In a 36-minute video released Tuesday night, Daystar TV President Joni Lamb denied a report that she used $100,000 of Daystar funds to pay for her 2023 honeymoon with husband Doug Weiss.
“There are questions about—it’s all over the internet—that Daystar paid $100,000 for my honeymoon,” Lamb said on the video. “So, absolutely not—not one penny of Daystar’s money was used for our honeymoon. We paid for our honeymoon, okay? So again, that’s another lie that’s out there.”
However, The Roys Report (TRR) has obtained two Daystar expense reports, showing Lamb charged about $100,000 to her Daystar credit card for a resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, where the couple honeymooned.
Plus, former Daystar Vice President Jonathan Lamb told TRR that when he objected to the honeymoon charges at an August 2023 Daystar board meeting Joni attended, board member Tom Calender decided to “gift” the $100,000 for the honeymoon to Joni.
Jonathan said it’s possible Joni has since reimbursed the ministry for the honeymoon, especially now that the information has gone public. The last he had oversight over Daystar’s finances was November 16, 2023, Jonathan told TRR.
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TRR reached out to Daystar, asking for documentation, showing that Joni reimbursed Daystar for the honeymoon charges and also showing when the reimbursement was made.
Daystar replied with a statement but did not provide any documentation. “All charges by Joni Lamb on a corporate credit card that are personal expenses are fully accounted for and reimbursed in full by Joni Lamb,” Daystar wrote in an email. “This has been and will always be the accounting practice at Daystar. Daystar’s finances are subjected to an independent, third-party audit by an accounting firm on an annual basis.”
TRR replied immediately, asking again, “When were the charges reimbursed? Also, can you show documentation that Joni reimbursed the charges?”
Daystar did not immediately reply.
Joni Lamb’s expense report for October 2022 shows a charge of $36,780.32 for Ventananas Al Paraiso, a luxury resort in Los Cabos, Mexico. A note by the charge says, “Ms. Joni Lamb and Mr. Doug Weiss – *Use US Bank Rebate/Points*”
A second expense report of Joni’s for May 2023 shows a charge of $60,041.68 for the same resort. Similarly, a note by the charge says, “Ms. Joni Lamb and Mr. Doug Weiss – *Use US Bank Rebate/Points*”
Though the couple took the honeymoon in July 2023, Joni paid for it in advance using a company credit card, according to Jonathan Lamb whose job at the time included approving expense reports.
Jonathan told TRR that the notes on the expense report would have been written by Joni’s assistant, but Joni would have instructed her what to write. And the practice of using Daystar credit card points to pay for personal expenses had started years earlier, when Jonathan’s father, the late Marcus Lamb, was CEO of Daystar.
However, Jonathan told TRR that he consulted with Daystar CFO Arnold Torres, who then checked with Eddy Liesdyanto, Daystar head of accounting, to see how many points were available. Liesdyanto told Jonathan that the credit card hadn’t accumulated enough points to cover the charges, Jonathan said. As a result, Jonathan said he had to use Daystar funds to pay the credit card bill.
According to an itemized resort bill obtained by TRR, the total charges for the honeymoon, including food, drinks, and tips was $103,818.
At a board meeting Aug. 23, 2023, Jonathan said he objected to Daystar paying for the honeymoon. At the time, the board was comprised of only three members—Jonathan, Joni, and Attorney Tom Calender, according to Jonathan Lamb.
Calender then decided to “gift” the approximately $100,000 to Joni from Daystar, Jonathan said.
A month later, on Sept. 26, 2023, Jonathan met with Calendar, Daystar CFO Arnold Torres, and Attorney John Lynch to discuss issues he had with his mother and the ministry. At one point, Jonathan mentions his objection to Daystar paying for Joni’s honeymoon.
“On the show today, she was actually kind of throwing me under the bus by saying that one of the challenges she’s been dealing with is that people will not always submit,” Jonathan says.
“But I emailed her back. I just said, ‘Mom, I’ve always submitted to you, even when I don’t agree. I didn’t agree that Daystar paid your $100,000 honeymoon. I didn’t agree that Daystar paid for $5,500 of Rachel’s photography, personal photography expenses. I didn’t agree with Doug being the host of Ministry Now. But I’ve submitted to that. The only—where I draw the line is the Word of God. I will never compromise the Word of God.”
