NORMAN VINCENT PEALE:
In early 1950s, Norman Vincent came with doctrines of modern church concept believed the sermons and messages in the church should no longer be for conversion and godly sorrow, but for motivating and uplifting people, that church should not scare people away with the true message of repentant, salvation, sanctification and second coming of Jesus, but we talk about abundant blessings, prosperity, healing and earthly success. That the the preachers should not mention hell or hell fire, it should be forbidden, and rapture should be forgotten; that the church should not say what the people need but what they want to hear, what would make them happily scream and shout in the church. His system implied that church services should be of more dancing and entertaining rather than having solemn assembly.

Around 1958, Peale was joined with Robert Harold Schuller, the author of “Though time never last.” Robert Harold Schuller improved on Peale modern church concept, he was the originator of mega church concept. Then many other ministers joined the system including Oral Robert, Billy Graham and many others. Their teachings focus on earthly blessing, breakthrough, success and prosperity; their method is permitted with unguided liberty and indulgences. This strange doctrine began to spread all over the world and right to Africa in late 1980s. It was first called modern Pentecostal system; some denominations call it modern parish or modern church (RCCG). We can call it mega church concept in American, we can call it modern pentecostal system or modern church parish, but the truth is that the system is the same and satanic to pervert the church. Some ministers claimed God gave them the system, some said God directed them to start the modern church. But the Bible warns us in Galatians 1:8, 9, "But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed."

Today, the church is having lesser persecution, great population and greater perversion; we are having more churches (denominations), more than ever before but lesser righteousness and godliness. Our society and countries are having more Christianity but less nature of Christ, lesser sincere and decent society. We are building mighty and beautiful Church auditoriums more than any period in the history of the church, but we have become more worldly than the people of the world. Our Pastors are luxurious than the politicians, devoted muslims are more sincere than ordained ministers, our sisters can confidently wear indecent dresses to church which they were ashamed to wear to night parties 15 years ago. Today, the church is more financially and materially richer than any time of the history, but we are poorer and starving spiritually.

Our Pastors are living in luxury, our Bishops and General Overseers are flying with private jets, living in mansions, gorgeously and sumptuously than the rich man with Lazarus. Sincerity, honesty and purity are diminishing while number of churches are increasing. In the past our pastors were content with basic necessities, but today, our senior pastors, G.Os and Bishops are getting richer and richer while the poor in the church are getting poorer .Capitalism and selfishness is now the order of the church; materialism and egoism are the system of our pastors. No more sharing or equity, everybody is on his own .The charity group of the world are more caring than the church, church primary and high schools are so expensive that a full time pastor from the same church can't afford to send his children except he steals from church money. Church universities are more expensive than individual private universities who borrowed money from bank. Our members are being heavily taxed in the name of giving, offering, automatic blessing of giving, worst than the civil society. That is the result of satanic perversion in the church, the modern prosperity system.

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