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Televangelism is the use of television to communicate the Christian faith. Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5 1963 is an American best-selling author and the senior Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas Lakewood Church is a Non-denominational Christian Megachurch located in Houston, Texas, United States. A megachurch is a church having around 2000 attendants for a typical weekly service Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The word is a blend of television and evangelism and was coined by Time magazine. In Linguistics, a blend is a word formed from parts of two other words Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and [1] A televangelist is a Christian minister who devotes a large portion of his or her ministry to television broadcasting. In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform clergy functions such as teaching of beliefs For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit The term is also used derisively by critics as an insinuation of aggrandizement by such a minister.

Some televangelists are also regular pastors or ministers in their own places of worship (often a megachurch), but the majority of their followers come from their TV and radio audiences. A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic A megachurch is a church having around 2000 attendants for a typical weekly service Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Brooklyn Book Festival crowd by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|An audience at the Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City. Others do not have a conventional congregation as such and solely work through television.

Televangelism began as a peculiarly American phenomenon, resulting from a largely deregulated media where access to television networks is open to virtually anyone who can afford it, combined with a large Christian population that is able to provide the necessary funding. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television is one of the major major mass media of the United States. The largest religion in the United States is Christianity, with nearly 78 However, the increasing globalisation of broadcasting has enabled some American televangelists to reach a wider audience through international broadcast networks, including some that are specifically Christian in nature, such as Trinity Broadcasting Network and The God Channel. The Trinity Broadcasting Network ( TBN) is a Christian television network headquartered in Costa Mesa California with studios in Irving Texas The GOD Channel UK is the flagship channel of global Christian broadcaster GOD TV and is available in the UK along with its sister channel GOD Europe which Domestically produced televangelism is increasingly present in some other nations such as Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Some countries have a more regulated media with either general restrictions on access or specific rules regarding religious broadcasting. In such countries, religious programming is typically produced by TV companies (sometimes as a regulatory or public service requirement) rather than private interest groups. An interest group (also advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group or special interest group) is an organized collection of people who seek

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History

S. Parkes Cadman, one of the first ministers to use radio, beginning in 1923
S. Parkes Cadman, one of the first ministers to use radio, beginning in 1923

Evangelical Christianity has always emphasised preaching the gospel to the whole world and attempting to convert as many people as possible. Samuel Parkes Cadman ( December 18, 1864 - July 12, 1936) better known as S This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament Historically, this was achieved by sending missionaries and the distribution of bibles and literature. Christians realised that the rapid uptake of radio beginning in the 1920s provided a powerful new tool for this task, and they were amongst the first producers of radio programming. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Radio programming is the content that is broadcast by Radio stations The original inventors of radio such as Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Radio broadcasts were seen as a complementary activity to traditional missionaries, enabling vast numbers to be reached at relatively low cost, but also enabling Christianity to be preached in countries where this was illegal and missionaries were banned. The aim of Christian radio was to both convert people to Christianity and to provide teaching and support to believers. These activities continue today, particularly in the developing world. Shortwave radio stations with a Christian format broadcast worldwide, such as HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, Family Radio's WYFR, and the Bible Broadcasting Network (BBN), among others. Shortwave Radio operates between the frequencies of 3000 KHz (3 HCJB is the flagship station of one of the most popular and far-reaching international radio ministries in the world - HCJB Global Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the Capital of Ecuador in northwestern South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. Family Radio (Family Stations Inc is a non-commercial, 24-hour listener-supported Christian radio religious broadcasting network in the United States WYFR is a Shortwave Radio station located in Okeechobee Florida, United States. The Bible Broadcasting Network ( BBN) is a listener-supported global Christian radio network staffed and headquartered in Charlotte NC.

