A few weeks ago, Focus on the Family ran an interview with his parents. He was brought up in a Christian home and professed faith. Was he a true believer? God knows for sure.

They are prosperity teachers, so why is this a controversy? If you are saying that God wants you healthy and wealthy, despite the evidence of Scriipture, you are distorting it. In addition Jakes is a modalist, who doesn't believe in the orthodox trinitarian view of God. Am I saying that these men do not do good works? No. But non-believers do good,t oo.

My church was a satellite site and did not show the Carter interview, mainly due to our ties in the NY area with the Jewish community and Carter's theological issues. The Summit should showcase a variety of leaders from different walks of life. Carter, however is someone who is believer and is in a teaching position in his church, but is denying some of the orthodox truths of the faith. As ...more

My church was a satellite site and did not show the Carter interview, mainly due to our ties in the NY area with the Jewish community and Carter's theological issues.
The Summit should showcase a variety of leaders from different walks of life. Carter, however is someone who is believer and is in a teaching position in his church, but is denying some of the orthodox truths of the faith. As such, he should not be showcased in that capacity, otherwise the Summit is giving its imprimatur to him. If he were not a believer, then that would issue would be null.less