No one on the recording contests Jonathan’s assertion that Daystar paid for the honeymoon.
Jonathan told TRR that Joni also took liberties with Daystar’s private jet.
And according to the Trinity Foundation, Daystar’s jet made 24 round-trip flights from Fort Worth, Texas, to Colorado Springs, Colorado, from October 2022 to May 10, 2024.
Doug Weiss is from Colorado Springs and the couple reportedly started dating in August 2022, just before the flights began.
Daystar’s jet also made 13 round-trip flights from Fort Worth to Destin, Florida, during the same time period.
In September 2023, Joni and Doug purchased a beach condo near Destin for $2.9 million, the Trinity Foundation reported.
The total estimated cost of the flights to Colorado and Florida was $769,220, according to the Trinity Foundation.
Julie Roys is a veteran investigative reporter and founder of The Roys Report. She also previously hosted a national talk show on the Moody Radio Network, called Up for Debate, and has worked as a TV reporter for a CBS affiliate. Her articles have appeared in numerous periodicals.
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There is something even worse in this report that most everyone is missing.
The Bedford ministry is mere minutes from DFW Airport. A first class round trip ticket from DFW to COS, Colorado Springs, is about $1,500 taxes and fees includes.
25 Flights from DFW to COS would have cost Joni $1,500 per flight in first class or $40,000.
13 Flights from DFW to PNS, Pensecola, FL, for two people would cost, per flight in first class, $2,000 or $26,000.
That means Daystar spent $700,000 or more above what American Airlines would have charged them if they had traveled on it in first class instead.
If anyone has donated to Daystar, OUCH! This is where your money went down the drain.
Talk about arrogance and privilege!
Thank you. That was very clear – plus you were fair. You used first class cost.
so why didn’t doug pay for his honeymoon?????? why did she pay????
And why did she pay $37,000 towards the honeymoon in October when she didn’t get engaged until January. Two months later. She seemed to be quite anxious.
Right !! He should have Paid. And,,, She Didn’t Pay ,, The People who Donate and Pay their Tithes and Offerings is The ones Who Paid !!!! This is so, so Sad !!!
Who would believe that there is a child molester in your Christian family? I did not over 30 years ago now. But my brother, a bible school graduate with a degree in practical ministry, confessed and went to prison for 5 years. Shocking at first, but you get used to it. Much easier to believe when everyone is an actor putting on a show for the camera. I once had a pastor who I got to know, I thought, very well. He was a great stage actor and was very involved in the local theatre. But how our relationship came to an end is when I realized that I did not really know who the real him was. He was such a good actor. He may have even fooled himself! He was a people pleaser. Considering my brother, he could be anyone. Reality, far from idealistic for sure…
I do think we (for no reason in particular 😅) need to have a reminder of some old planetshakers and gateway scandals from a few years back and try to draw some connections. ( again no reason in particular)
Although small in scale, compared to the honeymoon and private jet flights, I’d like to point out the over $6,000 in charges to “dermatology” on Joni’s card. I looked that derm up and just as I suspected she specializes in Botox, fillers, laser treatments, facials, bucal fat removal, etc. Using ministry money for this type of stuff is disgusting. We can thank the doctrine of the prosperity gospel for this type of bad financial stewardship.
I think they stayed in the mansion because the other rooms are around 2k per night. The mansion is probably 6k a night. Crazy that little old ladies are sending 20 dollars a month to her so she can do this. I just want to vomit at all this. But Jon and Suzi lived in luxury off all the false teaching for years.
According to the itemized receipt, the couple spent more than $3500 at the minibar. Doug is a recovering alcoholic and Joni is a self-professed nondrinker.
Maybe he’s not recovering!!!
Or her “self-processed” nondrinking status is just that: “self-professed”. It was widely known that the late Paul Crouch was a (semi-functioning) alcoholic.
“Daystar President Joni Lamb Denies Ministry Paid $100K for Honeymoon, but Reports Tell Different Story”
Both hands in the till up to the shoulder joints.
After reading and commenting on church corruption blogs for years, you should get used to such Third World levels of corruption. But they keep trying to one-up each other as to who can be More Corrupt Than Thou.
And more extravagant — after all, Creflo Dollar only has TWO private jets so Kenneth Copeland HAS to have three!