http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:13:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23557 Even in an economic downturn, preachers in the “prosperity gospel” movement are drawing sizable, adoring audiences.

Their message — that if you have sufficient faith in God and the Bible and donate generously, God will multiply your offerings a hundredfold — is reassuring to many in hard times.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:39:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22642 Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis?

While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California at Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise — that God will "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life — had developed an additional, dangerous expression during the subprime-lending boom. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:57:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22238 Benny Hinn preaches a version of the prosperity gospel, which holds that God wants his followers to have financial wealth. To become prosperous, one must give money to God, who returns it multiplied.

If this scam worked as advertised, Benny Hinn and others like him would be giving you money...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22184/mac-hammond%e2%80%99s-living-word-christian-center-facing-irs-investigation http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22184/mac-hammond%e2%80%99s-living-word-christian-center-facing-irs-investigation#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:08:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22184 The Internal Revenue Service is investigating whether Living Word Christian Center violated the law for favorable compensation and loan dealings it gave to church founder and pastor Mac Hammond.

The church has resisted demands by the IRS to open its books for an audit, and the agency filed a petition in United States District Court ordering the church to comply.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22184/mac-hammond%e2%80%99s-living-word-christian-center-facing-irs-investigation/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21771/kenneth-copeland-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21771/kenneth-copeland-5#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:50:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21771 Popular televangelist Kenneth Copeland is considered by many Christians to be a heretic. A key promoter of the so-called Word-Faith movement, which teaches that you can speak things into existence, and if you are sick it is because you don't have enough faith.

Such faith is preferably expressed by sending money to teachers like Copeland. But Copeland does not have enough faith to allow a full investigation of his financial dealings.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21771/kenneth-copeland-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21764/grassley-provides-update-on-probe-of-ministries-including-copelands-and-hinns http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21764/grassley-provides-update-on-probe-of-ministries-including-copelands-and-hinns#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:10:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21764 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21764/grassley-provides-update-on-probe-of-ministries-including-copelands-and-hinns/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21763/televangelist-kenneth-copeland-refuses-to-render-unto-taxman http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21763/televangelist-kenneth-copeland-refuses-to-render-unto-taxman#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:37:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21763 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21763/televangelist-kenneth-copeland-refuses-to-render-unto-taxman/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:04:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21574 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 09:21:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21383 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists/feed 0