The Council accused prosperity theology of taking passages out of context to fulfill its own needs, with the result that doctrine of positive confession is contradictory to the holistic message of the Bible. In 2015, well known pastor and prosperity gospel advocate, Creflo Dollar launched a fundraising campaign to replace a previous private jet with a $65 million dollar Gulfstream G650. On the August 16, 2015 episode of his HBO weekly series Last Week Tonight, John Oliver satirized prosperity theology by announcing that he had established his own tax-exempt church, called Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.
The Council accused prosperity theology of taking passages out of context to fulfill its own needs, with the result that doctrine of positive confession is contradictory to the holistic message of the Bible.
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In 2015, well known pastor and prosperity gospel advocate, Creflo Dollar launched a fundraising campaign to replace a previous private jet with a $65 million dollar Gulfstream G650.
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On the August 16, 2015 episode of his HBO weekly series Last Week Tonight, John Oliver satirized prosperity theology by announcing that he had established his own tax-exempt church, called Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.
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