What are your thoughts of the Word of Faith movement and its leaders like; Benny Hinn, Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Paul and Jan Crouch, Anita Bynum, John Haggey, etc?
The overall “umbrella” referred to as the “Word of Faith Movement” had its origins through Kenneth E. Hagin, who was likely a very sincere minister, and whose doctrine was helpful in regards to “practical faith” aspects of Christianity (e.g. prayer, study of God’s Word, etc.). However, it morphed over time to include even bona fide heresies under that “movement,” as well as extremes of doctrine that pushed even the biblical teachings to the point of ridiculous error. This was primarily the fault of Hagin’s “pupils” but he certainly bears much of the blame as well for his own errors and his lack of diligence to confront heresies/errors propagated by others within those circles. For a brief review of some of the aspects of the above points, let me recommend the following three articles, the third of which would apply to any and all heresies: “Rev. Hagin’s Previous Rebuke of Kenneth Copeland”: http://kennethcopelandblog.com/2008/11/11/rev-hagins-previous-rebuke-of-copeland/ “Decline of th