In the U.S., the Great Depression of the 1930s saw a resurgence of revival-tent preaching in the Midwest and South, as itinerant traveling preachers drove from town to town, living off donations. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A revival meeting is a series of Christian religious services held in order to inspire active members of a religious body and to gain new converts Preacher is a term the for someone who preaches Sermons or gives homilies The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive A donation is a gift given typically to a cause or/and for charitable purposes Several preachers began radio shows as a result of their popularity. One of the first ministers to use radio extensively was S. Parkes Cadman, beginning in 1923. Samuel Parkes Cadman ( December 18, 1864 - July 12, 1936) better known as S [2][3] By 1928, Cadman had a weekly Sunday afternoon radio broadcast on the NBC radio network, his powerful oratory reaching a nationwide audience of five million persons. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's [4] In the 1930s, a famous radio evangelist of the period was Father Charles Coughlin, whose strongly anti-Communist and anti-Semitic radio programs reached millions of listeners. Father Charles Edward Coughlin ( October 25, 1891 &ndash October 27, 1979) was a Canadian -born Roman Catholic priest at Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Other early Christian radio programs broadcast nationwide in the U. S. beginning in the 1920s–1930s include (years of radio broadcast shown): Bob Jones, Sr. (1927–1962), Ralph W. Sockman (1928–1962), G. E. Lowman (1930–1965), The Lutheran Hour (1930–present), and Charles E. Fuller (1937–1968). Robert Reynolds Jones Sr ( October 30, 1883 — January 16, 1968) was an American Fundamentalist Christian Ralph Washington Sockman ( October 1, 1889 &ndash August 29, 1970) was the senior pastor of Christ Church ( United Methodist) in Guerdon Elmer Lowman, more familiarly G E Lowman ( November 16, 1897 - January 18, 1965) was an American The Lutheran Hour is a US religious Radio program that proclaims the message of Jesus Christ on nearly Charles Edward Fuller ( April 25, 1887 - March 18, 1968) was an American Christian Clergyman and a [5][6] Time magazine reported in 1946 that Rev. Ralph Sockman's National Radio Pulpit on NBC received 4,000 letters weekly and Fulton J. Sheen received between 3,000–6,000 letters weekly. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Servant of God Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American Archbishop The total radio audience for radio ministers in the U. S. that year was estimated to be 10 million listeners. [7]

Although television also began in the 1930s, it did not become widespread until after World War II. The Reverend Robert Harold Schuller, (born September 16, 1926) is an American televangelist and pastor known around the world through his The Crystal Cathedral is a Protestant Christian Megachurch in the city of Garden Grove, in Orange County California. Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The first television preacher of note was Fulton J. Sheen, a Roman Catholic archbishop who successfully switched to television in 1951 after two decades of popular radio broadcasts. Servant of God Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American Archbishop Another pioneer in television evangelism was Rex Humbard. Alpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard ( August 13 1919 &ndash September 21 2007) was a well-known American television evangelist But no early user of television for preaching could rival Oral Roberts, who put together a network that by 1957 reached 80% of the possible television audience through 135 of the possible 500 stations. Granville Oral Roberts (born January 24, 1918, in Ada OK) is an American neo-Pentecostal Televangelist and is also a [8]

The 1960s and early 1970s saw television replace radio as the primary home entertainment medium, but also corresponded with a further rise in evangelical Protestant Christianity, particularly through the international television and radio ministry of Billy Graham. William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian Many well-known televangelists began during this period, developing their own media networks, news exposure, and political influence. In the 21st century, the televised church services of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, and Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, continue to attract large audiences. Joel Scott Hayley Osteen (born March 5 1963 is an American best-selling author and the senior Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas Lakewood Church is a Non-denominational Christian Megachurch located in Houston, Texas, United States. The Reverend Robert Harold Schuller, (born September 16, 1926) is an American televangelist and pastor known around the world through his The Crystal Cathedral is a Protestant Christian Megachurch in the city of Garden Grove, in Orange County California. Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States.

Controversies

Televangelists are the subject of considerable controversy. Both their methods and theology have received widespread criticism from both church and secular sources. Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. Many televangelists are featured on discernment websites run by Christians that are concerned about what they see as departures from sound Christian faith. The following are amongst the issues that have been raised:

Televangelists often strongly dispute these criticisms and say they are doing God's work. They cite declining attendance at traditional church services and the growth of global mass media as factors necessitating the use of television to fulfill the "Great Commission" in the 21st century. The Great Commission, in Christian tradition is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples, that they spread his teachings

Scandals

Numerous televangelists have been at the center of well-publicised scandals, including financial, sexual, and religious.

Many televangelists promote the doctrine of divine healing and would claim that God can heal people through them. Faith healing is the attempt to use Religious or spiritual means such as Prayer, mental practices spiritual insights or other techniques to prevent Christian views on this subject vary, and it is seen as pseudoscience and charlatanry by non-Christians. Pseudoscience is defined as a body of knowledge methodology belief or practice that is claimed to be Scientific or made to appear scientific but does not adhere to the A number of claims of healing miracles made by televangelists have been exposed as fraud, for example in the case of Peter Popoff. In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Peter Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German -born US Televangelist known as a Faith healer.

