His ministry is based in Upland, [[California]], and is funded through donations. A widely popular minster in the 1980s, he was declared [[bankrupt]] in 1987 after [[James Randi]], for a segment on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff. Popoff would then claim he received the names directly from The Holy Spirit.<ref>The Investigation of Peter Popoff http://www.bible.ca/tongues-popoff-39-17Mhz.htm</ref> | His ministry is based in Upland, [[California]], and is funded through donations. A widely popular minster in the 1980s, he was declared [[bankrupt]] in 1987 after [[James Randi]], for a segment on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff. Popoff would then claim he received the names directly from The Holy Spirit.<ref>The Investigation of Peter Popoff http://www.bible.ca/tongues-popoff-39-17Mhz.htm</ref> |