The Spirit of God spoke to me and He said, ‘Son, realize this. Now follow me in this and don’t let your tradition trip you up.’ He said, ‘Think this way—a twice-born man whipped Satan in his own domain.’ And I threw my Bible down like that. I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘A born-again man defeated Satan, the firstborn of many brethren defeated him.’ He said, ‘You are the very image, the very copy of that one.’ I said, ‘Well now you don’t mean, you couldn’t dare mean, that I could have done the same thing?’ He said, ‘Oh yeah, if you’d had the knowledge of the Word of God that He did, you could’ve done the same thing, ‘cause you’re a reborn man too. — Sourced from a tape: Substitution and Identification, 1989 Dated: 18th August 1999. Whether or not he has taught heresy is simply a matter of watching him say heretical things in his own videos, books, recordings and interviews.
What really needs to be understood is that a whole cluster of wrong are at the foundation of a 'Copelandish' system: the belief system. Some essential Word of Faith beliefs are:.
The atonement of Christ doesn't 'just' give us salvation, it also guarantees healing, wholeness and prosperity. This is the Health & Wealth gospel. Jesus lived His life as an example of a man totally submitted to God the Father (or 'in right relationship') and when we live in total submission we will perform like Jesus. Jesus didn't die on the cross because we were unable to atone for our own sins so much as Jesus lived a life of victory that we can (and should) emulate. God spoke the universe into existence by using 'the power of words.'
We, too, can create things using the power of words. (This ability to 'speak things into being' is essentially a form of sorcery, but WOF people strongly disagree). God is lowered and Man is elevated. Before Bill Johnson, Brian Houston, Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Todd White and most of today's WOF pastors and teachers, there was a series of people with specific new (and false) beliefs that took over a growing segment of the church.
The most prominent of these people was, who is usually considered the 'father' of WOF teaching, although he actually plagiarized much of 'his' teaching from E. Kenyon (See the book ' by D. McConnell and the book ' by Robert M. WOF people often refer to Hagin as 'Dad Hagin.' Since Hagin died in 2003, Kenneth Copeland has essentially taken over the role of senior leader of the WOF 'movement' (which isn't exactly a movement because of how loosely it's organized, but it has to be called something).
Here is Kenneth Copeland explaining how he completely indoctrinated himself in the Word of Faith teachings of Kenneth Hagin. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland started their ministry in 1967 and it's been continuing for 50 years. The following articles show the true nature of Copeland's teachings and influence. These are from a number of different sources and perspectives, but they all agree that Kenneth Copeland is a False Teacher who should be avoided at all costs: from The Museum of Idolatry from The Museum of Idolatry from The Museum of Idolatry by Costi Hinn from the The Ledger newspaper, July, 2008 from InPlainSite.org by Cedric Hohnstadt from Deception in the Church from Berean Perspective Apologetics from Ex Word of Faith from USA Today Just for fun.
Texas televangelist Kenneth Copeland, one of the targets of a Senate Finance Committee investigation into the funding and governance of 'prosperity gospel' ministries. At Copeland 's annual by-invitation-only Minister's Conference at his Newark, Texas, headquarters Jan. 23, Copeland received a call during the meeting from Huckabee requesting.
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An televangelist in Guatemala. Televangelism ( 'distance' and ',' meaning 'ministry,' sometimes called teleministry) is the use of media, specifically and, to communicate.
Televangelists are Christian, whether official or self-proclaimed, who devote a large portion of their to television. Some televangelists are also regular or ministers in their own places of worship (often a ), but the majority of their followers come from their TV and radio audiences. Others do not have a conventional congregation as such and solely work through television. The term is also used derisively by critics as an insinuation of aggrandizement by such ministers. Televangelism began as a uniquely American phenomenon, resulting from a where access to and is open to virtually anyone who can afford it, combined with a that is able to provide the necessary funding. It became especially popular among audiences, whether independent or organized around Christian denominations.
However, the increasing globalisation of broadcasting has enabled some American televangelists to reach a wider audience through international broadcast networks, including some that are specifically Christian in nature, such as. Domestically produced televangelism is increasingly present in some other nations such as.
Some countries have a more regulated media with either general restrictions on access or specific rules regarding religious broadcasting. In such countries, religious programming is typically produced by TV companies (sometimes as a regulatory or public service requirement) rather than private. Contents. Terminology The word televangelism is a of and and it was coined in 1958 as the title of a television miniseries by the. And Charles E.
Swann have been credited with popularising the word in their 1981 survey Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism. However, the term televangelist was employed by magazine already in 1952, when telegenic Roman Catholic Bishop was referred to as the 'first televangelist'. National Religious Broadcasters An association of American religious broadcasters, the, was founded in 1944. History Radio (1920s-onwards). One of the first ministers to use radio, beginning in 1923 Christianity has always emphasized to the whole world, taking as inspiration the.
Historically, this was achieved by sending, beginning with the, and later, after the invention of the, included the distribution of. Some Christians realized that the rapid uptake of beginning in the 1920s provided a powerful new tool for this task, and they were amongst the first producers of.
Radio broadcasts were seen as a complementary activity to traditional missionaries, enabling vast numbers to be reached at relatively low cost, but also enabling Christianity to be preached in countries where this was illegal and missionaries were banned. The aim of Christian radio was to both convert people to Christianity and to provide teaching and support to believers. These activities continue today, particularly in the developing world.
