Part 4 As an organized movement, the prosperity gospel (also known as "Word-Faith," "Word of Faith," "Health & Wealth," "blab it & grab it," etc.) has only existed for about 100 years, from the early nineteenth century up through the present time. While there have been dozens of prosperity gospel advocates during this time period, two stand out as preeminent: E.W. Kenyon & Kenneth E. Hagin. In its modern form, the prosperity gospel can be traced to the beliefs of E.W. Kenyon (1867-1948), an evangelist, pastor, & founder of Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts. Kenyon, born one year after the death of Phineas Quimby, the father of New Thought (the belief that sickness follows a disturbance of the mind; therefore, disease is really mental & the cure is to correct false mental reasoning or mental errors in the mind) synthesized New Thought belief systems with then contemporary theological trends. Kenyon' ideas greatly influenced this new prosperity gospel movement. Kenyon taught that speaking the right words bring about a new reality & he is credited with coining the phrase, "What I confess, I possess." Kenyon believed that positive confession is the key to prosperous living which also relates to healing of the body. Kenyon also believed that Jesus' death on the cross did not purchase salvation but rather the real work of atonement was spiritual & not physical because he did not regard the humanity of Jesus as important. Like those in the New Though movement, Kenyon places people at the center of his system. Thus Kenyon (& Kenneth Hagin who plagiarized large portions of Kenyon's works into his own books & sermons - see the book by D.R. McConnell.
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Larry Wessels graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas in 1981 with a degree in Advertising & on May 16 of that same year he had a supernatural "born again" experience (John 3:3-8, Romans 8: 8-17, etc.) by a sovereign act of the God of the Bible. Larry has been...
