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Oral Roberts: Televangelist left marks on religion, politics
Before there was a Joel Osteen, a Creflo Dollar or a Kenneth Copeland - long before, in the case of the first two of these high-profile evangelical preachers - there was an Oral Roberts.
Oral Roberts, a pioneer in televangelism who founded a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday.
Prosperity gospel faces challenge: frugal savers
For 40 years, the Rev. Charles Cowan has been preaching that God wants Christians to prosper.
Preaching a gospel of cash, and reaping plenty from believers
Onstage before thousands of believers weighed down by debt and economic insecurity, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and their all-star lineup of "prosperity gospel" preachers delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the luxurious lives they had attained by following the Word of God.
Prosperity Preachers Draw Crowd
About 9,000 people, undeterred by recession and a U.S. Senate investigation, attended the recent Southwest Believers convention to hear the prosperity gospel.
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