Kenneth Copeland Says God Told Him to ‘Lay Hands’ on Private Plane: ‘I’ll Heal It’

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland says God once told him to lay hands on a corroded private jet and that He would heal the plane when he did.

In a message delivered last week titled “Faith for Healing Comes by Hearing,” the Texas-based minister, who aligned with the Word of Faith movement, recounted that a member of his board had an older plane that had been parked for a few years and that a team of people did several X-rays on the fuselage and other spots on the aircraft and found some corrosion.

“I was praying over it,” Copeland said. “And just as plain, the Lord said to me: ‘Lay hands on it. I’ll heal it.'”

“He said: Kenneth … corrosion comes from the curse. He said, ‘I provided an airplane for you, didn’t I?’ I said: Yes, sir. He said: ‘Lay hands on it.'”

He started praying and began putting his hands on the body the aircraft.

“I laid hands on it all over and it’s a big ol’ airplane and it took a while to do,” he said, commanding the corrosion to leave in the name of Jesus.

X-rays were subsequently performed on the aircraft after his prayers and only one small spot of corrosion remained, he said.

When Copeland prayed about that small corroded spot, he said, the…