“Televangelist Oral Roberts dies; pioneering preacher of the ‘prosperity gospel’ was 91”
Read The Los Angeles Times obituary, “Televangelist Oral Roberts dies; pioneering preacher of the ‘prosperity gospel’ was 91.”
“Interview: Joel Osteen on Life, Tragedy and Why He Shuns ‘Prosperity Gospel'”
Read an April 21, 2013, interview with Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, about his aversion to being lumped in with “prosperity gospel” preachers.
“Sexual Misconduct and the American Prosperity Gospel”
Read an Oct. 8, 2012, article in the Huffington Post about sexual misconduct being linked to prosperity gospel churches.
“The prosperity gospel”
Read a piece on the Washington Post giving background on the prosperity gospel.
“Africans Warn ‘False Gospel of Prosperity’ May Displace Churches”
Read a June 2000 Christianity Today story about African Christian leaders warning about the dangers of a “false gospel of prosperity.”
“African-American Churches Weigh Gospel Debate”
Listen to a July 31, 2005, All Things Considered story on National Public Radio about African-American churches debating the prosperity gospel.
Paula White
Paula White is senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Orlando, Florida. She is considered by many to be a “prosperity gospel” minister and was among those televangelists investigated by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley in 2007. White also serves as an adviser to the White House and the administration’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative. Contact […]
Michael Scott Horton
Michael Scott Horton is a professor of systematic theology and apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, Calif. He has called prosperity gospel a “wild and wacky theology.”