Radio stations with a Christian format broadcast worldwide, such as in, 's, and the, among others. In the, the of the 1930s saw a resurgence of in the and, as itinerant traveling preachers drove from town to town, living off. Several preachers began radio shows as a result of their popularity. One of the first ministers to use radio extensively was, beginning in 1923.
By 1928, Cadman had a weekly Sunday afternoon radio broadcast on the radio network, his powerful oratory reaching a nationwide audience of five million persons. Was another pioneering tent-revivalist who soon turned to radio to reach a larger audience. Radio eventually gave her nationwide notoriety in the 1920s and 1930s and she even built one of the earliest. In the 1930s, a famous radio evangelist of the period was priest Father, whose strongly and radio programs reached millions of listeners. Other early Christian radio programs broadcast nationwide in the U.S. Beginning in the 1920s–1930s include (years of radio broadcast shown): (1927–1962), (1928–1962), (1930–1965), (1929–present), (1930–present), and (1937–1968).
Time magazine reported in 1946 that Rev. Ralph Sockman's National Radio Pulpit on received 4,000 letters weekly and Roman Catholic archbishop received between 3,000–6,000 letters weekly. The total radio audience for radio ministers in the U.S.
That year was estimated to be 10 million listeners. Television (1950s-onwards).
Televangelist at, a in, After years of radio broadcasting in 1952 became the first to have a weekly church service broadcast on television. By 1980 the Rex Humbard programs spanned the globe across 695 stations in 91 languages and to date the largest coverage of any evangelistic program. 's broadcast by 1957 reached 80% of the possible television audience through 135 of the possible 500 stations. The 1960s and early 1970s saw television replace radio as the primary home entertainment medium, but also corresponded with a further rise in, particularly through the international television and radio ministry of. Many well-known televangelists began during this period, most notably,. Most developed their own media networks, news exposure, and political influence.
In the 21st century, some televised church services continue to attract large audiences. In the US, there are,. In Nigeria, there are. Controversies and criticism.
This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2008) Televangelists frequently draw criticism from other Christian ministers. For example, preacher published a number of articles in December 2009 that were highly critical of some televangelists. Someone needs to say this plainly: The faith healers and health-and-wealth preachers who dominate religious television are shameless frauds. Their message is not the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. There is nothing spiritual or miraculous about their on-stage chicanery.
It is all a devious ruse designed to take advantage of desperate people. They are not Godly ministers but greedy impostors who corrupt the Word of God for money's sake. They are not real pastors who shepherd the flock of God but hirelings whose only design is to fleece the sheep. Their love of money is glaringly obvious in what they say as well as how they live.
They claim to possess great spiritual power, but in reality they are rank materialists and enemies of everything holy. — Similarly, wrote very critically of televangelists in 1994. A proportion of their methods and theology are held by some to be conflicting with Christian doctrine taught in long existing traditionalist congregations.
Many televangelists are featured by 'discernment ministries' run by other Christians that are concerned about what they perceive as departures from sound Christian doctrine. Many televangelists exist outside the structures of Christian denominations, meaning that they are not accountable to anyone. The financial practices of many televangelists are unclear. A 2003 survey by the indicated that only one out of the 17 televangelists researched were members of the. The taught by many televangelists promises material, financial, physical, and spiritual success to believers. Some televangelists have significant personal wealth and own large properties, luxury cars, and various transportation vehicles such as private aircraft or ministry aircraft.
This is seen by critics to be contradictory to traditional Christian thinking. Televangelism requires substantial amounts of money to produce programs and purchase airtime on cable and satellite networks.
Televangelists devote time to fundraising activities. Products such as books, CDs, DVDs, and trinkets are promoted to viewers. Televangelists claim to be reaching millions of people worldwide with the gospel and producing numerous converts to. However, such claims are difficult to verify independently and are often disputed. Several televangelists are very active in the national or international political arena (e.g., ), and often espouse politics on their programs.
Such televangelists may occasionally arouse controversy by making remarks deemed offensive on their programs or elsewhere, or by endorsing partisan political candidates on donor-paid airtime, at which point some have been threatened that they may have their tax-exempt status taken away if they reside in the United States. Televangelists often strongly dispute these criticisms and say they are doing God's work. They cite declining attendance at traditional church services and the growth of global mass media as factors necessitating the use of television to 'fulfill the ' of the Gospel of Jesus to the generation of the 21st Century.' Senate probe In 2007, opened a probe into the finances of six televangelists who preach a '. The probe investigated reports of lavish lifestyles by televangelists including: fleets of, palatial mansions, private jets, and other expensive items purportedly paid for by television viewers who donate due to the ministries' encouragement of offerings.
The six that were investigated are:. and Gloria Copeland of Kenneth Copeland Ministries of Newark, Texas;.
and Taffi Dollar of World Changers Church International and Creflo Dollar Ministries of College Park, Ga;. of World Healing Center Church Inc. And Benny Hinn Ministries of Grapevine, Texas;. of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and Bishop Eddie Long Ministries of Lithonia, Ga; DocuSeries – SEX SCANDALS and RELIGION did a 2011 investigative episode on his alleged sexual misconduct.
and David Meyer of Joyce Meyer Ministries of Fenton, Mo (exonerated); and. Randy White and ex-wife of the Without Walls International Church and Paula White Ministries of Tampa. On January 6, 2011 Grassley released his review of the six ministries response to his inquiry. He called for a further congressional review of tax-exemption laws for religious groups. See also., study of televangelism in India. References. Tim Stewart (January 13, 2015).
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