Tag Archives: prosperity gospel

Scamvangelist Sells $1500 Course On How To Pray So That “Finances Overflow In Your Life In Jesus’s Name”

The Christian Post reports: Calling herself a “pioneer” in high-level prayer and pointing to her decades of experience as a minister of the Gospel, televangelist and self-proclaimed prophetess, Juanita Bynum, defended her $1,499.99 price tag for a four-week intensive prayer course, and dismissed criticism she has been facing online over it as an “insult.” “I’m not going to insult myself …

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Southern Baptists Condemn “Prosperity Gospel”

The Christian Post reports: Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Tuesday rejecting the prosperity gospel, calling it false teaching and distortion of Scripture, particularly regarding Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the cross. Assembled in Anaheim, California, this week for the denomination’s annual meeting, messengers passed Resolution 2, which defines the prosperity gospel as the belief that “Jesus’ sacrificial and atoning death …

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Televangelist Offers Tithing Refund If Nothing Changes

The Roys Report reports: Facing persistently lower giving, Willow Creek Community Church last Sunday invited Pastor Robert Morris, who some allege is a prosperity preacher, to deliver a guest sermon on tithing. The sermon contained a singular promise: Tithe for a year, and if you’re not satisfied, you’ll get your money back. “Thousands and thousands” had seen their lives changed …

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Tanzania: 20 Killed In Pentecostal “Anointed Oil” Crush

The Guardian reports: At least 20 people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a crush during a church service at a stadium in northern Tanzania, a government official said. Hundreds of people packed a stadium on Saturday evening in Moshi town, near the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, and were crushed as they rushed to get anointed …

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Benny Hinn Renounces Prosperity Gospel After Years Of Saying God Will Make You Wealthy For Donating To Him

The Christian Post reports: Declaring that the “Holy Ghost is just fed up with it,” controversial televangelist Benny Hinn, formerly one of the most aggressive proponents of the prosperity gospel, has for the first time in his career, delivered a full-throated rejection of the practice that made him and his family millions. Speaking to his followers during a Facebook Live …

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Feds Raid Office Of Televangelist Benny Hinn

The Washington Times reports: The North Texas headquarters of televangelist Benny Hinn was raided this week by U.S. Postal Service inspectors and IRS criminal investigators, according to local news reports. The search began about 9 a.m. Wednesday at Mr. Hinn’s Grapevine offices and continued Thursday morning, NBC 5 reported. The station reported seeing a large number of federal agents walking …

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Rick Warren’s Money Plea Nets $2.4M

In response to his “desperation” end-of-2009 plea, the mindless pensioners under Rick Warren’s spell dug deep into their piggy banks and forked over $2.4M in under 24 hours. The Rev. Rick Warrren, who campaigned for the passage of California’s antigay Proposition 8, has received $2.4 million in donations after making an end-of-the year plea to parishioners to help fill a …

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