Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has accused the media and a group planning a protest at one of the church's meetings of being "jealous about my life".
Tamaki moved last night's meeting in Christchurch to an undisclosed location after activists announced they would welcome him with a "big gay party".
The protest was centred around Tamaki's comments the day before last year's Kaikoura earthquake that earthquakes were caused by gays, sinners and murderers.
In a video taken at the gathering last night Tamaki said protesters and the media targeted him because they were "jealous".
"It's not the car, it's not the church - it's me. They are incredibly jealous about my life. They want to party here not because of you, you're innocent, it's me. Why me? Because it knows that I'm going to tell you how to have the same things," he said.