Prosperity theology

=== Word of Faith ===

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Although nearly all of the healing evangelists of the 1940s and 1950s taught that faith could bring financial rewards, a new prosperity-oriented teaching developed in the 1970s that differed from the one taught by Pentecostal evangelists of the 1950s. This "Positive Confession" or "Word of Faith" movement taught that a Christian with faith can speak into existence anything consistent with the will of God.{{sfn|Robins|2010|p=131}}

[[Kenneth Hagin]] was credited with a key role in the expansion of prosperity theology. He founded the RHEMA Bible Training Center in 1974, and over the next 20 years, the school trained more than 10,000 students in his theology.{{sfn|Coleman|2000|pp=29–30}} As is true of other prosperity movements, there is no theological governing body for the Word of Faith movement, and well-known ministries differ on some theological issues,{{sfn|Billingsley|2008|p=41}} though many ministries are unofficially linked.{{sfn|Coleman|2000|p=30}} The teachings of Kenneth Hagin have been described by Candy Gunther Brown of [[Indiana University]] as the most "orthodox" form of Word of Faith prosperity teaching.{{sfn|Brown|2011|p=152}}