All over the world — and among 1 in 3 U.S. Protestant churchgoers — Christians believe that God rewards good behavior with health and wealth. “Prosperity theology” says that God matches faith with ...

(RNS) — Some evangelicals who denounce the prosperity gospel seem to have no problem touting the purity culture that say God will reward those who wait. (RNS) — All over the world — and among 1 in 3 ...

(RNS) — The LDS Church doesn't teach that God wants you to be rich. But it does promote a 'Plan of Happiness' that emphasizes your very own personal flourishing. (RNS) — I’ve recently been made aware ...

Prosperity theology, the engine that powers the health and wealth gospel across the globe, is nothing new in India, at least not in some prosperous pockets of states such as Kerala. However, time and ...

A much higher proportion of U.S. Protestants embrace the so-called prosperity gospel than did in 2017, a study published last week by a Baptist research group found, and young people are dramatically ...

Benny Hinn says he’s repented of the prosperity gospel. But does he mean it? As a health and wealth preacher, Hinn has found himself in the company of Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland, whose ...

I’ve recently been made aware of a disclaimer of sorts that occurs alongside President Russell M. Nelson’s October 2023 General Conference talk “Think Celestial.” The speech, and the footnote that ...

Writing from London, Damian Thompson of the Telegraph observes that African church plants in the UK are “the most vibrant expression of Christianity in Britain” today. But these churches are often ...

What inspired one of Christianity’s most polemic movements? Benny Hinn made an announcement last week. “I am correcting my own theology and you need to all know it. The blessings of God are not for ...

There have been many false gospels that have been a part of Christian history. Many men and women have come along and perverted the truth of scripture. They have changed the gospel, they have sought ...

Reporting from VATICAN CITY — A Vatican-approved journal has dismissed “prosperity gospel” as a pseudo-theology dangerously tied up with the American dream and President Trump’s politics, launching ...

A 10-second video showing a pastor celebrating the delivery of a brand new white Rolls-Royce Cullinan to his church has gone viral, sparking widespread backlash and reigniting debates about the ...