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TechnoratiIn the letter, the church requested “respectfully” that the Senate Finance Committee provide “an appropriate legal context for the review, as would be reflected by a formal subpoena for the information.”
“If a subpoena were issued, the Church and its members could be afforded certain confidentiality protections, perhaps mirroring the privacy rights of section 6103, which would reduce the likelihood of any public judgment regarding its religious beliefs,” it explained.
The church also defended the “Prosperity Gospel,” a controversial belief that each of the “Grassley Six” organizations have been accused to preaching.
According to Dollar’s organization, the “Prosperity Gospel” is “a deeply held religious belief that God's devout followers and earthly leaders will prosper and be successful in all they do, including in financial matters, as the outward expression of His favor.”
Critics, however, say the preaching of the “Prosperity Gospel” is a teaching of materialism masqueraded as theology. Some also argue that the major hallmark of the Prosperity movement is the accumulation of wealth and material goods and not the work of the Gospel, which is marked by sacrifice and selflessness.
Other prominent proponents of Prosperity include T.D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Rod Parsley, and Frederick K. C. Price, among others.
On the Web:
World Changers Church International's letter at www.creflodollarministries.com/Public/AboutUs/Grassley.aspx
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