Jones and Woodbridge see Jesus' importance as vital, criticizing the prosperity gospel for marginalizing him in favor of a focus on human need.

Under this movement, traditional Christians' emphasis on either individual salvation, end-times theology or the prosperity gospel have been challenged.

The prosperity gospel taught by many televangelists promises material, financial, physical, and spiritual success to believers.

Rhema Ministries has been accused of being a proponent of the prosperity gospel.

With its blatant materialism, the prosperity gospel eventually became an embarrassment for evangelicals.

But "The Prayer of Jabez" offers a new view of the prosperity gospel.

He and his cohorts have given us for years a prosperity gospel with more in common with an Asherah pole than a cross.

He has also challenged traditional evangelicals' emphasis on individual salvation, end-times theology and the prosperity gospel.

Some argue that the recent popularity of the prosperity gospel constitutes a return to magical thinking within Christianity.

I get grouped into the prosperity gospel and I never think it's fair, but it's just what it is.