John Oliver opens a can of whoop-ass on ‘prosperity gospel’ Christian TV preachers – and it’s beautiful
On HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver picked a ripe target in America’s “prosperity gospel” preachers, evangelists who bilk followers out of hundreds of millions of dollars, explaining “this is about the churches that exploit people’s faith for monetary gain.”
- Pat Robertson
- Rod Parsley
- Joyce “five mansions” Meyer
- T. D. Jakes
- Mike Murdock
- Jim Bakker back in the PTL Club days, although in his book I Was Wrong he says he has come to reject those beliefs.
- Jimmy Swaggart
- Todd Bentley
- Kenneth Copeland
- Paul Crouch
- Creflo Dollar
- Kenneth Hagin
- Benny Hinn
- Bob Larson claims not to promote it, but does.
- Eddie Long
- Joel Osteen makes me feel warm inside.
- Megachurches — a popular venue for the theology