Benny Hinn is an Israeli-born American-Canadian televangelist, best known for his regular revival meetings or faith healing summits that are usually held in stadiums in major cities.
Hinn was born in Jaffa, in 1952, in the then-newly established state of Israel to parents born in Palestine who had Greek, Palestinian and Armenian heritage.
He was raised within the Eastern Orthodox tradition and baptized by the patriarch of Jerusalem.
Soon after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Hinn's family emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1968 where he attended Georges Vanier Secondary School.
In his books, Hinn states that his father was the mayor of Jaffa at the time of his birth and that he was socially isolated as a child and had a stutter, and he was a first-class student.
