasha, engaged in a surprisingly tender yet theologically weighty conversation about the state of the church, righteous judgment, and how believers can spiritually endure the days ahead. Natasha’s questions echoed the silent struggle of many younger Christians who feel caught between digital outrage culture and biblical holiness.
Here are nine takeaways from this powerful conversation that Benny Hinn says the church today is getting wrong.
1. The Church During Benny Hinn’s Youth Was “Pure and Simple.”
Natasha opened by asking how the church has changed between generations, especially with the pressures of social media, public criticism and the culture war. Hinn did not hesitate to draw a sharp contrast.
“Much different. Very pure and simple.” He continued: “All we heard was the crucified life… loving the Lord, serving the Lord, and dying to self.”
Hinn described a youth movement in the 1970s built around prayer, repentance and holiness rather than influence, platforms or controversy. For him, the center of gravity was Christ Himself, not the spectacle surrounding Him.
2. Restoration Used to Be the Norm—Not Destruction
While recalling the church of his youth, Hinn emphasized a culture of restoration rather than condemnation.
“We don’t see real power. We don’t see real love. We don’t see real order. We see disorder and a lot of hate and wanting to destroy people, not restore people,” Hinn said. “When I grew up, it was restoring, not destroying. Today, they destroy. Nobody wants to restore.”
To him, the problem is not that believers are addressing sin—it’s how they’re doing it. The digital age has conditioned Christians to “call out” rather than “call back,” to “expose” rather than “edify,” often forgetting that Jesus’s ministry was fundamentally redemptive.
3. Judge Not—Unless You’ve Removed the Beam From Your Own Eye
Natasha pressed into the heart of her concern: how does the church judge righteously without grieving the Holy Spirit? Hinn immediately grounded his answer in Matthew 7.
“Judge not, that ye be not judged… First cast out the beam out of thine own eye,” Hinn said. “People are attacking each other and attacking ministers… not looking at what is in their eye.”
In other words, Jesus condemned not discernment but hypocrisy, and the attempt to fix the speck in a brother’s eye while ignoring the plank lodged in our own.
4. It Is Not Everyone’s Job to Expose the Church
One of the most clarifying moments came when Natasha asked whether it is the responsibility of believers to “clean up the body of Christ.”
Hinn answered plainly: “No… that belongs only to elders… ordained and recognized in the church.”
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This statement directly addressed the rise of internet watchdog ministries, anonymous exposé channels, and self-appointed online theologians who believe their calling is to correct the church publicly. Hinn argued that such efforts lack biblical warrant and often cause wounding rather than healing.
5. Only Elders Have Biblical Authority to Correct Leaders
To support his claim that only the elders can correct leaders, Hinn turned to 1 Timothy 5: “Rebuke not an elder… Against an elder receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses.”
He clarified what he meant in this modern application: “Not someone who has a camera in front of him.”
Hinn then took his statement a step further: “The sheep follow shepherds, not the other way around.”
6. God Will Clean His Church—Not the Internet
Hinn then shifted the responsibility of judgment away from the crowd and back toward Christ Himself: “..all that talk about that they have to clean the church, that’s not their job. The Lord will clean his church,” Hinn said.
He reminded viewers that in Revelation, Jesus—not the mob—rebuked the seven churches. The judge of the church is not the algorithm, the comment thread or the influencer, but the Head of the Body Himself.
7. The Crisis of the Church is Mostly in America—Not Worldwide
Another surprising assertion came when Natasha asked whether this problem of scandal, judgment and faith issues was universal. Hinn responded: “The chaotic stuff is mostly in the United States and Canada,” Hinn said before mentioning a surprising revival happening abroad.
“The fastest growing church today is inside Iran,” Hinn said. “Under that persecution, there is growth…I can tell you the majority of the Church is experiencing the beauty of the Lord and the glory of the Lord, and they don’t understand.”
8. Only Scripture—Not Experiences—Will Sustain You
Perhaps the most unexpected statement came when Hinn—known for healing crusades—said: “Not the gifts, not signs and wonders, not even the anointing… only the Scriptures will keep you.”
This is not a rejection of the supernatural, but a prioritization of the relationship with Christ over the gifts of the Spirit. According to Hinn, experiences may bless you, but the Word transforms you.
9. “Attacks Will Increase Through AI—But the Word Will Anchor You”
Finally, Hinn warned about the intensifying days ahead.
“The attacks will continue and get worse… they’re going to use AI,” he said. “The Word of God is going to give you such peace and such joy in Jesus that nothing, nothing will offend you.”
For a generation entering an age of digital warfare, misinformation and identity confusion, Hinn argued that survival will come not through strategy but through Scripture.
In the end, this was not a debate about platforms, exposure or personalities—it was a warning and an invitation. Hinn’s message to a rising generation was not to retreat from truth, but to return to it.
In an age of outrage, accusations and endless opinions amplified by technology, he pointed believers back to the one anchor that has never shifted: the Word of God.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
Excellent. Kenneth E. Hagin majored the Word of God. “. . . experiences may bless you, but the Word transforms you.” I came up through the’70’s he spoke of. We prayed, saturated ourselves in the Word, listened to faithful teachers on the radio, spent money on resources as well as offerings and tithes, applied the Word, ministered to each other. We were on fire for the Lord. We also corrected each other – our walks in love, using the Word or our own overcoming stories to edify others. The prophets are sent to leadership that becomes corrupt, insensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Pastors surrounded themselves w/group think elders, and they did not correct or hold each other accountable. But the prophets were sent, persecuted, some blacklisted, and the revival ceased. Rev. Hinn spoke light and life here. We need to pray for truth, in love, to abound.