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 two [[journalist]]s obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff {{fact}}. 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 two [[journalist]]s obtained proof that Popoff's wife, Elizabeth, was transmitting names and details of the lives of people in the audience to Popoff {{fact}}. 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> |