Sheology

Should Christians expect financial riches from God? To launch our third season we've taken on a spicy topic: the always-provocative prosperity gospel. It’s an umbrella of Christian thinking born in the US - think Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar - but not unknown in Australia, where Pentecostal megachurches love talking about abundance (whatever that actually means). We consider the role money plays in church communities, what we've observed from afar, and how linking faith with financial rewards is bound to get messy.