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Word of Faith Ministries is a Christian group that is part of the Word of Faith movement. It has been active in Nigeria since the 1980s. [1] Their teachings include the prosperity gospel. [2] Its founder is Dr. N. George Utuk. [3] He is from Nigeria, but lives in the United States. [3]
Kenneth E. Hagin was born August 20, 1917, in McKinney, Texas, the son of Lillie Viola Drake Hagin and Jess Hagin. [citation needed] According to Hagin, he was born with a deformed heart and what was believed to be an incurable blood disease.
The Indian Pentecostal Church of God the largest Pentecostal denomination in India has made its position clear that according to the 66 books of the Holy Bible, marriage must be between husband and wife and there must be no sexual union outside of marriage. The Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) similarly condemns homosexuality. [125]
Many Word of Faith teachers use phrases such as "little gods" to describe believers. Kenneth Hagin wrote that God had created humans "in the same class of being that he is himself," [33] and reasoned that if humans are made in God's image, they are "in God's class", [34] and thereby 'gods'. [34] [35]
Many Methodist Christians teach that marriage is "God's gift and covenant intended to imitate God's covenant with humankind" [49] that "Christians enter in their baptism." [ 50 ] For example, the rite used in the Free Methodist Church proclaims that marriage is "more than a legal contract, being a bond of union made in heaven, into which you ...
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The declaration may be prefaced by In the presence of God [14] The declaration may be prefaced by In the fear of the Lord and in the presence of this assembly [14] The word spouse may be replaced by wife or husband as appropriate or by partner in marriage [14] The phrase through divine assistance may be replaced by the words with God’s help [14]
Word of Faith Fellowship began in 1979, when Jane Whaley, then a math teacher, and her husband Sam Whaley converted a former steakhouse into a chapel. Jane Whaley, the daughter of a plumber and a homemaker in rural North Carolina, led the group as it grew to a membership of 750.