A series of scandals in the 1980s resulted in the fall from grace of some famous televangelists, such as Jim Bakker, who served a prison sentence for financial improprieties associated with his ministry, and Jimmy Swaggart, who made a famous tearful confession to a dalliance with a prostitute. James Orsen Bakker (born January 2, 1940, in Muskegon Michigan) is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Jimmy Lee Swaggart (born Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. They have continued preaching, nonetheless, even though their audiences may be a small fraction of what they were at the height of their popularity.

Controversial claims have also been made by some, as when Oral Roberts told his television audience in 1987 that he had to raise $8 million in donations or "God would call him home". Granville Oral Roberts (born January 24, 1918, in Ada OK) is an American neo-Pentecostal Televangelist and is also a He ended up raising $9. 1 million. [9]. Shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell said that it was divine retribution provoked by rampant sexual immorality. Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930 is a controversial Televangelist from the United States. Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr ( August 11 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American evangelical Christian Pastor, Retributive justice is a Theory of Justice that considers that proportionate punishment is a morally acceptable response to Crime, with Morality (from the Latin la moralitas "manner character proper behavior" has three principal meanings In 2005, Robertson announced on The 700 Club that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez ought to be "taken out" by the US government. The 700 Club is the flagship news Talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing on cable's ABC Family and in syndication Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Many viewed this as a call for assassination. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Later that year, in November, Robertson warned the town of Dover, Pennsylvania of a severe natural disaster following the defeat of the local school board for advocating intelligent design. Dover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. A natural disaster is the consequence of a Natural hazard (eg Intelligent

Brazil is also a country in which televangelists have found success, and some have faced accusations of improprieties. In 1992, Edir Macedo, a Brazilian televangelist and founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was imprisoned for accusations of charlatanism, and spent some days in prison. Edir Macedo Bezerra (born February 18, 1945) is a Brazilian religious leader |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG from Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus IURD is a rapidly growing Brazilian church. A charlatan (also called swindler) is a person practicing Quackery or some similar Confidence trick in order to obtain money or advantage via some form More recently, in 2002, the Época magazine, controlled by Globo media group published two new articles making accusations at Igreja Renascer em Cristo. Época ( is a Brazilian weekly news and analysis magazine. Since its inception in 1998 it has become one of the country's most widely read magazines Rede Globo ( English: Globo Network, better known as TV Globo, Globo TV or simply Globo) is a Brazilian television network The Igreja Renascer em Cristo is a church a Neo-charismatic churches denomination which was founded in São Paulo in 1986 by Estevam Hernandes and In 2006, Brazilian Justice blocked all goods of the Hernandes couple, leaders of the church because of accusations of money laundering, fraud and identity theft. Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money, In the broadest sense a fraud is a Deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual Identity theft is a term used to refer to Fraud that involves stealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be someone else

In Popular Culture

Televangelism has brought the relatively obscure culture of pentecostal Christianity to a wider (and secular) audience.

References

  1. ^ Time: 75th Anniversary issue, March 9, 1998. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
  2. ^ "S. Parkes Cadman dies in coma at 71", The New York Times, July 12, 1936. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  3. ^ "Radio Religion", Time magazine, January 21, 1946. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion  
  4. ^ "Air Worship", Time magazine, February 9, 1931. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.  
  5. ^ Billy Graham Center archives. Wheaton College. Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Protestant, Coeducational Liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a Suburb Retrieved on 2007-08-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and
  6. ^ Thomas H. O'Connor (1985). Baltimore Broadcasting from A to Z. Baltimore, Maryland: O'Connor Communications.  
  7. ^ "Radio Religion", Time Magazine, January 21, 1946. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion  
  8. ^ David E Harrell Jr 'Healers and Televengelists After World War II in Vinson Synan The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal (Nashville: Nelson, 2001) 331
  9. ^ Oral Roberts

See also

This is a partial list of Televangelists in the United States. National Religious Broadcasters ( NRB) is an American organization that represents Christian religious broadcasters on American television List of main Brazilian Televangelists Jabes de Alencar Assemblies of God César Augusto new apostolic Miles Bateman Ph " Jesus He Knows Me " is the second track on the 1991 Genesis album We Can't Dance, and its fourth single.

Dictionary

televangelism

-noun

  1. evangelism using telecommunications, especially radio and television
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