When the prosperity gospel back fired
In March 2002, Lawrence Agada, an assistant pastor in Chris Oyakhilome (one of the richest pastors in Africa) church who was a cashier with the Lagos Sheraton Hotels and Towers, donated cash and gifts totaling N39 million to the church. Agada's donations were in installments. He bought a 2S0KVA generator valued at N4.4 million, and another 27KVA generator for NI.5 million, which he donated to a satellite branch of the church.
Before then, he had given N6 million for the refurbishment of the branch, as well as N1 million for the purchase of plastic seats for the headquarters. Agada also contributed N1million to the success of a mega¬ crusade tagged Night of Bliss. His parish pastor, who had no money for a trip to Australia, was given N400, 000. In appreciation, Oyakhilome wrote Agada: "May God, who gives seed to the sower and bread for eating, multiply your seeds in Jesus name."
Rather than receive God's blessings, Agada was arrested by the police when his employers discovered that he had stolen from them to give to the church. Agada's employers also insisted that Oyakhilome should refund the money. But the church issued a statement admitting that Agada made donations, but refused to make a refund.
In another incidence,a Florida man heard the senior Pastor of his Church say that if he gave a hundred dollars God would give him a thousand back. The man did but the thousands never came; he brought a law suit against the church2
Pastor Oral Roberts in person prophesied that God was going to raise up many millionaires in the Living Water church (Florida) who would be rich and support the work of the kingdom.
A few months later, St. Petersburg Times broke a story of what was happening with the Living Water Church? The church had filed for Bankruptcy. This large church was not able to meet its budget any more. And then, the Pastor Ron Clark and Belinda had gone off the deep end with a public divorce which only compounded the matter. 6 These events provided more evidence that many of these pastors give head cooked prophesies.
Congregants left as details emerged from the divorce of Ronald and Belinda Clark, the couple who founded Living Water in 1988. Ronald Clark accused his wife of being mentally ill, unfaithful, dabbling in pornography and stealing the churches Easter donations. Belinda Clark claimed in court papers that her husband had a secret plan to sell the church and channel the proceeds overseas with the help of church board chairman Melvin Myer7 It turned out that Pastor Ron enforced tithing in his church and collected three offerings per service, but he, himself, never tithed
Belinda Clark, Living Water's $70,000-a-year associate pastor who was fired in the wake of the allegations, accused her husband of domestic violence, of lying to church trustees to ruin her credibility and of having a secret plan to sell the church, place the proceeds in a trust, then have funds funneled to him at a foreign location8.
The above occurrence sends a strong warning to all those pile to them selves prophets who only prophesy good things happening to people and not telling them to repent from their hidden sins. And I pray that such prophets will be discerned and not allow to operate the way Oral Roberts did.
It is surprising that no Pentecostal stepped up against the false prophecy of Oral Roberts, However, this is understandable because this man is the mentor of many Pentecostals pastors, he has taught many of his false doctrines to many pastors around the world and since his prophecies prove him wrong, all the pastors he has trained are with no doubt not of God.
In fact, nearly all Pentecostal pastors have given a false prophecy about there followers becoming rich or prosperous at one time or another. When the pastor tells believers that ‘you will become rich’ it becomes a very deceitful lie because if we use the standard of living criteria, there is no single church in the world where all followers became rich. In fact some of the followers in those churches die in a few weeks or months after thus not seeing the fulfillment of there awaited prophecies.
There are some examples of people who went for services in Pentecostal churches where the pastor gave prophecies of riches and health who died a few days later. Someone would ask, what happened to the pastor’s prophecies? The answer is always simple- they were not from God.
Let us take another example of Pastor Benny Hinn, One of the major failures of Pastor Hinn was his 2000 prophesy. Trinity Broadcasting Network began its spring 2000 fundraising Praise-A-Thon, with some rather astounding claims. On the April 2nd TBN program, Benny Hinn claimed that “God is about to make a major move to anoint the people of God as soon as Israel signs a treaty with the ailing Hafez Al-Assad of Syria, which will likely be within the next yearâ€. This (according to Hinn) would signal the impending large scale shift of financial wealth from the wicked to those obedient to God. Benny Hinn further said that in order to benefit from this unprecedented supernatural anointing, ‘you must be obedient to God and sow your financial seed (to TBN) now’.
However Benny Hinn lost words when Hafez Al- Assad died before the treaty he had talked about. The death of Assad on June 10th 2000 before the treaty Hinn talked about shows that Benny Hinn did not know what he was talking about, and is further proof that he is a false prophet, if any more evidence was needed.
Some one would think that perhaps God had not foreseen Assad's death, or neglected to tell Benny about it, and maybe God had also misinformed Benny about His alleged "coming move" that was merely weeks or a few months away. That, or God does not talk to Benny Hinn, and Benny invented the entire "move of God" thing in order to extract money from TBN viewers. The major question now is; which is more likely? Now, either God has erred, or Benny Hinn invented these prophecies and he never heard from God. The truth should be obvious - Benny Hinn does not hear from God, he is without doubt a false prophet.
