The Word Faith movement (Prosperity Teaching)(Health & Wealth Gospel) was developed mainly in Pentecostal and Charismatic churches during the 20th century and it can be traced back to evangelical pastor and author E.W. Kenyon (1867-1948), who preached that God would award financial and other gifts if the faithful would ask. Kenyon coined the phrase, "What I confess, I possess." Kenneth Hagin is often credited with being the father of the modern Word Faith movement, using a four-part formula he claimed to have received from Jesus: "Say it; do it; receive it; tell it". Other Word Faith teachers include: Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Hobart Freeman, Marilyn Hickey, Rod Parsley, T.D. Jakes, Jesse Duplantis, Oral Roberts, Brian Zahnd, Jay West, Jerry Savelle, Kate McVeigh, Jim Kaesman, Keith Butler, etc. |