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Critics Allege Tim Tebow’s Life Surge Uses Predatory Sales

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Tim Tebow promotes Life Surge seminars that critics allege use predatory, high-pressure sales.
Attendees can buy a $20 full-day ticket and are upsold three-day classes for $97.
SurgeU courses cost $10,000-$40,000, with lenders offered to cash-strapped borrowers.
Tebow is slated for over 20 Life Surge events in 2026, potentially earning $2-$4 million.
Life Surge spokesperson Richard Lorenzen denied using faith to pressure enrollment despite recorded promos urging it.

History

Historical Context

In March 1987, televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from PTL after a $279,000 hush-money payment to Jessica Hahn and revelations that he sold $1,000 lifetime memberships for a hotel that never existed, prompting Senate and criminal investigations and the bankruptcy of Heritage USA. Decades later, Tim Tebow’s Life Surge seminars use similar low-ticket pricing and high-priced courses, reviving concerns about unchecked faith-based sales.

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Story summary

Tim Tebow promotes Life Surge seminars that critics allege use predatory, high-pressure sales.
Attendees can buy a $20 full-day ticket and are upsold three-day classes for $97.
SurgeU courses cost $10,000-$40,000, with lenders offered to cash-strapped borrowers.
Tebow is slated for over 20 Life Surge events in 2026, potentially earning $2-$4 million.
Life Surge spokesperson Richard Lorenzen denied using faith to pressure enrollment despite recorded promos urging it.

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