Before then, he had given N6 million for the refurbishment of the branch, as well as N1 million for the purchase of plastic seats for the headquarters. Agada also contributed N1million to the success of a mega¬ crusade tagged Night of Bliss. His parish pastor, who had no money for a trip to Australia, was given N400, 000. In appreciation, Oyakhilome wrote Agada: "May God, who gives seed to the sower and bread for eating, multiply your seeds in Jesus name."
Rather than receive God's blessings, Agada was arrested by the police when his employers discovered that he had stolen from them to give to the church. Agada's employers also insisted that Oyakhilome should refund the money. But the church issued a statement admitting that Agada made donations, but refused to make a refund.
In another incidence,a Florida man heard the senior Pastor of his Church say that if he gave a hundred dollars God would give him a thousand back. The man did but the thousands never came; he brought a law suit against the church2
Pastor Oral Roberts in person prophesied that God was going to raise up many millionaires in the Living Water church (Florida) who would be rich and support the work of the kingdom.
A few months later, St. Petersburg Times broke a story of what was happening with the Living Water Church? The church had filed for Bankruptcy. This large church was not able to meet its budget any more. And then, the Pastor Ron Clark and Belinda had gone off the deep end with a public divorce which only compounded the matter. 6 These events provided more evidence that many of these pastors give head cooked prophesies.
Congregants left as details emerged from the divorce of Ronald and Belinda Clark, the couple who founded Living Water in 1988. Ronald Clark accused his wife of being mentally ill, unfaithful, dabbling in pornography and stealing the churches Easter donations. Belinda Clark claimed in court papers that her husband had a secret plan to sell the church and channel the proceeds overseas with the help of church board chairman Melvin Myer7 It turned out that Pastor Ron enforced tithing in his church and collected three offerings per service, but he, himself, never tithed
Belinda Clark, Living Water's $70,000-a-year associate pastor who was fired in the wake of the allegations, accused her husband of domestic violence, of lying to church trustees to ruin her credibility and of having a secret plan to sell the church, place the proceeds in a trust, then have funds funneled to him at a foreign location8.
The above occurrence sends a strong warning to all those pile to them selves prophets who only prophesy good things happening to people and not telling them to repent from their hidden sins. And I pray that such prophets will be discerned and not allow to operate the way Oral Roberts did.
It is surprising that no Pentecostal stepped up against the false prophecy of Oral Roberts, However, this is understandable because this man is the mentor of many Pentecostals pastors, he has taught many of his false doctrines to many pastors around the world and since his prophecies prove him wrong, all the pastors he has trained are with no doubt not of God.
In fact, nearly all Pentecostal pastors have given a false prophecy about there followers becoming rich or prosperous at one time or another. When the pastor tells believers that ‘you will become rich’ it becomes a very deceitful lie because if we use the standard of living criteria, there is no single church in the world where all followers became rich. In fact some of the followers in those churches die in a few weeks or months after thus not seeing the fulfillment of there awaited prophecies.
There are some examples of people who went for services in Pentecostal churches where the pastor gave prophecies of riches and health who died a few days later. Someone would ask, what happened to the pastor’s prophecies? The answer is always simple- they were not from God.
Let us take another example of Pastor Benny Hinn, One of the major failures of Pastor Hinn was his 2000 prophesy. Trinity Broadcasting Network began its spring 2000 fundraising Praise-A-Thon, with some rather astounding claims. On the April 2nd TBN program, Benny Hinn claimed that “God is about to make a major move to anoint the people of God as soon as Israel signs a treaty with the ailing Hafez Al-Assad of Syria, which will likely be within the next yearâ€. This (according to Hinn) would signal the impending large scale shift of financial wealth from the wicked to those obedient to God. Benny Hinn further said that in order to benefit from this unprecedented supernatural anointing, ‘you must be obedient to God and sow your financial seed (to TBN) now’.
However Benny Hinn lost words when Hafez Al- Assad died before the treaty he had talked about. The death of Assad on June 10th 2000 before the treaty Hinn talked about shows that Benny Hinn did not know what he was talking about, and is further proof that he is a false prophet, if any more evidence was needed.
Some one would think that perhaps God had not foreseen Assad's death, or neglected to tell Benny about it, and maybe God had also misinformed Benny about His alleged "coming move" that was merely weeks or a few months away. That, or God does not talk to Benny Hinn, and Benny invented the entire "move of God" thing in order to extract money from TBN viewers. The major question now is; which is more likely? Now, either God has erred, or Benny Hinn invented these prophecies and he never heard from God. The truth should be obvious - Benny Hinn does not hear from God, he is without doubt a false prophet.
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